Using field recordings accumulated over many late-nights in Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street this piece endeavours to define and ultimately distort the sound of toxic masculinity – distorting it in such a way that the inherent aggression of these sonic outbursts begins to evolve into a soundscape that intrigues and ultimately beguiles the listener. There is a latent beauty in these sounds that can be explored from a safe distance. The recordist was not at a safe distance and hence had to run away quite frequently.

The narrative of the piece is based around the recordist’s journey from his flat just off Sauchiehall Street to a local shop around the corner where he intends to purchase a pint of milk. The recordist brings a Tascam hand-held audio recorder on this journey. This is his interpretation of the experience.

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