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Forthemonthof November2010 IwasanartistinresidenceinDelhiwiththeSwissArtsCouncil
ProHelvetiaandthemediaresearchcenterSarai.Oneofmyproposedprojectsforthisresidency wasa continua continuation tion ofmy “UnheardCitie “UnheardCities”seriesofworks,which s”seriesofworks,which I'vebeenreal I'vebeenrealizingsince2002. “UnheardCities”explore “UnheardCities”exploreshowweperceive showweperceiveurbansoundenvir urbansoundenvironmentsinthefo onmentsintheformofinstallat rmofinstallations, ions, musicalperf musicalperforma ormances nces and, inthecaseof “UnheardDelhi “UnheardDelhi,,”worksforradio. In“UnheardDelhi”I In“UnheardDelhi”I interviewedeightpeopl interviewedeightpeoplewiththequestion ewiththequestion,“ ,“Whatisyourfav Whatisyourfavoritesoundorsounden oritesoundorsoundenvironmen vironmentin tin Delhi?”Irecordedalltheanswersandthenwentoutinthecityandrecordedthecorresponding sounds.The sounds.The resulti resultingrecor ngrecording dings s andinterviews andinterviews were were then mixedtogeth mixedtogetherfor erfor an approxi approximat mately ely 60-minute minute long audio portrai portrait t of thecity. thecity. I produce produced d an earlier earlier versionof versionof thispiece,“Unheard Zürich,”in2007.
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sounddesignatedacollectivespacesymbolizedbythesoundofpeopledemonstrating. As such such, , this this mean meant t that that I had had to find find a demo demons nstr trat atio ion n in Delh Delhi. i. In fact, act, ther there e are are oft often utwhenorwherethey demonstrationsinDelhib demonstrationsinDelhibut,like ut,likemanythings manythingsinIndia,itisno inIndia,itisnoteasytofi teasytofindo ndoutwhenorwherethey are.AsasidenoteIshouldmentionthatIwasinDelhiwithmypartnerandthreeofmychildren (atthat time ages three three years, years, sixyearsand seven seven months).This months).This mademe far less mobile mobile and flexiblethanifIhadbeeninDelhialone .Weoftenalltroopedoutintothecitytogether,thewhole familyintowbehindme,searchingforthesesounds.Anditwasoftenamatterofpureluckor coin coinci cide denc nce e that that I mana manage ged d to find find the the soun sounds ds to be reco record rded ed. . In seve severa ral l case cases, s, the the soun sounds ds the int intervi erview ewee ees s we were re alr already eady soun sounds ds I had had recor ecorde ded d duri during ng our our prev previo ious us designated designated by the wanderingsthroughthecit wanderingsthroughthecity y,inwhichcaseIdidn't ,inwhichcaseIdidn'thavetoseekthe havetoseektheseout.Butthiswassel seout.Butthiswasseldomthe domthe case.
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“Duri “During ng that that gap betwee between n wakefu wakefulne lness ss and sleep sleep you reall really y feel feel like like you are conne connect cted ed to somethingbeyond.”
Thiswasacaseofmehavingalreadyrecordedasoundwhichanintervieweehadchosen.Shweta Alankar, , her Upadhyay Upadhyay responde responded d with the sound of the muezzin' muezzin's s morning morning call to prayer prayer. . Like Alankar sound sound conne connect cted ed her to a specif specificspace icspace. . In this this case case not of prot protest est but a sense sense of spirit spiritual uality ity infusingthatplacewhereoneisneitherawakeorasleep. NearthebeginningofmystayIhadmadeanearlymorningtriptotheJamaMasjid,Del hi'smain mosqueandoneofthecity'smostimport mosqueandoneofthecit y'smostimportantcultur antculturalandhistoric alandhistoricalsites.Isatonthe alsites.Isatonthestepsleading stepsleading uptothemainentranceandthemuezzinbegantosing.Foranyonewhohasn'texperiencedthis,it certainlydoeshaveanotherworldlyfeeltoit ,instantlytransportingonetoanotherplace. DuringmytimeinDelhiIneverleftthehousewithoutmyrecorderandmicrophonesclippedtothe collarofmyjacketorshirt.IwasconstantlyrecordingandonthismorningattheJamaMasjidIwas ableto capturethesoundofthemuezzin,thoughIhadn'tbeenplanningonrecordingthis. ManyofthesoundschosenbythepeopleIinterviewedhadacert ManyofthesoundschosenbythepeopleIint erviewedhadacertainclaritytothe ainclaritytothem,theabilityto m,theabilityto cutthroughthedenseenvir cutthroughthedenseenvironme onmentof ntof Delhi'ssoundfieldsandcreat Delhi'ssoundfieldsandcreatea ea spaceoftheirown.The muezzin'scallwaslikeaknife,penetratingtherelativeearlymorningstillnessofOldDelhi.Ialso experie experienced nced this call later later during during theday and,surprisingly and,surprisingly, , it still still had thesame effect effect, , piercing piercing throughthecity'swallofnoi se.
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“Thatdelicatecracklingkindofsound.”
