Back in 2021, Scottish composer Erland Cooper buried a tape on the island of Orkney, allowing the music on it to be manipulated and “co-composed” by the soil. Unearthing it a few months ago after three years of natural decay, the resulting sounds are remarkable – as is the story of this project 

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