Recording: Imaginary Percussion Ensemble & The Element Choir

Artist: Imaginary Percussion Ensemble & The Element Choir

Songs: And With: as dreamed up by Germaine Liu [soundwalk montage, in two parts]

Recorded at The Bentway, June 25, 2022.

Imaginary Percussion Ensemble & The Element Choir - [soundwalk montage, part 1]

Imaginary Percussion Ensemble & The Element Choir - [soundwalk montage, part 2]

Goodness gracious! How nice it is to get outside, and to be somewhere a little unfamiliar, and to see folks from your community doing cool things! This soundwalk was conceptualized by Germaine Liu to use percussion and voices to reflect and enhance the sounds in a stretch moving from Canoe Landing Park and running along The Bentway, under The Gardiner Expressway. Accompanied by the whirr of traffic and backbeat of underpass construction, the groups' sounds fit in like ghostly counterparts to the sonic landscape. Truly delightful. (And for the record, the participants in the piece were: Bea Labikova, Aki Takahashi, Bee Pallomina, Brenda Joy Lem, Fahmid Nibesh, Joe Sorbara, Lieke van der Voort, Michelangelo Iaffaldano, Mingjia, Stephanie Chua, Raphael Roter, Heather Saumer, and Christine Duncan.)

In addition to the audio clips above, here's a slightly more expansive visual record. (Do be warned, this was taken with a handheld camera, so there are some shaky spots here):