As I went into this project, I, a white British musician was aware that music itself (or our Western definition of it) would not a play a part in this soundscape - or not as I would expect, at least. As such, I approached the gathering of sounds and resources with an open mind, and was very excited to see how meeting and talking to the Imams and students would inform my creative process. The young people at the mosque were incredible, and were equally as keen to teach us about the parts the sounds of Islam played in their daily lives as they were to learn about soundscapes and how I went about putting them together.

 

As I began to arrange the gathered audio in my studio, it was clear to me that sound played a vital part in day-to-day Muslim life.  In fact the single strongest sonic thread throughout the soundscape - and the thing to which everything else was in some way pinned - was the incredible and evocative call to prayer (Adhan). The reciting of prayers and readings from the Qur'an also provided a pivotal backbone to the entire piece, and gave me many new and exciting textures to work with.

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Anthony Davey, Sound artist

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Soundscape starts 26:50 to the end 

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