We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Hwayoung Shon - Ancient traveler (colliding icebergs)

from Polar Sounds by Cities and Memory

/

about

When an iceberg collides, the gate that connects the ancient and the present opens, and the song is composed with the idea that ancient travelers would travel.

As a gayageum performer, a traditional Korean string instrument, I tried to give an unknown and mysterious feeling by using the gayageum, invented in the 6th century, as the main instrument, and Korean jing and other Asian instruments.

With the motif of the ritual music of the Joseon Dynasty, when an iceberg collides and the ritual music is played, travelers come from ancient times.
Ancient travelers travel gracefully and quietly as if dancing. When an iceberg collides again, they return to ancient times to which they belonged through a gate.

credits

from Polar Sounds, released February 6, 2023

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Cities and Memory Oxford, UK

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.
Thousands of field recordings, recomposed and reimagined by artists around the world.
... more

contact / help

Contact Cities and Memory

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Ancient traveler (colliding icebergs), you may also like: