{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Once upon a time in Lazio","description":"\"A surreal discovery in a deserted motorway service station in Lazio. Behind the gas pumps stands a small, post-modern chapel, empty and silent. Inside, hidden low-fi speakers broadcast a bizarre loop of farm animals and distorted Christmas carols. The recording captures the haunting reverb of this lonely, sacred space, where kitsch sounds and motorway melancholy collide in a glitchy, suburban liturgy.\n\n\"To respond to this recording, I wanted to preserve its surreal, absurd and almost filmic character. The scene felt like something from a strange theatre production or an abandoned movie set, where familiar sounds take on an unsettling, dreamlike quality against the hum of the road. To capture this feeling I used a piano-led approach, collaging harmonic and melodic sounds from the recording and using pauses and space. Rather than filling the sonic landscape, I wanted to create room for the atmosphere of the original recording. I was reminded of Samuel Beckett and his use of absurdity, repetition and space in writing this piece. I aimed to use the theatrical strangeness of the recording while leaving space for its strangeness and melancholy to linger.\"\n\nItalian autogrill nativity reimagined by Laura Hills.","author_name":"Cities and Memory - remixing the world","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/2138625-cities-and-memory-remixing-the-world","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43678819/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}