The South Sea narrows
Jul 19, 12:18 PM
"The original recording has been used pretty much all the way through the song. It is slowed to 1/2 the time and reversed in places. I wrote the whole piece around a single loop of the recording of the guitar. I really wanted to feel the vibrations and to make the piece as tranquil, calm and reflective as I could.
"I have added my own electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, keyboards and voice. There is also the sound of a photocopier as texture to the piece like a rolling wave. I have also used the sound of a post office and a boarder crossing as an introduction.
"The title is based on the Old English for the English channel - the south sea or the narrow sea.
"The words are solemn; a father's unimaginable loss whilst crossing to England.
Bureaucracy juxtaposed against human tragedy."
Slovenian guitar recordig reimagined by Rhoald Earl & Emo.
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
"I have added my own electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin, keyboards and voice. There is also the sound of a photocopier as texture to the piece like a rolling wave. I have also used the sound of a post office and a boarder crossing as an introduction.
"The title is based on the Old English for the English channel - the south sea or the narrow sea.
"The words are solemn; a father's unimaginable loss whilst crossing to England.
Bureaucracy juxtaposed against human tragedy."
Slovenian guitar recordig reimagined by Rhoald Earl & Emo.
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