This soundscape is more than a collection of sounds, it is a woven fabric of connection. It captures how a local landscape becomes audible through shared attention. Each recording is a gesture of participation – the sea breathing against the shore, a passer-by’s voice carried on the wind, the subtle textures of the coast that often slip beneath perception. Together, these fragments reveal a collective act of listening that binds the community to place.

The coast here is not only a geographical border but a living threshold where city and sea exchange energy. Recording along this edge becomes a form of environmental exploration, an attentive dialogue with the rhythms of tide, wind, and human presence. For many participants, these were first encounters with sound as material forming moments of discovery where everyday noise transforms into shared memory. In this sense, the soundscape is both personal and communal. It honours the individuality of each contribution while forming a chorus that belongs to the neighbourhood itself. By amplifying the hidden resonances of the Mediterranean coast, it reminds us that connection between people, place, and environment is something we can hear, nurture, and carry forward.

This soundscape was composed from sounds collected during a series of field recording workshops that I organised in collaboration with the Marseille Libraries network in the Bonneveine neighbourhood, a seaside district where the city meets the beaches of the Mediterranean coast. By introducing different recording and listening techniques to amateurs and enthusiasts, participants and passers-by were invited to bring their own sound recordings and interpretations of the landscape. For many, these were their very first field recordings, exploring the sound of the sea, the voices of the inhabitants and the deep and dense soundscapes of the Mediterranean coast.