# Two Trains - Sonification of Income Inequality on the NYC Subway

This song emulates a ride on the New York City Subway's 2 Train through three boroughs: Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx. At any given time, the quantity and dynamics of the song's instruments correspond to the median household income of that area.

Read more about the composition and process of creating this song here: datadrivendj.com/tracks/subway

Data-Driven DJ (datadrivendj.com) by Brian Foo (brianfoo.com) is a series of music experiments that combine data, algorithms, and borrowed sounds.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2015
- Runtime: 4 min
- By: brian foo
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two_Trains_-_Sonification_of_Income_Inequality_on_the_NYC_Subway.webm)
- Licence or status: [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) (as the archive states it)
- Credit: brian foo
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/59742936?play=1)