"Sound" has a way of pentrating your mind and attaching to your memories.
You might remember a friend from elementary school when you hear a certain door creaking, or hear a laugh that brings Rachmaninov to mind.
This is a crosswalk near the office where I work. Everytime I cross this crosswalk, , against a backdrop of the city's sounds, I hear beautiful melodies of the Iclandic singer Björk in my mind.
In the aftermath of a heavy rain, the night air calm and damp with the scent of the rainy season at hand, commuters make there way along infinite pathways tailored to their own particular purpose . From beneath the walkways appears a glissando of tranquility as an endless drone of fluidity ascends to the ears.
I borrowed the Korg DS-10 from my friend Hiroshi and made this track. The DS-10 is a game (synthesizer) for the Nintendo DS that is based on Korg's MS-10 analog synthesizer released in 1978. Despite being a "game", the DS-10 is actually quite a powerful tool. More information on the DS-10
Climbing the stairs of the station, the train that until just a moment ago was the carriage of your journey, trails off into the beyond with a decaying ruckus as it departs. Just before you reach the turnstyles, the subtle sound of flowing water fades into the mix.
The bubbling brook you imagine is actually a recording playing from a speaker unit on the wall. The purpose of its "pseudo-natural" sound being to disguise the "natural" sounds emiting from the area beyond the wall it is bolted to; the bathroom.