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Mark Taylor - Alone in the crowd (Paris)

from Sounds from France by Cities and Memory

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25 Jul 2017, 09:14
COP protest reimagined by Mark Taylor.

"I absolutely loved this field recording by Ben Gale and wanted to highlight it’s qualities as much as possible in my remix – one of the reasons why you will hear it at the beginning and end of my piece with no editing whatsoever!

This composition was inspired by my own experiences on various protest marches over the years and my ability to almost completely shutdown external stimuli; to be ALONE IN THE CROWD. It’s a defence mechanism really, but at times almost spiritual – an ‘out of crowd’ experience! I don’t enjoy large gatherings that much at all and I think my brain simply needs time-out from the revelry!

My piece starts with Ben’s field recording in its raw state. Slowly the sounds of protest morph, warp and fade into the background. They continue to ebb and flow, almost like a living breathing creature, but always slightly distant / faded. A simply, dissonant piano motif represents me in the middle of the throng. A choir theme adds that little edge of spirituality! The piano and choir fade away. Slowly the sounds of protest re-enter my consciousness and I rejoin the masses.

Warped Sounds of Protest – Reaktor 5 (Metaphysical Function with 14 layers of automation) Piano – Kontakt 5 (‘Giant’ piano module) Voices – Omnisphere (Boys Choir)"

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from Sounds from France, released June 19, 2020

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Cities and Memory is one of the world’s biggest sound projects, a global, collaborative sound art and field recording programme with the aim of remixing the world, one sound at a time. It covers more than 100 countries and territories with 5,000+ sounds and more than 1,000 contributing artists.
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