Iram Iram Ghufranwas Ghufranwas responsi responsible ble for Sarai Sarai hostin hosting g meand I spent spent a lot oftime speaki speaking ng with with her about her exper experien ience ces s with with sound sound in Delhi. Delhi. It was initi initiall ally y very very hard hard to inte intervi rview ew her as she Sheet Music about couldn't couldn't thinkof thinkof anysound whatsoev whatsoeverin erin thecitywhich pleasedher pleasedher.Her .Her initialrespo initialresponsetomy nsetomy question was,“ThesoundofmyharddiscwhenIturnitoneachmorning,”whichIcouldn'tquite acceptasanappropriateanswerasthissoundcouldhaveoccurredanywhereintheworldwhere shemighthavehadherharddiscwithher.Althoughanotherinterviewee(C handrikaGrover,see below)gaveasimilarresponseabout below)gaveasimilarresponseaboutthesoundofwaterflowing thesoundofwaterflowingfromhertap,Iconside fromhertap,Iconsideredthisas redthisas morespecifictoDelhiandthereforepressedIramforothersounds.Intheend,sheactuallygave memore answe answers rs than than I could could use. use. Itw as as if once once I plant planted ed this this idea, idea, somet somethin hing g whichshe whichshe admittedlyneverhadgivenmuchthoughtto,thetricklebecameaflood. Herfirstanswerwasthenthesoundoffoodfryingataroadsidestand.Ilovedherdescriptionof thissoundandhowitcreated this senseof senseof intimacy intimacy andsharedexperi andsharedexperience ence withallpeople who camefromDelhi.Ijustcouldn'tforthelifeofmeimaginehowIwouldbeabletocapturethisina recording.Asidefromthefactthatthecitywasvirtuallyalwaystooloudtorecordsomethingthis recording.Asidefromthefactthatthecitywasvirtuallyalwaystooloudtorecordsomet hingthis quiet quiet, , I could couldn't n't see gett getting ing closeenoug closeenough h to the the frying frying food food to reco record rd iteven ifI did bysome miraclefindaquietplacewithafoodstand.
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AfewdayslaterafterherinterviewIwasgoingthroughrecordingsIhadalreadymadeinthecity and stumb stumbled led across across the very very sound sound she had des descri cribe bed! d! This This had been been reco record rded ed on my early early morningtriptotheJamaMasjidinOldDelhi(seeabove).OnmywaytothemosqueIstoppedat oneofthesestandstodrinksomechai.Itwasstilldarkandthecitywasv eryquiet.Amanwas preparingsamosasandpak preparingsamosasandpakorasinthe orasinthehotoil.Idr hotoil.Idrankmychais ankmychaistandingve tandingveryclosetoth ryclosetothefryingfood efryingfood andwasthusabletorecor andwasthusabletorecordthissound,t dthissound,thoughatthet houghatthetimeIrememb imeIrememberbeingmor erbeingmoreentran eentrancedwith cedwith thisearlymorningatmospherethanwit hthesoundofthefryingfood,whichwasinfactmorea byproduct byproduct of thewhole record recording ing experie experience. nce. I think think this was oneof my favori favorite te record recordings ings of “UnheardDelhi.”
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“Whenyouturnonthetapinthemorningandwaterflowsfromit,it'ssweetmusictomyears.” “Whenyouturnonthe tapinthemorningandwaterflowsfromit,it'ssweetmusictomyears.”
Chandrik Chandrika'sanswerwas a'sanswerwas atonce very very simple simple andfor me very underst understandab andable.In le.In theshorttime Sheet Music livinginDelhiwehadexperienceddailywaterproblems.Watercamefromareservoirontheroof pumpedbyanincredi pumpedbyanincrediblyloudandoldwat blyloudandoldwaterpump, erpump,whichmoreofte whichmoreoftenthannotdidnotpumpor nthannotdidnotpumpor, , rathe atherr, only only pump pumped ed in the the morn mornin ings gs, , but but not not in the the afte aftern rnoo oons ns. . And And then then only only one one of our our bathroomsintheapartmenthadwaterflowingtothetoiletandone tothesink,andthewater heaterwouldn'talwaysfill...andsoon.Chandrika'sanswermademorethanperfectsenseforme! And, of course,our course,our problem problems s paled in comparis comparison on to those those many many people people in Delhi Delhi who perhaps perhaps didn'thaveanyrunningwateratall. Living
inZürich, where where crysta crystalline lline riversgushfromthemountai riversgushfromthemountainsand nsand lakes,oneeasilytake lakes,oneeasilytakes s for grantedthevalueofwater grantedthevalueofwater.ButinDelhi,eveninthemoreafflu .ButinDelhi,eveninthemoreaffluentpartsofthecitylike entpartsofthecityliketheonewe theonewe werestayingin,theavailabilityofwaterisadailyunc ertainty. ThesoundofwaterforChandrikathereforedefinedastateofmindandaportentfortheday's arrival.Imadethisrecordinginourapartmen arrival.Imadethisrec ordinginourapartmentonadaywhenthewaterwasinfactrunnin tonadaywhenthewaterwasinfactrunning.Ionly g.Ionly hadtomakesurethewaterpumpwasoffbeforestar tingtherecorder!
