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In Detour, the subways of Tokyo and Kyoto — with their swirling machine roar and platform announcements — mingle with spiky synthetic textures.These two layers often intertwine, but now and then one suddenly interrupts the other, as if you were jostled while dozing on a busy train. The electronic sounds are meant to sharpen the qualities of the soundscape recordings, which I made on a trip to Japan, and sometimes to evoke the raucous sound and dazzling lights that form part of the Japanese urban experience.The disjointed continuity of the piece, which occasionally borders on the nonsensical, suggests the feelings of disorientation and dislocation that come with traveling in an unfamiliar, fast-paced city. Performances:
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