7 min

Sounds of Comfort During Quarantine: A Global Audio Experiment Candy Ears

    • Arts

Even though we’re apart, we’re all in this together.
Produced by Emily Shaw in April, 2020. Engineering assistance from Seira McCarthy.
Sounds:
“Quarantine” by Oneirine Electronic (Tommy York, Brooklyn, New York)
Romeo and Mia’s Quarantine Horse Race (Phil Cox, Palermo, Sicily, Italy)
“Cuando el Viento” by Maggie Taurick (Maggie Taurick, Villa De Leyva, Colombia)
Baker Beach (Nina Cestaro, San Francisco, California)
Moka (Jolanda Moletta, Mondovì, Italy)
Coffee Lockdown (Phil Cox, Palermo, Sicily, Italy)
Rain (Kendall Crakow, San Francisco, California)
Piano in the Rain #1 (Emily Shaw, San Francisco, California)
Piano in the Rain #2 (Anna, Davis, California)
Mamun’s Call to Prayer (Phil Cox, Palermo, Sicily, Italy)
Yacht Jangles in Fort Mason (Emily Shaw, San Francisco, California)
Wind Chimes (Alice Woelfle, Fruitvale, Oakland, California)
“Krishna Mantra” sung by Lakshmi (Maggie Taurick, Villa De Leyva, Colombia)
Nightly Cheers for Healthcare Workers (Gary Hardcastle & Steva Stowell-Hardcastle, Inwood, Manhattan, New York)
“Quarantine Love Song” (Marley Feuerwerker-Otto, Pasadena, California)
Tape Hiss, Clicks, and Hums (Jeff Emtman, Providence, Rhode Island)
“Song in Seoul for Zoe” (Luiz Gustavo Givisiez & Zoe Yungmi Blank, Seoul, South Korea)
Photos (clockwise from top):
Yacht Jangles in Fort Mason, San Francisco (Emily Shaw)
View from Quarantine: Mamun and Azad in Palermo Ballaro, Sicily (Phil Cox)
View from Quarantine: Inwood, Manhattan (Gary Hardcastle & Steva Stowell-Hardcastle)
View from Quarantine: Pasadena (Marley Feuerwerker-Otto)
Blank Tape (Jeff Emtman)
Baker Beach, San Francisco (Nina Cestaro)
Romeo and Mia’s Quarantine Horse Race, Palermo Ballaro, Sicily (Phil Cox)
Making Music, Seoul (Luiz Gustavo Givisiez & Zoe Yungmi Blank)
Synthesizer (Oneirine Electronic AKA Tommy York)
Audio Art Day, San Francisco (Emily Shaw)
Moka in Mondovì (Jolanda Moletta)
View from Quarantine: Villa De Leyva (Maggie Taurick)

Even though we’re apart, we’re all in this together.
Produced by Emily Shaw in April, 2020. Engineering assistance from Seira McCarthy.
Sounds:
“Quarantine” by Oneirine Electronic (Tommy York, Brooklyn, New York)
Romeo and Mia’s Quarantine Horse Race (Phil Cox, Palermo, Sicily, Italy)
“Cuando el Viento” by Maggie Taurick (Maggie Taurick, Villa De Leyva, Colombia)
Baker Beach (Nina Cestaro, San Francisco, California)
Moka (Jolanda Moletta, Mondovì, Italy)
Coffee Lockdown (Phil Cox, Palermo, Sicily, Italy)
Rain (Kendall Crakow, San Francisco, California)
Piano in the Rain #1 (Emily Shaw, San Francisco, California)
Piano in the Rain #2 (Anna, Davis, California)
Mamun’s Call to Prayer (Phil Cox, Palermo, Sicily, Italy)
Yacht Jangles in Fort Mason (Emily Shaw, San Francisco, California)
Wind Chimes (Alice Woelfle, Fruitvale, Oakland, California)
“Krishna Mantra” sung by Lakshmi (Maggie Taurick, Villa De Leyva, Colombia)
Nightly Cheers for Healthcare Workers (Gary Hardcastle & Steva Stowell-Hardcastle, Inwood, Manhattan, New York)
“Quarantine Love Song” (Marley Feuerwerker-Otto, Pasadena, California)
Tape Hiss, Clicks, and Hums (Jeff Emtman, Providence, Rhode Island)
“Song in Seoul for Zoe” (Luiz Gustavo Givisiez & Zoe Yungmi Blank, Seoul, South Korea)
Photos (clockwise from top):
Yacht Jangles in Fort Mason, San Francisco (Emily Shaw)
View from Quarantine: Mamun and Azad in Palermo Ballaro, Sicily (Phil Cox)
View from Quarantine: Inwood, Manhattan (Gary Hardcastle & Steva Stowell-Hardcastle)
View from Quarantine: Pasadena (Marley Feuerwerker-Otto)
Blank Tape (Jeff Emtman)
Baker Beach, San Francisco (Nina Cestaro)
Romeo and Mia’s Quarantine Horse Race, Palermo Ballaro, Sicily (Phil Cox)
Making Music, Seoul (Luiz Gustavo Givisiez & Zoe Yungmi Blank)
Synthesizer (Oneirine Electronic AKA Tommy York)
Audio Art Day, San Francisco (Emily Shaw)
Moka in Mondovì (Jolanda Moletta)
View from Quarantine: Villa De Leyva (Maggie Taurick)

7 min

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