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Ishwasoneof theintervi theinterviewee eweeswho swho Ididn'thavetoprodforananswer Ididn'thavetoprodforananswer.Maybebeca .Maybebecauseheis useheis a musicianormaybebecausehewasbornandraisedinDelhi,butheseemed hewasbornandraisedinDelhi,butheseemedtohavenopro tohavenoproblemin blemin connectingwithwhatIwasafterinmyinterview. HisfirstanswerreferredtotheparksinDelhi,whichcreatedacontextandacontrasttothecity's magnificentchaos.Forhim,itwas importanttohavethesequietplacestoreactivatetheprocess ofhearingagain.Thecity'sdense,churningsoundenvironmenttendstoblotthisout.ThoughI'd have have to say say that, that, like like Ish,I Ish,I also also found found a cert certain ain senseof senseof enjoym enjoymen ent t inthecity'snois inthecity'snoisies iest t areas. Therewassomethingincrediblyinvi Therewassomethingincrediblyinvigorat gorating,whennotatthesametimeutterlytax ing,whennotatthesametimeutterlytaxing,ofbeingin ing,ofbeingin the Chawri Chawri Bazar Bazar Road Road inOld Delhi Delhi ona we week ekda day y after afternoo noon n with with the stre street ets s too too full full to move move through,cloggedwithrickshaws,taxis,theoddcowandthis incrediblemassofhumanityinching itswayforwardthroughthedustandexhaustfumes.IfeltattimeslikeIwastrappedinatelevision tuned tuned between between station stations,spewing s,spewing white white noise andan endlessflick endlessflickerpatte erpatternof rnof snowy staticand staticand abruptglitches. Find ingaplacetorecordIsh'ssoundprovedtobenoproblematall,asrightaroundthecorner
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fromwherewelivedwastheKamlaNehruRidgeForest,ahugenationalparkfullofmonkeysand denseclustersofscre denseclustersofscreamingbirds.B amingbirds.Beingsomewhat eingsomewhatofananomalyfor ofananomalyforDelhi,theparkwasoftenfull Delhi,theparkwasoftenfull withjoggers,hikersorpeople picnicking.Itwasther picnicking .Itwastherefore eforesomewhatdif somewhatdifficultfindingaq ficultfindingaquietspotin uietspotin theparkwhichcouldsomehowcapturewhatIshwasreferringto.Duringtherecordingthebirds graduall gradually y grew grew in intensi intensity ty. . Atfirst mypresence mypresence frighte frightenedthem nedthem away away, butaftera few minutes minutes theyseeminglydecidedIposednothreatandresumedtheirchorusatfullvolume.Neartheendof therecordingyoucanhearamaninthedistancesingingonasqueakyswing.
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InherinterviewIramdiscussedoneofthearchetypalproblemsinurbansoundenvironments:the drown drowning ing out of small, small, more more subtle subtle sounds sounds. . Here Here she was refe referr rring ing to the bell bell on the bicyc bicycle le rickshaw rickshaws.Althoug s.Although h I would would tend tend toagree with herin general general about about thesesmall thesesmall sounds sounds getting getting drownedout,Iwouldinparticulardisagreewithherabouttherickshawwallah'sbell.Eveninthe clogged ed Old Delhi Delhi stre street et, , these these bells bells alway always s see seemed med to siest depth depths s of a hopele hopelessl ssly y traf traffic fic-clogg noisiest magic magicall ally y appear appear, , ringi ringing ng clearl clearly y above above the din. din. I began began to ask mysel myself f if there there perhap perhaps s wasn' wasn't t somethinginthedesignofthesebellswhichmadethemspeciallysuitedto this this mosthosti mosthostileof leof environments.Ifanything,Ididn'thearthemdyinginallthenoisearoundthem,butrippingthis noiseasunderinthemostsubversiveofways,almost noiseasunderinthemostsubver siveofways,almost,itseemed,workingonasubconsciousleve ,itseemed,workingonasubconsciouslevel. l. Ialwaysknewtogetoutofthe waywhenIheardtheringofarickshawwallah'sbell. As with many of the recordi recordings ngs in “Unheard “Unheard Delhi, Delhi,” ” record recording ing a rickshaw rickshaw wallah's wallah's bell posed a numberofproblems.Icouldn'timaginejustrecordingthisonthestreet,evenifitwaspractically always goingon.Registeringthisonapsych goingon.Registeringthisonapsychologicallevel ologicallevelwasonething,butsomehowtransf wasonething,butsomehowtransferring erring this experie experienceto nceto a record recordingwas ingwas another another. . AndI didn'tfeelrightjustwalkingup didn'tfeelrightjustwalkingup toa rickshaw rickshaw wallahandtryingtoexplainthatIwantedtorecordhisbell.EvenifIdidfeelrightaboutthisIstill probablycouldn'thavedoneitasmostofthesedriver'sdon'tspeakmuchEnglishandIfiguredit wouldbeneartoimpossibletogetmypointacross.
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Intheend,Ihituponaveryelegantsolution.Everymorningd ifferentvendorsvisitedthecourtyard ofourapartmentcomplex.Therewasamansellingbread,anothermancamewiththemilk,and yetanotherwhobroughtve yetanotherwhobroughtvegetable getables.Theveget s.Thevegetablevendorarri ablevendorarrivedonalargeflat vedonalargeflatbedbicycle bedbicycle,piled ,piled highwithallkindsofvegetabl highwithallkindsofve getables.Andhehadab es.Andhehadabell,thesame ell,thesamebellthatal bellthatalltherick ltherickshawwallahsh shawwallahshad. ad. Wehadalreadygottentoknoweachotherovertheseveralweeksthatwehadbeenlivingatthe apartmen apartment. t. I just came outone morningwith morningwith mymicrophones mymicrophones andrecorderand andrecorderand asked asked him if I could could ringhis ringhis bell bell a few few times times. . Heseemedtounder Heseemedtounderst stand and,or ,or atleast atleast not care, care, and Imadethe recording.AndthenIboughtourvegetablesforthedayplusatipforhisbell.
