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EPISODE · Mar 13, 2026 · 2 MIN

Losing the beat

from Cities and Memory - remixing the world · host Cities and Memory

"The core of this reimagining lies in the steam engine’s rhythmic inconsistency. I wrote this piece after listening to the sounds of an uneven, mechanically gasping engine: an exercise in translating industrial unpredictability into a structured yet fluid composition. "The process mirrored the engine's own struggle - a push-pull between rigid mechanics and the faltering quality of a machine that isn't quite running true."Steam engines at Coleford Festival of Transport reimagined by Philip Gibbs.

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