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Digital Trends
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Digital Trends
An airport like you've never heard it before
Europe's busiest airport has teamed up with a Grammy-nominated artist on a music project like no other. Jordan Rakei was given access to all areas … well, maybe not the runway when a plane was coming in … at the U.K.'s Heathrow Airport to record numerous audio clips and soundscapes that he then incorporated into an ambient music track for travelers — and anyone for that matter — to enjoy. It's the first-ever track created entirely with the sounds of an airport, and is 'designed to reflect the excitement and anticipation at the start of a summer holiday,' the airport said. It was inspired by Brian Eno's seminal 1979 album, Music for Airports, a collection of ambient tracks that travelers could relax to at the start of their journey. Rakei's unique track features 50 sounds sampled from across Heathrow Airport. The musician, multi-instrumentalist and producer — known for tracks such as Borderline and Midnight Mischief — was allowed to take his recording equipment pretty much anywhere in the airport facility to capture an array of sounds. Percussion sounds, for example, were drawn from the sounds of passports being stamped and bags hitting the belt, while a water fountain provided ambience and ASMR effects. A jet taking off (maybe he did make it to the runway after all) and a baggage control siren were also used by transforming them into synthesizer sounds. 'Also included are sounds from famous movie scenes, such as the tapping of passengers' feet as they wait at a gate in Terminal 2 (featured in Bend It Like Beckham), the beeps of Terminal 3's security scanner that Sam runs through to catch Joanna in Love Actually, and the engines whirling on the tarmac where Die Another Day was filmed,' the airport said. The finished piece loops seamlessly and will be played throughout the terminals over the summer months, with the track aiming to 'complement passenger journeys, stir up excitement, and diffuse any pre-holiday jitters, letting people tune into their trip before the plane even leaves the ground.' Rakei commented: 'Having traveled all over the world for my music and spent a huge amount of time in airports, I've always loved that buzz that comes with the excitement and anticipation of travel. So, getting the chance to turn Heathrow's many sounds into music was an honor. 'I spent time in every part of the airport, recording so many sounds from baggage belts to boarding calls, and used them to create something that reflects that whole pre-flight vibe. It's all about building suspense and setting the mood for wherever you're headed on your summer holiday.' If you've no travel plans that involve Heathrow over the next few months, you can hear the track playing in the video at the top, though for the best experience check it out on Soundcloud.
CNN
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
Flying through Heathrow this summer? You might hear this first-of-its-kind track
London's Heathrow Airport is hoping to get travelers into the holiday mood this summer with a soundtrack of real-life jet engines, lift dings and baggage sirens. Created by Grammy-nominated Jordan Rakei, 'Music for Heathrow' is the first track to be made entirely with sounds recorded from an airport, according to an announcement from the UK airport Tuesday. To help create the song, Rakei was given 'unprecedented' access to Europe's busiest airport. He sampled more than 50 sounds from the airfield, baggage handling systems and the terminals, Heathrow Airport said. Sounds featured in the song include passports being stamped, bags hitting the conveyor belt and public address announcements. Rakei said in the press release that it was an honor to 'turn Heathrow's many sounds into music.' 'It's all about building that suspense and setting the mood for where you're headed on your summer holiday,' he added. While most of the track uses the sounds recorded by Rakei, he has also included a few pop culture Easter eggs. The sound of tapping feet is from a scene set in Heathrow from the 2002 movie 'Bend It Like Beckham,' while beeping is taken from a Heathrow security scanner in the 2003 rom-com 'Love Actually.' Heathrow added that the four-minute ambient loop was a tribute to Brian Eno's 1979 album 'Music for Airports,' which helped popularize the ambient genre. 'Music for Heathrow' will not be the only musical offering for some 250,000 flyers expected to pass through Heathrow each day this summer, the airport said. After their introduction last year, the airport is bringing back live music acts, hosting seven concerts on Fridays in July. Heathrow's foray into music comes amid other attempts by airports to lighten travelers' mood. For example, the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport hosted a rooftop concert to celebrate its 50th anniversary last Summer.
