Something a little different today, as we spend time in a quiet coffee shop in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in this field recording by Rodrigo Leles.

He tells us that “you can hear customers and staff in the background, as well as some espressos coming out, milk steaming and coffee beans grinding. It’s the kind of white noise that can help you focus.”

City version:

Ashar Smith has taken an upbeat approach to his reimagined sound, as he describes:

“I listened to the 20 minute field recording which transported me back to my time visiting Brazil and Carnival in 2015. I selected some percussive samples, cleaned them up and arranged them into the beginnings of a groove, added a couple of layers of real guitar and added base, drums, piano and some other melodic synths.

“I was inspired by the Brazilian rhythms I learned playing in a samba band and wanting to create something relaxed but joyful that I could imagine hearing back in the original setting of a cafe in Brazil.”

Memory version: