I tried to think of an object that I use every day – an object that could produce multiple contrasting sounds, but also an object that is instantly recognisable. My white fold-up bicycle was the result of this search and I set to recording various sounds of the chain, breaks, wheel, bells and bag. I also sampled some unconventional sounds, such as recording the sound of the wheel spokes hitting against a pen. Every sound in this piece was originally sampled from my bicycle.
For me, this piece was about experimenting with the familiar vs the unfamiliar. The bicycle is very recognisable from its sounds alone, so I enjoyed contrasting the manipulated, unfamiliar sounds with the rawer samples. How far could I remove a sound from its original identity?
