Aestuarium

"When I first heard Stuart’s recording of Whitby at low tide, the oystercatchers bickering over food and the gulls going wild across the harbour, I couldn’t help smiling. There’s so much life in it. But the longer I listened, the more I found myself thinking about what lies beneath, the sea’s quiet, endless depths.

"I mostly transformed the recording, letting just a few moments come through as they are. The piece wanders wherever it wanted to go: tender, a little gothic, a little medieval, cinematic, and even dancing for a while. I didn’t give it a real ending, because the tide doesn’t have one, and neither does time."

Oystercatchers in Whitby reimagined by Mirai No Hagaki.