Dissolvin' malady

"What inspired me about the original recording was the presence of an underlying beat and a rhythm that stayed constant throughout the recording. There was a feeling that even though there were vocals and some chatter/noise in between. The rhythm stayed somewhat constant but loose. A lot of times, well-being in a city can mean being able to sustain a constant stream of thought for extended periods of time and I hope the piece reflects that. If there are places or periods of quietness, it can help people in a city to concentrate. That is important when a city might be coming out of a pandemic

"Everything you hear was created by sampling the original recording. The percussive elements were created using various thuds and drum sounds. The melodic elements were created out of the vocals. The corona-chant can be heard as-is sparingly throughout."

Senegalese anti-coronavirus song reimagined by Antriksh Bali. 

Part of the Well-Being Cities project, a unique collaboration between Cities and Memory and C40, a global network of mayors of nearly 100 world-leading cities collaborating to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis. The project was originally presented at the C40 Cities conference in Buenos Aires in 2022. Explore Well-Being Cities in full at https://citiesandmemory.com/wellbeing-cities/