The Western Line is the railway line that runs from the city centre of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland to the outer suburbs and back again. Thousands of people ride the railway on their daily commute and the journey allows for a unique experience of the city as the railway cuts through closely packed urban housing, light industry, suburban homes, and out into the greener rural landscapes. Passengers experience this flickering landscape while thinking of other things.
Western Line expands this fragmented terrain and explores the moments where the railway intersects with the urban fabric of west Auckland. The accompanying soundscape is mixed from over 18 months of field recordings from stations, train rides, and long walks along the railway line and improvisational drone guitar, the city and soundscape are interwoven; matching the situational experience from the trains and the spaces through which they pass
