"I found out that Imfolozi means “zigzag” in isiZulu, so this was my inspiration to try and make a piece that never sits still, twists and turns. I wanted to reflect the sheer exuberance of the singing in the original piece where the clapping rhythm shifts and returns."

Imfolozi Park, South Africa reimagined by Dermot Fitzsimons.

The extremely loud business of tree and log disposal in Greenwich Park. Trees are trimmed, and the branches and logs are thrown into the back of the wood chipping truck, creating a violently loud industrial sound as they are turned into sawdust in an instant. 

Recorded by Cities and Memory. 

"A drone of "stimvocals" and fountains below mechanical concrete." 

Gilbert Bridge soundwalk at the Barbican Centre, London reimagined by Dee Fry.

Traditional silk weaving on a countermarch floor loom, as it has been done for thousands of years. Thanks to Skye Silks for letting us record them at work and taking the time to talk us through their practice. 

Recorded in April 2025 on the Isle of Skye, Scotland by Cities and Memory. 

"This piece reimagines a field recording of everyday people calling out, treating their voices not just as source material, but as the foundation. Approached with deep intention, it aimed to honour the original rhythms and harmonies of the callers without overpowering them. 

"The composition moves between ambient stillness and percussive energy, layering textures like tracked flute and analogue synth around the calls to reflect a natural, evolving dialogue. At its core, the work is about preservation through transformation, responding to what already resonates with care, space, and trust."

Instrumental credits:

Alor Setar bus station reimagined by Hellcat Sneer and André Solomon.

IMAGE: Marufish from Alor Setar, Malaysia, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

What began as a simple request for a song became an unforgettable moment. Deep in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, at Gomoti Plains Camp, I asked the staff if they could sing for a recording. Instead of just one song, they formed a choir and gifted me a spontaneous concert of sheer energy in their native language.

Recorded by Christina Antoniadou. 

As I began losing my hearing, the urgency of archiving memory through everyday sounds became more pressing. This work invites viewers to gain a deeper understanding of hearing loss and relate to my personal experience of losing the ability to appreciate the mundane. 

The audio was captured through my hearing aids in my hometown of Tucson, Arizona, USA in 2023. The audio highlights the fragility of sound at night in the desert, my father playing piano, conversations with my sister on the back of her truck looking up at the stars and my childhood friend singing about Tucson. 

Tucson is a place that invites you to reset, reconnect and listen to the environment around you. 

Recorded by Shaye Thiel. 

"I wanted to take the dreamy, on the road vibe of the sample and put it in a totally different aural world."

Hearing aid recording in Tucson, USA reimagined by Coxidelic [Tracy Cox].

"The sound of wood whistles and singing stretched to form a sonic memory of a moment embracing regional songs. Regional music that has been passed down and remembered, likely evolving subtly over time. 

"The time spent on the Greek terrace, sipping tsipouro and sharing music, is not immune to the same change. It will soon be an impression, the songs a distant echo, the melodies muddled. This augmentation of the original recording represents fading moments left to reminiscence."

Music in Mikro Papingo reimagined by Andrew Ramsey.

This is Angelos, one of the permanent residents of the village of Mikro Papingo, which is one of the 46 stone villages in this mountainous region of northwest Greece called the Zagorochoria. 

Angelos is one of our neighbours; he is retired now but continues to contribute to the musical heritage of this region. He makes his own wooden whistles which he plays, keeping alive regional tunes and songs. He is also one of the cantors for the village Greek Orthodox church. 

From time to time, when we are playing music in our garden Angelos will pop over to listen and sometimes join in. 

On this recording we have joined him on his aloni (terrace) one early-summer morning to look at his whistles and to record him playing and singing some of these regional songs and tunes. 

Sipping locally distilled tsipouro we explore some of these sounds together with a sense of companionship and relaxation. 

The music of Zagori and wider Epirus is not well known in the wider musical world, but it remains one of the most important and best preserved cultural traditions of Greece. 

I would highly recommend further exploration of the region's polyphonic songs, laments , shepherd's songs, and drinking songs where klarino (clarinet), violi (violin), laouto (lute) , defi (tambor) and voice weave a mesmeric aural web that is unforgettable. 

Recorded by Peter Annear.