Nocturnal listening archive · Reykjavík / World

Music for the hours between.

An archive of sound gathered after midnight—harbor cables, empty stations, rain and distant rooms—woven into slow compositions.

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Current signalLow Tide Wire07:42
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Low Tide Wire
Mara Venn · North harbor · 03:17
00:00 / 07:42
“The tide pulled at the mooring cables until the whole harbor became an instrument.”

Night archive

Eight generative transmissions gathered between civil twilight and first light. Each signal has its own harmonic weather.

Tidal instrument no. 02

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