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uniquesoundbutthesoundofaplace,asmallro uniquesoundbutthesoundofaplace,asmallroundaboutnearher undaboutnearherhouseinJongpurExt houseinJongpurExtension,a ension,a Sheet Music quietresidentialneighborhoodinsouthernNew Delhi.Itwashereatthisrotundaplacedinthe intersectionoffourstreetsthatpeopleinherneighborhoodmettoselltheirwares,washanddry theirclothesortojustrelaxandtalkwiththeneighbors. The idea of record recording ing an entire entire enviro environmen nment, t, as oppose opposed d to going going for for one partic particula ular r sound sound or eventreallyappealedtome.ThetrekouttoherhouseprovedtobeanotherofourDelhiodysseys, consistingofalongtrainride,averylongwalkandacoupleeatingstopsontheway.Whenwe rounda dabo bout ut I was was a bit bit disa disapp ppoi oint nted ed. . Ther There e was was nobo nobody dy ther there! e! No wo wome men n finall finally y found found the the roun washing,nopeoplesellin washing,nopeoplesellinganythin ganything,not g,not evenanyonesitt evenanyonesittingther ingthere.Wewalke e.Wewalked d abit furtherand furtherand found found a smallplay smallplaygr groun ound d and let let the kids kids relax relax and play play for for a while. while. I gave gave the situa situati tion o n some some thoughtanddecidedtogobacktotheroundaboutandmakearecording.Maybesomeonewould arrivewhileIwasthere,maybeweweretooearly. Ileftmyfamilyattheplaygroundandwentbacktotheroundabout.ItwasstillemptybutIwent ahead ahead and took took a seat seat and start started ed the reco record rder er. . Almost Almost as if by magic magic the vendor vendors s start started ed to appearfromdifferentdirections,circlingtherotundaandcallin gouttheirwares.Neighborswalked by,staringatmecuriousl by,staringatmecuriously. y.Apackofstaydogsapproachedmecautiously Apackofstaydogsapproachedmecautiouslyandsniffedatmyshoes. andsniffedatmyshoes. Nobo No body dy actu actual ally ly ent entered ered the the rotun otunda da but but I did did get the the sens sense e that that it was was the the hear heart t of this this neighborhood,thatsoonerorlatereveryoneconvergedhere.ThesoundsIrecordedrepresented neighborhood,thatsoonerorla tereveryoneconvergedhere.ThesoundsIrecordedrepresented thevortexofthissmallcommunityandIfeltthattherecording,evenifitdidn'tcapturePriya's precisedescription,didimpartthatsenseofthisparticularplace.
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“Likeaconcentratedwaveofsoundofthesepeoplejustenjoyingtheserides.”
SajidAkbarcontactedmeoutofthebluewhileIwasinDelhi.He'dbeentomyinstallationatthe BhutaGalleryintheCraftsMuseumandhadafewquestions aboutthis.I aboutthis.I askedif askedif hewould be intere intereste stedin din doingan doingan intervie interviewfor“Unheard wfor“Unheard Delhi, Delhi,” ” towhichhereadilyagreed. towhichhereadilyagreed. Ionlymention this this here here as one of the great great probl problems ems facin facing g me in produ producin cing g this this piece piece was findin finding g enough enough peopletointerview,especially whenworkingundersuchpressingtimeconstraints.Ihad,infact, intervie interviewedsever wedseveralother alother peoplefor peoplefor thepiecebut someof their their answers answers, , thoughperhaps thoughperhaps very very interesting,forvariousreasonscouldn'tberecorded.Forexample,onepersonlikedthesound ofa specif specific ic truck truck horn horn that that had actual actually ly recen recentl tly y been been outlaw outlawed ed in Delhi Delhi and which which there therefo fore re no longerexis longerexisted ted.Or .Or somepeoplegavethesamesoundasothers somepeoplegavethesamesoundasothers.The .The soundof soundof trains,eith trains,eithertheir ertheir hornsoroftheactualtrainpassingby,orofbirdssinging, weresoundsseveralpeoplementioned. And then, then, some some sounds sounds I just just couldn couldn't 't track track down. down. So, So, the the more more people people I could could inte intervi rview ew, , the better better.Butit .Butit wasdifficul wasdifficulttofindenoughpeopl ttofindenoughpeopleandto eandto findthe findthe timeto timeto intervi interviewthem.Delh ewthem.Delhiis iis well over over an hour hour to meet meet some someon one e to mak make a five five-minute huge huge and it somet sometime imes s took me well intervie interview w.I couldn' couldn'tverywellexpe tverywellexpectpeople ctpeople totaketimeoutof totaketimeoutof theirdayand theirdayand cometo cometo me.Idid manage manage to make make severa several l of theinterviews theinterviews which finally finally ended ended up on thepiece at Sarai,which, Sarai,which, luckilyenough,wasjustaten -minutewalkfromourapartment. Sajid'sanswerreferredtothe“WorldofWonders,”anamusementparkoutontheabsolutenether reachesofDelhi,inanareadevoidofname,onlydesignatedasSector18.Whichallsoundedvery mysterioustome.Thetrainrideouttherewasreallylong,passingthroughvastswathesofDelhi slums,anincrediblydenselandscapeoftightlyclusteredapartmentbuildingsandnarrowstreets packedsolidwithpeople.WhenwereachedtheSector18metro stationthesceneoutsidewaslike a riot riot with with this this fant fantast astic icall ally y loud loud wall wall of traf traffic fic noise noise echoin echoing g betwe between en the road road and the the train train stationabove.Ittookusaroundtenminutesjusttocrossthestreettostartonourwaytothe triedtocrossaroadinDelhiwithouttrafficlightswewerevirtually amusementpark.AnytimewetriedtocrossaroadinDelhiwithouttrafficlightswewerevirtually amusementpark.Anytimewe likesittingducks,butwemiraculouslyalwaysmangedtoavoidcalamity.
