Aegean buds

"The field recording of the ferry for the island of Chios loading at the port of Piraeus in the spring of 2016 moves and inspires me because of its background story and the picture that comes to my mind while listening and reading about it, followed by a taste of anger and injustice. The vivid dichotomy between the densely packed tents in empty warehouses along the harborside, and the everyday-almost kind of dull/ignorant activities of the port inspired me to create a piece for expressing a kind of tragic hope.

"This is transmitted through sound, lyrics and the picture of the sea and the buds of some flowers, serving both as remembrance of those who died in the sea and also the ones hoping for resilience and a better future. I left the field recording relatively "untouched", just moved it a bit around the piece and adjusted some parts.

"The composition is based on cuts of a live concert recording with Majó and Kollektiv Eigenklang that includes the greek tzouras, electronics, soundscapes, Teremin and Majó's voice. At the end of the piece there is an older field recording from the the sea in Crete."

Piraeus migrant camp recording reimagined by Ili Os ft. Majó & Kollektiv Eigenklang.

Part of the Migration Sounds project, the world’s first collection of the sounds of human migration. 

For more information and to explore the project, see https://www.citiesandmemory.com/migration