Violetta

"My first thought was it would be challenging to compose a track. Field recording was recorded in north Macedonia. It’s mainly speech, women and children voices inside home. There is also accordion very far in the background. They speak Macedonian language. It gave me the opportunity to read about this country where poverty rate is very high. My composition would be a little nostalgic, but not sad to match the intimate ambiance, and voices.

"I didn’t want to alter or mangle beautiful voices of kids and women (even if I don’t understand Macedonian).

"So I told me a little story to help me: Lets pretend some documentary film maker asked me to compose a theme tune for the end or opening credits. There is music over location sound of the imaginary film.

"I've been working with a Digital Audio Workstation, recording, mixing and mastering. Doing field recordings myself, I am familiar with extracting sounds and cleaning them without too much alteration. I selected voices and ambient atmosphere. My additional elements were one of my music box sample, a dark synthesizer slow melody and some sampled piano notes. I tried to add a dreamy atmosphere."

Ohrid reimagined by Yann Le Vot.

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This sound is part of the Sonic Heritage project, exploring the sounds of the world’s most famous sights.

Find out more and explore the whole project: https://www.citiesandmemory.com/heritage