A Sound People Didn’t Know They Knew

Every now and then, a sound comes forward that feels unfamiliar at first, but then settles into something recognisable.

Not because you’ve heard it often, but because it carries something that already exists somewhere in your memory.

That’s been the case with certain instruments here.

They’re not new. They’ve always been there, just not always at the front. Often used in the background, supporting something else, never quite stepping into their own space.

But when they do, something shifts.

People hear them differently. Not as part of a section, but as a voice.

And once you hear a voice like that clearly, it’s difficult to go back to hearing it as anything less.