The sound of water filtered through a ring modulator.

Harmonics on a cello mixed with the sound of wind.

Squeeks and noise from outer space.

A recording of my grandfather singing an old swedish song.

A bass flute playing a melody.

A symphony orchestra playing long notes that creates a texture of slowly changing harmonies.

Birds, especially sea birds.

A distant sawmill.

Footsteps on a wooden bridge.

A viola da gamba with it’s old sound quality.

pink noise from a radio.

A philicorda organ recorded with a microphone and then digitally processed through filters and effects.

A trumpet pitched down 2 octaves.

Whispering voices.

Prepared piano.

Prepared Kantele played with a bow.

My idea is to create a musical soundscape. The music is there not as songs or tracks but as a soundscape along with all the other sounds. You should enter the installation as you enter a room where you will stay for a while to contemplate over the idea of north. The sounds has no narrative line to follow, they are just there juxtaposed to each others. Sometimes with a meaning, sometimes by coincidence, but all the time as a never ending wave or flood of details that creates a stillness that goes beyond the world we are used to live in. I am thinking of a quadrophonic sound system, or 5.1 but it’s not important. For me it can be 7 speakers playing individually. Or 3. The important thing is to create a room where the audience will stay for 10, 15 or 25 minutes to think or just be there. (Leif)