This composition tells my experience of the Beirut Explosion that happened on August 4th, 2020. It was performed at the Edinburgh College of Art Graduate Show, on the 7th of June 2023.

The musicians:
- Oskar Jones, tenor saxophone
- Olly Flaig, synthesiser (yamaha CS)
- Theo Vickers, synthesiser (Behringer poly)
- Nathaniel Cartier, electric guitar
- Andreas Papaeracleous, laptop

When I wrote The Sound of Explosions, I saw the sound of the explosions as one entity, one shadow. My story is not mine alone. While every Lebanese lived through that experience differently, I like to think we all tell a similar story in a choral manner, as one. Improvisation is at the heart of the piece. It’s what allows my story to become our story.

The sounds from the four players feed into my laptop, where I've programmed an interface for me to interact, manipulate and play with. Aside from the dry saxophone, all the other sounds come straight from the laptop, played through a PA in the hall.

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