Polytime

I wondered if I could combine something foreign with the fully formed musical space of African polyrhythms, so I tried creating parallel sounds using a Chinese qin, a Western double bass, and a violin. When I combined the rough sounds from field recordings with the sounds created in the studio, it worked surprisingly well. Listening closely, I also noticed that the rhythms of African drums resemble those of the taiko drums played at Japanese village festivals.Festival at Rich reimagined by Keisuke Oki.———Part of the project A Century of Sounds, reimagining 100 sounds covering 100 years from the collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford. Explore the full project at citiesandmemory.com/century-sounds