Fabrikas [Riga]

Original sound matter recorded during the spring of 2007 at industrial locations in Latvia: Laima chocolate factory (Riga), Lacplesis beer factory (Lielvarde), Arturs Cintins' speaker workshop (Riga), and Gatis Vectirans & Toms Erenpreiss' vintage bicycle workshop (Riga). Mutated, composed, mixed and mastered at ‘mobile messor’ (Cape Town, Amsterdam, Madrid), summer-fall 2007. Commissioned by Skan Festival, Riga. Many thanks to Dana Bar Magen, Viestarts Gailitis, Zane Datava, Arturs Cintins, Gatis Vectirans, Toms Erenpreiss, James Webb & the Webb family. Photograph by Francisco López.