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Release Date: 2020-12-12Label: Half-Night
"I was on parental leave during the summer of 2019. My firstborn son woke up early almost every day. We went for early morning walks to the nearby park or the playground. Some days, we took the tram to my friend's house to water his plants. Gothenburg was drowsy. Within the stillness, I sensed the energy of the awakening city. I started bringing a recorder to capture sounds that reflected our experience, but also sounds that offered a contrast to the recurring patterns. I was inspired to begin experimenting with loops of sound and wanted to recreate the safe and comforting feeling of the repeatedness. I asked my friend Dan Olsson to create a series of photographs of the places that my son and I had been visiting during our morning excursions. The field recordings and Dan’s photos became the starting point of this project and its three themes. I hope that you will find the urban patterns as relaxing and comforting as I did."Oskar Karlström, May 2020