CNN
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
Flying through Heathrow this summer? You might hear this first-of-its-kind track
London's Heathrow Airport is hoping to get travelers into the holiday mood this summer with a soundtrack of real-life jet engines, lift dings and baggage sirens. Created by Grammy-nominated Jordan Rakei, 'Music for Heathrow' is the first track to be made entirely with sounds recorded from an airport, according to an announcement from the UK airport Tuesday. To help create the song, Rakei was given 'unprecedented' access to Europe's busiest airport. He sampled more than 50 sounds from the airfield, baggage handling systems and the terminals, Heathrow Airport said. Sounds featured in the song include passports being stamped, bags hitting the conveyor belt and public address announcements. Rakei said in the press release that it was an honor to 'turn Heathrow's many sounds into music.' 'It's all about building that suspense and setting the mood for where you're headed on your summer holiday,' he added. While most of the track uses the sounds recorded by Rakei, he has also included a few pop culture Easter eggs. The sound of tapping feet is from a scene set in Heathrow from the 2002 movie 'Bend It Like Beckham,' while beeping is taken from a Heathrow security scanner in the 2003 rom-com 'Love Actually.' Heathrow added that the four-minute ambient loop was a tribute to Brian Eno's 1979 album 'Music for Airports,' which helped popularize the ambient genre. 'Music for Heathrow' will not be the only musical offering for some 250,000 flyers expected to pass through Heathrow each day this summer, the airport said. After their introduction last year, the airport is bringing back live music acts, hosting seven concerts on Fridays in July. Heathrow's foray into music comes amid other attempts by airports to lighten travelers' mood. For example, the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport hosted a rooftop concert to celebrate its 50th anniversary last Summer.
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Heathrow to pipe 'sounds of an airport' around airport
The hum of an escalator, the rumble of a baggage belt and hurried footsteps are all interspersed with snippets of the lady on the tannoy: "Boarding at Gate 18". The UK's biggest flight hub plans to make your experience at the airport sound, well, even more like an airport. In what may be a bid to overhaul its image after a disastrous offsite fire in March, or just a marketing spin for summer holiday flying, Heathrow says it has commissioned a new "mood-matching" sound mix, which will be looped seamlessly and played throughout the airport's terminals this summer. The airport says "Music for Heathrow" is designed to help kickstart passenger holidays by reflecting "excitement and anticipation". "Nothing compares to the excitement of stepping foot in the airport for the start of a summer holiday, and this new soundtrack perfectly captures those feelings," claims Lee Boyle, who heads up the airport's terminals. Whatever the aim, it will raise questions over what additional background noises passengers require, when they already have the sounds of an airport - fussing children, people doing their last farewells into their mobile phone, last calls for late-comers - all around them. The airport invited Grammy nominee "musician, multi-instrumentalist and producer" Jordan Rakei to create the soundtrack, which it says is the first ever created entirely with the sounds of an airport. However, Heathrow said the track also featured sounds from famous movie scenes, including passengers tapping their feet in Bend It Like Beckham and the beeps of a security scanner from Love Actually. It is conceived as a tribute to Brian Eno's album Music for Airports, released in 1979, which is seen as a defining moment in the growth of ambient music, a genre which is supposed to provide a calming influence on listeners, while also being easy to ignore. "I spent time in every part of the airport, recording so many sounds from baggage belts to boarding calls, and used them to create something that reflects that whole pre-flight vibe," said Rakei. The recording also features passports being stamped, planes taking off and landing, chatter, the ding of a lift and the sound of a water fountain, which some people may appreciate as a source of ASMR or autonomous sensory meridian response. Fans of ASMR say certain sounds give them a pleasant tingling sensation. Heathrow considering legal action against National Grid over fire Five things we now know about the fire that shut Heathrow down
BBC News
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Heathrow to pipe 'sounds of an airport' around airport
The hum of an escalator, the rumble of a baggage belt and hurried footsteps are all interspersed with snippets of the lady on the tannoy: "Boarding at Gate 18".The UK's biggest flight hub plans to make your experience at the airport sound, well, even more like an what may be a bid to overhaul its image after a disastrous offsite fire in March, or just a marketing spin for summer holiday flying, Heathrow says it has commissioned a new "mood-matching" sound mix, which will be looped seamlessly and played throughout the airport's terminals this airport says "Music for Heathrow" is designed to help kickstart passenger holidays by reflecting "excitement and anticipation". "Nothing compares to the excitement of stepping foot in the airport for the start of a summer holiday, and this new soundtrack perfectly captures those feelings," claims Lee Boyle, who heads up the airport's the aim, it will raise questions over what additional background noises passengers require, when they already have the sounds of an airport - fussing children, people doing their last farewells into their mobile phone, last calls for late-comers - all around airport invited Grammy nominee "musician, multi-instrumentalist and producer" Jordan Rakei to create the soundtrack, which it says is the first ever created entirely with the sounds of an airport. However, Heathrow said the track also featured sounds from famous movie scenes, including passengers tapping their feet in Bend It Like Beckham and the beeps of a security scanner from Love is conceived as a tribute to Brian Eno's album Music for Airports, released in 1979, which is seen as a defining moment in the growth of ambient music, a genre which is supposed to provide a calming influence on listeners, while also being easy to ignore."I spent time in every part of the airport, recording so many sounds from baggage belts to boarding calls, and used them to create something that reflects that whole pre-flight vibe," said recording also features passports being stamped, planes taking off and landing, chatter, the ding of a lift and the sound of a water fountain, which some people may appreciate as a source of ASMR or autonomous sensory meridian response. Fans of ASMR say certain sounds give them a pleasant tingling sensation.
