1) The world-first official national soundscape
What does a country sound like? Finland set out to answer this question by becoming the first nation in the world to create an official national soundscape. Released last year, Ääniä features 15 compositions – 60 minutes of music – by composer and musician Lauri Porra (pictured below). Having performed in more than 50 countries, Porra often found himself stuck on airplanes and in hotel rooms, missing his native country. “The more I travelled, the deeper my love and longing for home grew,” he says.
