Buongiorno! Amici!
We have good news! Our podcast No. 3 is out!!
And... we finally arrived in Napoli! Let’s stretch our legs!
Here in Napoli, the sun is quite strong already - it is a busy morning… We are hungry - how about you?
Let’s first have a break at Tina and Angelo’s. Those two own the little grocery shop down the street…. Let’s listen to them! (>scroll all the way down, it's the last take on the webpage behind the link).
Ah, and here we meet Marco Messina - our guide in Napoli! He always goes shopping for groceries at this little store - he avoids the big supermarket. And this for a reason: Once in Sicily (the island of oranges), he understood that the oranges he was about to buy came all the way from Spain. This kind of globalization is harmful both to people and the environment, and Marco is speaking up against such settings.
Above all, to listen is a very political act according to Marco. To give voice to those unheard, to saveguard stories and relations of communities, all that is at the heart of the musical work he does. Also, since exactly 30 years he is on the road with his band 99Posse - a band that is a strong voice of resistance, of protest and of caring for a fair world.
Politics, Passion, Change! Politica, Passione, Cambiamento!
More than anything else, Marco is a very attentive listener and he loves to craft with sound.
Often, he goes for walks wearing an “in-ear” microphone to record what is going around him in Naples… For the Immersive Cities Project, he recorded the sound from his hometown Naples.
But now it is your turn….
Marco made a walk around the city. Melia followed the river. We want you to go for a walk as well… Maybe you will choose the city park nearby? or the forest? Which green patch is in a distance of a 100 footsteps?
Here we go with exercise No. 3
Take a walk around the house, counting a hundred steps, without a precise destination.
On the way, try to identify the sounds you like best.
At the end of the walk, retrace your steps in search of the sound that made you feel best.
Send the coordinates to a beloved person.
Today's task is to share with us the sounds of your 100 step walk, the ones you like best.
Please share your sound and an image (it can be a picture /drawing / film of the natural thing that produces todays sound) with us:
Post a film / recording (around 1 minute in length) with an image on Instagram using the #mysoundgarden #ambientradio (like this, we find your work!) OR:
Upload your sounds on Google drive right here. Please give your track the following title: mysoundgarden_yourname_yourplace13 Like this we find your work for the weekly remix! OR:
Post an audiotrack on Telegram!
Now, we leave you with a lot to listen to… And remember - listening is a political choice. To whom or what we listen shapes our world….
Love and Kisses,
Pan, Delia, and the crew.
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