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Novembe November r isthe month month for weddings weddings in Delhi Delhi andthereis probablyno probablyno biggercelebr biggercelebratio ation n for a familythan havingit'ssonordaughterjoinedinholymatrimony.Iramrefersheretothe“baraat” process procession, ion, which is when the bridegr bridegroom oom travels travels on a horse horse to the wedding wedding ceremon ceremony y at the bride'shouse,accompaniedbyhisfriendsandfamilyandatroopofdrummers. Ithoughttomyself Ithoughttomyself,“Grea ,“Great,thiswillbean t,thiswillbean amazingreco amazingrecordin rdingbutwherewillI gbutwherewillI findthis?”WhenI findthis?”WhenI askedaroundtheinevitableanswerwas,“Oh,everywhere.Novemberisthemonthofweddings.” But“everywhere”wasformenowhereinDelhi,asIcouldn'tfin dmyselftraipsingaroundthecity onanendlesssearchforaweddingprocession.Butthen,aswasoftenthecaseduringourstayin Delhi,theanswercamealmostasifbymagic.SomeonefromSaraitoldmethedayafterIram's interviewthattherewouldbe aweddingrightnextdoorthatevening.Incredible! Thingsstartedtogetgoingaroundnightfall.IwentbacktoSaraiwithmydaughterJosephineand we stood stood outsid outside e the bride' bride's s house house tryin trying g to reco record rd the music, music, whichdidn' whichdidn't t reall really y see seem m to be happening happening yet. et. Sudden Suddenly ly, , a huge huge roar roar of drums drums erupt eruptedand edand the proce processi ssion on spille spilled d out on the streetwithhorses,athrongofpeopleinalltheirfineryandseveralmenbringingupthebackwith generatorsintowtopowerallthelights. Westoodbythesideoftheroadandrecordedtheprocessionasitmeanderedbackandforth betweenthebride'shouseandaHindutemplenotfaraway.Thedrumspannedbackandforth, recededinthebackground,pushedtotheforeground.Itwasapulsingma ssofbuzzing,snapping snaredrumssupportedbydeepertuneddholdrums.AsIramstated,“justvibrant.”
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“Allthetrainsgoingby,takingoutdifferentintervals.It'salmostlikeasong.”
IfounditinterestinghowIshtunedintoenvironmentalsoundsasmusicalstatements.Itprobably should have have come come as no surpri surprise se to me, as Ish is a music musician ian, , but then, then, I see seem m toknow many many Sheet Music should musicianswhowouldn'tconsider musicianswhowouldn 'tconsiderthesesoundsasmusica thesesoundsasmusical.Forme,th l.Forme,though,Delhiprovedtobeone ofthemostmusical ofthemostmusicalcitiesI'd citiesI'deverspen everspenttimein.Andher ttimein.AndhereIshcameupwithagoodex eIshcameupwithagoodexampl ampleofa eofa soundenvironmentwhichprobablyonlyexistsinDelhi.Hehadlivednearatrainstationforsome time and became became entran entrancedwith cedwith t he incoming incoming and outgoing outgoing trainstooting trainstooting their their airhorns. The descriptionsoundedgrea descriptionsoundedgreatbutIcouldn't tbutIcouldn'treallyimaginewha reallyimaginewhatthisactuallycoul tthisactuallycouldsoundlikenorho dsoundlikenorhow w Iwouldbeabletofindthis.I'dalreadybeenattheOldDelhitrainstationand,thoughthere were infacttrainssoundingtheirhornsthere,itlackedthedensityandclarityofIsh'sdescription. Seve Severa ral l days days befo before re going going home home to Zürich Zürich, , we made made our way way to one of Delhi' Delhi's s classi classic c touris tourist t destinations,Humayun'sTomb,theso-calledlittlebrotheroftheTajMahal.Afterhavingalookat thetomb,wewentdowntothesurroundingparktoflysomekiteswe'dboughtforthekidsona triptoVaranasi.Itwasawarmandwindyday.Itookabreakfromkiteflyingandwentovertositin theshadetocool off.Suddenl off.SuddenlyI yI heardin heardin thedistance thedistancewhatsoundedlik whatsoundedlikea ea trainhorn.Andthen trainhorn.Andthen another.Irealiz another.Irealizedthatthiswasth edthatthiswasthesoundIshhadbeenre esoundIshhadbeenreferring ferringto.Thewindcarr to.Thewindcarriedthesoundof iedthesoundof these these horns over over from from theNazrat theNazrat Nizamud Nizamuddinrailwa dinrailway y station, station, about ninekilometer ninekilometers s awayfrom Humayun'sTomb.Itwasinfactabeautifulsound,likeasongandabitmournful.PerhapsIhad beenreflectingonthefactthatwewouldsoonbeleavingDelhi,acitywhichcouldinequalparts driveonecrazyandbeutterlycaptivating atthesametime. This was another another case speaking speaking for never never leaving leaving the house without without my record recording ing equipmen equipment. t. Given Given the time time const constra raint ints s I was was workin working g under under, , I most most certa certainl inly y would would have have never never found found this this soundnomatterhowhardIhadtried.
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“Everybellislikesomebodypraying,somebodyaskingforsomething.”
