When Hiroshima dreams

"The composition starts with the flowing water track recorded in Hiroshima by Gretchen Jude. The beginning symbolizes pleasant dreaming. The middle section contains an audible "explosion" sound to indicate the dropping of the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan. Chaos and nightmares result and are musically represented in the middle of the piece with dissonant electronic loops and sporadic percussion. The end indicates healing- the flow of water returns. Here, the percussion beat becomes more stable (and is in a "heartbeat" pattern). The return of pleasant dreams occurs here symbolically in the music and tapers off into the ending."

Hiroshima water memorial reimagined by Frank Ferraro (The Back Channel Project). 

Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep/

IMAGE: Balon Greyjoy, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons