Clouds over Baguio

Cities and Memory - remixing the world

"This piece is built around a field recording of a jeepney ride through Baguio City, with the original recording being both mixed and processed through my modular synth.
"The recording is first played back as an audio file into the Morphagene module to fragment and reassemble its textures. The dry and processed signals mix, evoking the layered chaos of urban transit - voices, engines, and static, moving in and out of focus. A bass pedal note anchors the piece with pulsating Euclidean rhythms provided by Pamela's New Workout, while melodies from dual Rings modules emerge, offering glimpses of fleeting order. Finally, an extreme time-stretch of an earlier take adds a shimmering pad-like wash.
"As the piece evolves, the field recording is slowly overtaken by looping delay sounds from the Clouds module, reflecting the transformation of lived reality into memory and abstraction. The track evolved intuitively, aiming to mirror the disorderly beauty and fleeting impressions of urban life."
Baguio Plaza-Loakan Public Utility Jeepney ride reimagined by Richard Charles Boxley.