IramansweredherewithoneofthemostubiquitoussoundstobeheardinIndia:templebells.In everywhereand reand most of intensely ly spiritual spiritually ly conscious conscious country country like like India, India, there there are temples everywhe Sheet Music an intense them have have bells. bells. Even Even in the courtya courtyard rd of our apartment apartment building building theneighbors theneighbors had erecte erected d a smallHindutemple,completewithitsownpriestwhospentthedaysthere,sittinginaspacenot muchlargerthanhimself. Andhereagain, Andhereagain,an an answerwhere answerwhere asoundisappreciate asoundisappreciatednotjustforthepleasur dnotjustforthepleasureof eof itinand of itself,butasasymbolofsomethingelse.AsinShwetaUpadhyay'slinktothemuezzin'smorning calltofeeling“youareconnectedtosomethingbeyond,”sotoodotheso undofthesetemplebells repr represe esent nt a connec connecti tion on to a place place or forc force e beyon beyond, d, somet somethin hing g all powerf powerful, ul, benev benevole olent nt and nurturing. Thoughin Thoughin herintervi herinterviewIramref ewIramrefere erenced nced this soundto soundto aparknearher house,I house,I feltthatthereal feltthatthereal issueherewasthesoundofthe bellsandwhattheyrepresented,nottheparknearIram'shouse whereshesometimesheardthese.AndforthisreasonIdecidedtomak whereshesometimes heardthese.AndforthisreasonIdecidedtomaketherecording etherecordingataHindu ataHindu templenear templenear ourapartment.OnceagainI ourapartment.OnceagainI wasamazed wasamazed athow many ofthe sounds sounds record recordedfor edfor wereeitherfoundin din theneighborh theneighborhoodwhere oodwhere wewerestaying wewerestaying orfromsounds “UnheardDelhi” wereeitherfoun whichI'dalreadyrecordedbeforetheactualinterviewshadbeenmade.
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cityisstillnotupandawakebutitslowly ebutitslowlyiswakingup.Andthat iswakingup.Andthat'swhen 'swhen “Youcanhearwhenthe cityisstillnotupandawak youheardifferentsounds.”
SadafRazawasinfactthefirstpersonIinterviewedfor“Unhea SadafRazawasinfactthefirstpersonIint erviewedfor“UnheardDelhi, rdDelhi,”andthiswhenshewasin ”andthiswhenshewasin Zürich h ona tripfor tripfor the the New New Delhioffic Delhioffice e ofthe Swiss Arts Arts Council Council Pro Helvet Helvetia. ia. I felt felt that that this Sheet Music Züric recor recordin ding g would would be a good good way way to end the the piece piece, , in stark stark cont contra rast st to its beginn beginning ing with with the stormin stormingsoundof gsoundof peopledemons peopledemonstra trating ting.Sadafchosenota .Sadafchosenota specific specific sound but,rather but,rather,a ,a time of daywhereonecouldheardiffe daywhereonecouldh eardifferentsounds rentsoundsatall.MuchasIshspokeabout atall.MuchasIshspokeaboutbeingabletore beingabletoreactivat activate e theprocessoflisteningbyvisitingparksinDelhi,sotoodidSadaffindsolaceintheearlymorning hours,whentheshopswer hours,whentheshopswerejustopenin ejustopeningandthedayhad gandthedayhadyettof yettofallintoth allintothevortexofDelhi'smass ofnearly17,000,000peopletryingtonavigateitswaythroughthecity. Sitting Sitting herein herein Zürichas Zürichas Iwritethis,the Iwritethis,the ideaofbeingableto“heardiff ideaofbeingableto“heardiffere erentsounds ntsounds”seemslike ”seemslike nothin nothing g remar remarka kable ble. . I can can hear hear the the wind wind blowin blowing g throug through hthe the tree trees, s, kids kids playin playing g down down in the courtyard,astreetcarrollingby,thechurchbellringingoutthetimeofdayandbirdssinging.But then then I thinkback thinkback to Delhi, Delhi, to Connau Connaugh ght t Place, Place, whichis whichis the areaSadaf areaSadaf gave gave for for beingable beingable to morningsilence.AndIremembernowthat,really,asidefromtheoccasional experiencethisearlymorningsilence.AndIremembernowthat,really,asidefromtheoccasional experiencethisearly rickshawbellorthepiercin rickshawbellorthepiercing,snarlingbuzz g,snarlingbuzzofmotorcy ofmotorcyclehorns,allIre clehorns,allIreallycanreca allycanrecallofthisplaceis llofthisplaceis a dens dense e wave wave of traf traffi fic c wind windin ing g arou around nd and and arou around nd a hub hub of seve seven n majo major r thoroughf thoroughfares, ares, all convergingonacircleofupscalerestaurants,boutiquesandtouristtraps.Iliketothinkofmyselfas a“trainedlistener a“trainedlistener,,”whichmeansI'vedevelop ”whichmeansI'vedevelopedasensibilitytoliste edasensibilitytolisteningthroug ningthroughyearsofpractic hyearsofpractice, e, butinDelhi,andperhapslikenoothercityI'vespenttimein,myso butinDelhi,andperhapslike noothercityI'vespenttimein,myso -called “trained “trained ears” ears” often came upempty,try upempty,try asI might.Perhap might.Perhaps,though s,though,“empt ,“empty” y” isthe wrongword.Maybe wrongword.Maybe overloade overloaded d would would be more more accur accurat ate, e, as the densit density y of this this city' city's s sound sound envir environm onmen ent t was like like no other other I'd I'd experience perienced,justin d,justin termsof termsof thesheer amountof amountof differe differentsoundspote ntsoundspotentia ntiallyhappen llyhappeningatany ingatany onemoment.Ofcourse,thereareplacesoflesssoundsorquietersounds,liketheparks,butthese arefewandfarbetween.Whenonewantstohearmorethen,asSadafsoastutelysummedup, onemustbeupat“thecrackofdawn.”
