First Light's Third Space #17 - Liis Ring & Ayami Suzuki - 16th October 2023

Each month, **https://www.firstlightrecords.co.uk** invites two artists to take an unplanned journey with a microphone around their city to curate an hour-long mix. Each show captures the unique atmosphere of a city from each artist's perspective, through music and found sound.

This episode features mixes by **https://liisring.bandcamp.com/album/vaikelu)** (Rapina, Estonia) and **[Ayami Suzuki](https://ayamisuzuki.bandcamp.com)** (Tokyo.

In the first half of the episode, **Liis Ring** sketches us a sonic portrait of Räpina - a small town in the South East of Estonia. In among field recordings collected on her walks around the town and original music recorded in her grandmother's shed, Ring shines a light on the musical heritage of the area via folk tunes (sung in the local dialect) and new adaptations of traditional pieces.

The second half sees **Ayami Suzuki** explore the sounds of life in Tokyo; the hum of train station platforms, the buzz of cicadas in the forest, the summer t