Library Music No. 2: Shanty Chunks for Choppy Seas

Library Music No. 2: Shanty Chunks for Choppy Seas dives into sonic worlds of the Northern German coast and the harbour of Hamburg – or at least into what these are supposed to sound like according to some correspondingly themed library music records.

The Library Music series comprises reimaginations of pieces from old library music records. These consist of music for use in movies or on the radio. The habitat of such music has long shifted to the Internet, leaving the old vinyl records in an unclear intermediate state: Not really dead, as they still physically exist and some vinyl collectors are interested in them, but not really alive either, as they are no longer used for their actual purpose. The series is an attempt to upcycle different kinds of old library music, with the aim of turning it into something new – not limited to the past, but in touch with it.

Recorded at University of Music and Dance Cologne on 16.07.2025.