This piece is inspired from the sounds of the Paris metro, or subway, which I take every day to go to work. Here is how the piece was made : 1. I recorded real-life metro sounds and 2. converted the audio .wav format into MIDI format 3. which in turn produced a music score. 4. I chose the most meaningful melodic lines (and discarded most of the deep sound, cluster-like partials) and 5. experimented different echo, reverb and delay effect filters on the tuba part to bring out the tunnel's ambiance and 6. added the real-life sounds of the crystal glass to suggest the friction of the metro wheels on the iron rail. That's the tunnel mermaids singing.

Chant des sirènes de sous terre

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