QnA Do all London Underground lines have a unique sound? They do for British composer Daniel Liam Glyn, who has synaesthesia. Now he’s sharing their diff erent ‘personalities’ with the world Words⁄ Mandi Keighran Photography⁄ Lucy Ridges ver since he can remember, When Glyn moved from Manchester has been composed in the key that Glyn British composer Daniel to London in 2013, after completing a associates with the colour of that line. So Liam Glyn has associated music degree, he became fascinated by the track inspired by the yellow Circle line, E letters of the alphabet, the different coloured lines of the London Loop, is in the key of C, while The Waltz of numbers, days and dates Underground and spent days riding the Lethargy is in F – the letter Glyn associates with different colours – the letter A, for lines, taking different routes, observing the with the green of the District line. example, is red, B is blue and C is yellow. scenery and the commuters. “Each line “The Changing Stations project is about “They’re mapped out in my head,” he says. has its own personality,” he says. “I felt the connections and journeys,” says Glyn. “Not “It means I can file memories away in my Northern and Central lines were strong, only the literal connections of the London brain and recall them easily.” busy and confident, while the Waterloo & Underground, but the ones commuters He eventually worked out that this City line was subdued and tranquil.” have with different lines and those my brain skill was thanks to a kind of synaesthesia, He saw an opportunity to create a makes between the colours, words and a condition that means individuals series of classical compositions based on music.” changingstations.london experience the automatic mingling of his experience. It has taken him four years, two or more of the five senses. Glyn has but the resulting atmospheric album, Norwegian fl ies to London from over 40 grapheme-colour synaesthesia, which Changing Stations, features 11 tracks, each destinations. Book fl ights, a hotel and a connects colours with words and numbers. relating to an Underground line. Each piece rental car at norwegian.com n /029 N-029-underground_KF.indd 029 15/03/2017 08:47.