Music and scent are both intangible presences that drift through perception — impossible to truly grasp, yet quietly capable of filling spaces, emotions, and memories.
Together with BOUNDLESS, we launched the collaborative music incense sachet project Rise & Shine, hoping to explore the “smell of sound” and the “sound of scent” through a synesthetic approach. By allowing frequencies, air, touch, and
emotions to flow into one another — with the support of visual elements — we aim to create a sensory field that feels awake, vivid, and alive.
For this episode, we invited musician Close to perform a sunrise live set at Mu Ta Si Park in Xi’an. Accompanied by morning light, moving tree shadows, and the breeze in the air, we slowly awakened together with the people in the park — those exercising, dancing, strolling, and wandering through the morning. Everyday sounds such as footsteps, birdsong, and breathing naturally became part of the performance itself.
We hope this experiment in sound and scent brings you a moment of clarity and refreshment — like reconnecting with the morning all over again.
About the Artist
Wu Muyuan (Close)
Music Producer | Installation Artist
Deeply rooted in electronic music and interdisciplinary art, Close has released over 170 works since 2017, spanning from mainstream industrial productions to independent artistic creations, continuously exploring the boundaries between sound and space.
Focusing on Downtempo, Progressive House, and their variations, his work deconstructs and reconstructs rhythmic structures from world music, religious electronics, and Jazz / Neo-Soul. He also initiated a Southeast Asian music sampling project and released a vinyl record featuring Thai instrumental performances.
Close presented a pioneering religious electronic performance at Jingye Temple, the ancestral temple of the Vinaya school, and released the conceptual album A Place We Don’t Know. In the same year, he collaborated with the Shaanxi Qinqiang Art Troupe on an experimental fusion project combining electronic music with traditional Qinqiang opera.
ॐ（Om）
Maelle, We’re Running Out of
Time!
Just Sit
To be honest, I’m a little lost
Talking to Travelers
Dummy
So Hurt
Take Me Over
Pin (即兴演奏)