If only you were here with me
This work invites the listener/viewer to step inside the circle of speakers to share the experience of early morning on a farm in Vadodara. Sitting alone amongst trees, I waited for night to turn into day. Slowly, birds and animals began to make their presence felt, first birdsong and then monkey chatter before rustlings of leaves and bamboo. In the half-light, I started to notice that the curiosity of the monkeys as they slipped closer and closer wondering who was invading their territory at this time. Later, I used a resonant building to mimic the sounds on a soprano recorder which were added to the recordings made at dawn.