"The original recording had two distinct characteristics - a clinking type sound that was more rhythmic, and a droning type quality with the actual grinder turned on.
"The rhythm at the beginning was fed into various samplers and converted to midi to trigger a couple of piano-like instruments that informed the beginning, while the drone like quality informed the rest."
This is part of the Obsolete Sounds project, the world’s biggest collection of disappearing sounds and sounds that have become extinct – remixed and reimagined to create a brand new form of listening. Explore the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/obsolete-sounds
