An old industrial park — snow on the umbrella, lighter than rain

Late night, falling snow, an old industrial park of brick buildings. The walk does not name its town, and under this much snow the question hardly matters — snow has blanketed the brick and the streets alike. What carries the recording is the sound of snow on the umbrella: lighter than rain, irregular, closer to a touch than a sound, held in the binaural mix while the snow kept coming. Snowy nights rearrange a place. Distances shorten; familiar blocks turn approximate. Thirty-eight minutes of walking, the umbrella up for all of it. For sleep, mostly — snow at night is the weather people most want to fall asleep inside of — but it stands on its own as a record of one snowfall, one industrial block, and one umbrella keeping its small dry circle moving through it.

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Best with headphones — the audio is true binaural. Watch on YouTube (recommended on TV).