From the journeys
The Gambia
Morocco
Guinea
Senegal
Jordan
Egypt
Music, collaboration and journeys across cultures
Sound Routes is the creative home of Sim Torino: a musician, collaborator and writer working through travel, listening and musical exchange. The project brings together performances, encounters, field notes, video fragments and writing from journeys across Morocco, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Jordan, Egypt and beyond.
From the journeys
Music on the move
For Sim Torino, music is not something performed in isolation but something that happens in the meeting — between people, between traditions, between places. The journeys that make up Sound Routes are about being present and responsive, finding the musical conversation that emerges when you slow down, listen, and stay long enough to connect.
Collaborative practice
Sound Routes has grown from collaboration with musicians, singers and instrumentalists across North and West Africa: kora players, griots, vocalists, percussionists and traditional performers. These meetings are not performances of cultural tourism but genuine musical exchanges — improvisatory, respectful, and built over time.
Writing and travel
Running alongside the music is a writing project: a memoir of music, chance encounters, and restless journeys told through a small mandolin that has accompanied Sim across deserts, railway stations, island villages and borrowed rooms. The writing strand lives on the Writing page.
Portfolio
A curated page of videos and notes presenting Sim Torino's recent collaborative music practice — including work with a kora player in The Gambia, a singer from Guinea, and musicians in Morocco.
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