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Platform 1 by Sun-yi: The Busan Announcement Slowed

Platform 1 by Sun-yi—no instruments, just a Busan subway announcement slowed to 40 percent speed until words become texture.

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“Platform 1” has no instruments. A Busan subway announcement was slowed to 40 percent speed until the Korean words dissolved into texture.

The recording is the instrument

“Every sound is treated field audio,” Sun-yi says. No pitched instruments, just slowed-down announcements.

Ambient platform noise

The subway becomes the arrangement. The words become atmosphere.

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