Julian Sartorius \ Hidden Tracks: Domodossola – Weissmies
Hidden Tracks: Domodossola–Weissmies transforms an Alpine climb into immersive sound—percussion, field recordings and the landscape captured in motion.
Julian Sartorius \ Hidden Tracks: Domodossola – Weissmies
Drummer and sound artist Julian Sartorius turns an Alpine ascent into a unique auditory experience. In his new album Hidden Tracks: Domodossola – Weissmies, he follows the route from the Italian town of Domodossola (272 m) to the summit of the Weissmies (4,017 m) in the Swiss Valais — a vertical rise of 3,745 metres translated into sound.
Armed with nothing more than his drumsticks and a portable recorder, Sartorius makes each stage of the climb audible. In Domodossola, “anything can become an instrument,” he explains — from streetlamps and electrical boxes to traffic signs. As the trek continues, the sonic environment shifts: urban noise fades, the landscape becomes harsher, and the textures of nature transform from forest undergrowth to bare rock and, ultimately, to snow and stone at the summit.
The album condenses the journey into a focused 35-minute sound experience, sequenced with rhythmic precision. Hidden Tracks: Domodossola – Weissmies extends Sartorius’s earlier Hidden Tracks project — the route between Basel and Geneva — and offers an uncanny, intimate way of experiencing landscape, movement, and sound.