A gentle touch - a podcast by Cities and Memory

"I find birds chirping very relaxing. This is why I've chosen to work with this particular sound recording.



I imported the original sound into Ableton Live. I recorded a few pad improvisations using my 1010music lemondrop granular synth. I then recorded some piano that I processed with a few effects (Puremagnetik Fragment, Spaceship delay and PaulStretch).



Overall, I tried to write a piece with a calm mood, a slow pace and a smooth instrumentation where no instrument stands out too much, a piece where the textures, melodies and harmony float gently together with the birds."



Hilton Head reimagined by Stephanie Merchak. 



Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep/