Limone e melone
Mar 23, 10:44 AM
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"Limone e Melone is based on a recording from the Piazza della Cisterna in Sam Gimignano, an idyllic Tuscan hill town with medieval towers, cathedral, and a museum of torture! It was recorded in August 2021. During a Summer afternoon, the Piazza della Cisterna has one particularly conspicuous human feature: a deep queue of locals and tourists eagerly awaiting the delights of the twice world champion Gelateria Dondoli. Gelato is integral to my experiences of Italy in summer. It would be hard to visit the Piazza della Cisterna without being drawn into the gravity of this queue. You can hear the sugar and delight in “pronto” from the girl running in flip flops, in the laughter, and the snippets of a slightly unhinged Welsh accent surprisingly emerging from the cacophony.
"There’s something uniquely pleasant about the chaos of Italian noise. This recording captures that abundance of life and joy. Limone e Melone is built from the voices of the Italians and the Welsh visitor, along with less identifiable sources. The track is built entirely from the field recording - used to create all the percussion, instruments, and the less-altered vocals. I’d like to think this is both the sounds of the site and the sounds of the taste of the site, given how integral the Gelateria is to the plaza, to Italian Summer culture, and to my own very fond recollection of the place.
"Limone e Melone was created entirely in AUM on the iPad, using StepPolyArp sequencers, Koala samplers, Patterning 3 for percussion, Spacecraft and Borderlands for granular synthesis, and many AU effects (including most of the Toneboosters and FAC suites). It was arranged with Loopy Pro, MIDIMixer for AUM and Patterning 3."
San Gimignano piazza reimagined by Phonopsia.
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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
"There’s something uniquely pleasant about the chaos of Italian noise. This recording captures that abundance of life and joy. Limone e Melone is built from the voices of the Italians and the Welsh visitor, along with less identifiable sources. The track is built entirely from the field recording - used to create all the percussion, instruments, and the less-altered vocals. I’d like to think this is both the sounds of the site and the sounds of the taste of the site, given how integral the Gelateria is to the plaza, to Italian Summer culture, and to my own very fond recollection of the place.
"Limone e Melone was created entirely in AUM on the iPad, using StepPolyArp sequencers, Koala samplers, Patterning 3 for percussion, Spacecraft and Borderlands for granular synthesis, and many AU effects (including most of the Toneboosters and FAC suites). It was arranged with Loopy Pro, MIDIMixer for AUM and Patterning 3."
San Gimignano piazza reimagined by Phonopsia.
———————
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