Sonic Journalism Examples

UK Immigration from Syria during War

The above example is an orchestral music piece of sonic journalism. The deep rising string sound underneath is generated by the death toll due to the Syrian War between 2012 and 2016. The higher up-and-down violins are generated using the total number of Syrian refugees in millions over the same period. The loud horns at the top are generated by the proportion of UK asylum applications granted between 2012 and 2016. The data is repeated twice.

 

Sea level, ice area

The above example is an electronic music piece of sonic journalism. The distorted high pitched lead line is generated using the sea ice extent in millions of kilometres starting in 1980 and ending in 2016. The rapid gated pad underneath is generated from measurements of change in global sea level (relative to 1994), starting in 1980 and ending in 2016. The data is repeated twice.