Existence

Except where otherwise noted, recordings and compositions by Joaquim Baeta.

Track 1 (Late April): Recorded around 7 p.m.

Track 2 (Jerry): Plane recorded near Cabo de São Vicente by Dobroide; freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/70950; CC BY 4.0. Jerry was interviewed by Charlie Bennett in either San Francisco or Denver (there's some confusion here, but I think it's San Francisco), on 5 January, 2007; freesound.org/people/kerouacsamerica/sounds/28390/; CC BY 3.0.

Track 3 (Nifflasic Shower in Another World): A reference to the mood and atmosphere of Nicklas 'Nifflas' Nygren's games (specifically Within a Deep Forest and the Knytt series, as well as that of the 1991 game, Another World.

Track 4 (Introspective Stranger): No notes.

Track 5 (Politics): Recorded with a Digital Wave Player, during then-PM Gordon Brown's PMQs.

Track 6 (For Food and Communication): Australian bat in South Australia was recorded by Digifishmusic; freesound.org/people/digifishmusic/sounds/41851/; CC BY 4.0. Worldwide HF radio beacons were recorded by Acclivity in 21 November 1999 at 18:10 GMT in Sussex, England; freesound.org/people/acclivity/sounds/13734/; CC BY-NC 4.0. Whale cry was recorded by mkoenig (used under fair use rationale as original file seems to no longer be available).

Track 7 (Incomprehensible Form): Herb Morrison's reaction to the Hindenburg disaster was extracted from a video on the Internet Archives about said disaster, produced by C. E. Price; archive.org/details/SF145; public domain. The police helicopter was recorded by Dobroide; freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/30789/; creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Garbage truck was also recorded by Dobroide; freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/6986/; creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Mentally ill woman shouting was also recorded by Dobroide; freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/44708/; creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. San Franciscan street noise was recorded by LS; freesound.org/people/LS/sounds/8377/; creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. The street accordionist in São Paulo was recorded by Reinsamba; freesound.org/people/reinsamba/sounds/257732/; CC 0.

Track 8 (Late May): Recorded in the early morning.