Shanghai's rapid transformation has left it an uneven city, struck through with contrasts — not least in the aural realm. Its sound spaces vary from rich to bland, westernized to traditional, loud to quiet, wild to anesthetized. This piece features eleven recordings from the Huangpu, Pudong, Jing'an and Xuhui districts, presenting the left channel of one against the right channel of another, switching between different combinations that flatten or exaggerate the city's asymmetries.

Shanghai|Simultaneity (excerpt)

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Shanghai|Simultaneity (excerpt)

Joel Rust