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Thealbumswelovehaveiteasy.Ifthey’rewithinearshottheycanluxuriateinthe praise—beitham-fisted,needlesslyabstractorrecklesslypassionate —heapedupon them.It’sarelationshipcomplicatedprimarily,ifatall,byextra them.It’sarelationshipcomplicatedprimaril y,ifatall,byextra -musicalassociations: variousandsundryhormone- and/oradrenaline-churningexperiencesinvolvinglove, loss,theft,success,orabjectfailure. Ican’trememberwhenIfirstheardtheRamones’debutalbum,butmyrelationship with these these fourt fourteen een songs songs is doubt doubtles lessly sly mirro mirrore red d in the lives lives of count countles less s other other listenersofallages,ther listenersofallages,therebyrenderi ebyrenderingarhapsodicapprec ngarhapsodicappreciationofitspowert iationofitspowertoexcit oexcite, e, inspir inspire, e, and trans transfo form rm large largely ly super superflu fluous ous (and (and also also outsid outside e the purvie purview w ofWolf Notes).
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TheTickMarkStudiescameaboutasanattempttofrustratemyexperiencewiththis andotherbelovedrecords.Intheprocess,Ihopedtointerrogatemylisteninghabits and,asaresult,cultivateanewformof‘activelistening.’Thefollowingpagesconsist of two two atte attemp mpts ts to grap graphi hica call lly y repr repres esen ent t all all of the the sing single le snar snare e hits hits pres presen ent t on idea of ‘act ‘activ ive e list listen enin ing’ g’ cons consis ists ts of a pass passiv ive e body body (usu (usual ally ly sitt sittin ing g Ramones. My idea comfortablyorrecumbent)andactivemind.Bytranscribingtheactivityofthesnare drum,mybodyplayedanactiveroleinlistening,andthismadeforaphysicallytense hour. hour. Theresultingdocumen Theresultingdocument t draws draws inspira inspirationfrom,and tionfrom,and is indebte indebted d to, thevisual aesthet aesthetics ics of Minimalism Minimalism; ; it attempt attempts s to transcr transcribe, ibe, embody embody, and acknowledg acknowledge e the aural and visual visual rigor rigor that that compri comprised sed the found foundat ation ion of the Ramone Ramones’ s’ maste masterfu rfully lly executedcraft.
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comp mpos oser er, , on one e-th thir ird d of Ha Hapt ptic ic, , an and d fo form rmer er co-di dire rect ctor or of the Dr Dropp opp Adam Sonderberg is a co Ensem En sembl ble. e. He is the aut author hor of the re rece centl ntly y pub publis lished hed American Hou Hours rs wit with h Ger German man Eff Effici icienc ency y (Entr’acte)andmaintainsablogbythesamename.
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There’sanoteonthestairs:“Thingsarenotverygood.Herefusestoeatbecauseof diarrh ea – sojuice,coffee,tea(inredcanister sojuice,coffee,tea(inredcanister). ).”Mymother’sgonetoarehearsalfor ”Mymother’sgonetoarehearsalfor anEasterperformanceoftheSt.MatthewPassion,andI’vecomebacktothehouse whereI whereI grew grew upin Bradfo Bradfordtolook rdtolook aftermy aftermy fatherforthehourswhileshe’ fatherforthehourswhileshe’saway saway. . 93andhasbeensubjecttodebilitatinginf tatinginfectionsformuch ectionsformuchofthepastyear ofthepastyear.He’s .He’s He’s 93andhasbeensubjecttodebili hadtroubleswallowingforsometime,andfromhisbedroomupstairsIhearanugly, phlegmycougheveryminuteorsoashetriestoclearhiswindpipe.Hisbalanceis several al falls falls haveleft haveleft his skin skin marke marked d with with count countles less s dark dark bruise bruises s which which poor, and sever refusetoheal.Intellectuallyhe’sstillprettymuchthere,andhelistenseverydayto thenewsinFrenchandGermanaswellasEnglish,buttheconstantailmentsmake himmiserableandhe’sreadytodie.
In my late late teena teenage ge year years s I hated hated him and we had furiou furious s futile futile argu argumen ments ts about about politics.ButbythetimeIstartedtohavechildren,we’dlearnedtosteproundour ideologicaldifferences.Heretiredfromhisjobasaca rdiologistandmellowed,andI managedtocontr managedtocontrolmyOedipa olmyOedipalrages lrages. . Soformychildrenastheygrewuphewasa Soformychildrenastheygrewuphewasa lovelygranddad:kind,supportive,non - judgmentaland quietlyloving. quietlylovi ng.
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My mother mother is still still active, active, playing playing viola in several several amateur amateur orches orchestra tras s and chamber chamber th groups.Forher80 birthdayafewweeksback16ofhermusicalfriendscameand spenttheday spenttheday playing playing chambermusicinvarious chambermusicinvarious formati formationsinfourroomsround onsinfourroomsround the house.WhenIwasyoungshewas‘just’ahousewife,butmyfather’ssister – whowas an inspir inspirat ation ional al music music teach teacher er – enco encour urag aged ed her her to tak take up musi music c agai again, n, and and it becamefirstapassionatehobby,thenameansofearninganindependentincomeas
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that if wereallywanted wereallywanted todo somethin something, g, we’ we’d d do itanyway. itanyway. I’m sure that if we’ we’d d asked asked for for lesson lessons, s, he’d he’d have have happil happily y paid paid for for them, them, but none none of us ever ever did, did, even even spentmostofourpocketmoneyonLPsandlist yonLPsandlistenedtomusic enedtomusic thoughasteenagerswe spentmostofourpocketmone hardandseriously.Ioftensaythatnotlearni hardandseriously.Ioftensaythatnotlearningtoplaythepianoisthebigg ngtoplaythepianoisthebiggestregr estregret et ofmylife,butIstillstruggletounderstandwhyIdidn’t.
