Urban Inventory opens with a sense of awakening to the environment – the ambient noise of a Chinese city park. Interspersed with the Third Sound ensemble’s chamber quintet of Western instruments, the music is playful and distinctly diasporic, juxtaposing inside and outside perspectives. It makes a fitting opening to this collection of Wang Lu’s works, easing the listener in to the brilliant colour, activity and engagement with different cultural environments that defines her music.