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When When my fathe ather r had had a str stroke oke abou about t 10 year years s ago, ago, he knew knew exac exactl tly y wh what at was was happen happening ing as he fell fell to the floor floor and start started ed vomit vomiting ing, , but he didn’t didn’t know know if he’d he’d recover,be paralys paralysedordie. edordie. Infactheregainedvirt Infactheregainedvirtuall uallyallhis yallhis mobilityrem mobilityremarka arkably bly quickly.Mymotherrangmeandmybrotherstoinformustendayslater,whenhe was out of hospit hospital al and itwas clearhe clearhe was goingto goingto be alrigh alright. t. For For ten ten daysshe daysshe hadn’trungbec auseshedidn’twanttoworryusandmakeasonganddanceabout somethingthatmightturnouttobenothing.
She’samusician,butshedoesn’tliketo“make She’samusician,butshedoesn’tliketo“makeasonganddance” asonganddance”.Idon’tknowif .Idon’tknowif it’s just our family, or typical of a subsection of the midd middle le clas class s of my par parents ents’ ’ genera generation tion, , or a featur feature e of social social life life in a northern northern industria industrial l city where where Methodis Methodist t believers,butyoudon’twanttomak twanttomakeafussorrisk eafussorrisk attitudeslingerevenamongstnon -believers,butyoudon’ lookingstupidbyover-dramatisingthings.Yougetonwithlife,whichusuallyinvolves thlife,whichusuallyinvolves serv servin ing g othe other r peop people le’’s need needs s wh whet ethe her r as doct doctor or, , teac teache her r or musi musici cian an. . And And you you instinctivelydistrustpeoplewhoare‘showy’orhavepretensions.
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My mother mother plays plays music music every every day day, but she hasn’t hasn’t ever ever compo composed sed anyth anything ing. . She’s contenttoplay contenttoplay otherpeople’scompositions,organise otherpeople’scompositions,organiseconcertsandwriteprogramme concertsandwriteprogramme note notes s abou about t the the wo work rks s of grea great t comp compos oser ers. s. Crea Creati tivi vity ty is for for othe other r peop people le – a privilegedfewwhoyourevere,butwithoutbeingfoolishenoughtoimaginethatyou mighteverbecomeoneofthem.Theyexistsomewhereelse mighteverbecomeoneofthem.Theyexistsomewhereelse – – Londonperhaps,Paris orBerlinorVienna,butnotBradford.Andtheyliveanotherkindofexisten orBerlinorVienna,butnotBradf ord.Andtheyliveanotherkindofexistence:riskier ce:riskier, , Romantic vision vision that I can more more precari precarious, ous, andmoreproneto traged tragedy y. It’s It’s a post-Romantic critique intellectually intellectually,butisactuallyquit ,butisactuallyquitehardtoshak ehardtoshakeoff eoff.Iamafterallmypare .Iamafterallmyparents’ nts’ child;IrunaCDlabel,recordingandproducingdiscsof“improvisedandcuttingedge contemporarymusic” contemporarymusic”,butIleavethecreativit ,butIleavethecreativitytoothers,notwantingtomak ytoothers,notwantingtomakeaso easong anddance- orafoolof- myself.
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FordecadesI’vetoldmyse FordecadesI’vetoldmyselfthatI’veleft lfthatI’veleftstartingto startingtoolate.HowcanIenvisagepla olate.HowcanIenvisageplayin ying the the pianowitho pianowithouthavi uthavingalre ngalready ady done done year years s ofpractic ofpractice? e? My handswillneve handswillnever r be suppleenough.InmyMethodist -infusedconsciousness,music – likeeverythingelse worthwhile - shouldbetheproductofhardworkandstudiedapplication.Andthe like aton atonal al musi music c shou should ldn’ n’t t exem exempt pt me from from many many hour hours s of practicing fact fact that I lik scales.
ButwithsomeofthemusicIlove,instrumentalvirtuosityisnolongerimportant,let aloneessential.Anyonecanmakeinterestingsoundswithdigitalelectronics.Thenit becomesevenmoreterri becomesevenmoreterrifying fying,because ,because there’ there’s s nolongeran excuse excuse tohidebehind. tohidebehind. What’ What’s s to stop stop me comp compos osin ing g a grea great t piec piece e of elec electr tron onic ic musi music c exce except pt my ow own n mediocri mediocrity?I ty?I fearthatI’ll fearthatI’llbe be foundoutandjustconf foundoutandjustconfirmthat irmthatI’mnotcreat I’mnotcreativeatall, iveatall, consciousnes sness s andtimidity andtimidity are mixed mixed mysecret hopes hopes andpretensio andpretensions. ns. Self -consciou for for all mysecret criticism;Iwasahighachieveracademically academically,soIcanquicklypic ,soIcanquicklypickholes kholes withsharpself -criticism;Iwasahighachiever inanddismissanycreativeprojectthatItentativelytrymyhandat.
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So am I stuck? stuck? Condemned Condemned to endlessl endlessly y serve serve other other people’ people’s s creativ creativity ity instead instead of exploringmyown?It’salltooeasytoblamemypar exploringmyown?It’salltooeasytoblamemyparentsforthewa entsforthewaytheybrought ytheybroughtme me up.Andit’salsotooeasytochastisemyselfin apatternofself -criticismthat does nothingtobreakthecircle.
Myfather’sdyingisinevitablyatimeforself -reflection,andperhapsthat’sthejoltI needtostartdoing aswellasserving.I’malready55andtheclockkeepsticking.I’m sure sure that that at first first my voice voice will will warble warble embarr embarrass assing ingly ly, , and my early early step steps s will will be gaucheandclumsy,butperhapsit’stimeatlasttoriskmakingasonganddance.
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