Cities and Memory - remixing the world
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Cities and Memory remixes the world, one sound at a time - a global collaboration between artists and sound recordists all over the world.

The project presents an amazingly-diverse array of field recordings from all over the world, but also reimagined, recomposed versions of those recordings as we go on a mission to remix the world.

What you'll hear in the podcast are our latest sounds - either a field recording from somewhere in the world, or a remixed new composition based solely on those sounds. Each podcast description tells you more about what you're hearing, and where it came from.

There are more than 6,000 sounds featured on our sound map, spread over more than 120 countries and territories. The sounds cover parts of the world as diverse as the hubbub of San Francisco’s main station, traditional fishing women’s songs at Lake Turkana, the sound of computer data centres in Birmingham, spiritual temple chanting in New Taipei City or the hum of the vaporetto engines in Venice. You can explore the project in full at www.citiesandmemory.com

Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Cities and Memory
Arts
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Erinnerungen an eine Stadt - the field recordings
  1. Welcome to the Willkommhoeft
  2. Speeding autobahn traffic in Hamburg
  3. Welcome to the Kuala Lumpur Express
  4. The beach at Blankenese, Hamburg
Sports sounds
  1. The queue
  2. Djokovic vs. Hurkacz on Centre Court
  3. On court at Wimbledon
  4. Striving
Nightlife sounds
  1. A night in the piazza
  2. A big night out in Rome
  3. Da Lat evening karaoke
  4. Arcade chaos
Harbours, ships and boats
  1. Sathorn pier heaving
  2. A sonic postcard from Mount Wise
  3. Lagoon of secrets
  4. Boat traffic in the lagoon, Venice
Hamburg sounds
  1. S-bahn train travels in and out of Ohlsdorf station
  2. Ohlsdorf S-bahn, Alan Bleay remix
  3. Creaking bridge at Landungsbruecken, Hamburg
  4. An der Alster, Hamburg
Funfairs
  1. The Toy Horse Derby
  2. St. Giles Fair, Oxford - the Kentucky Derby
  3. Funfair - the sound that keeps the action going
  4. Fairground generators - ambient remix
Florence
  1. Climbing the campanile, Florence
  2. Giotto's campanile - remixed
  3. Basilica della Santissima Annunziata
  4. Remixed mass
Venice
  1. Acqua Alta bookshop, Venice
  2. A memory of Acqua Alta
  3. Fondamente Nuove, Venice
  4. Si/No/Oblique - a new look at Venice
Bells
  1. Christmas Eve mass bells (plus skateboarders)
  2. A light comes in the end
  3. Atonal church bells, Sete Cidades
  4. Mass bells (Andy Lyon mechanical breakdown reimagining)
Travel sounds
  1. Aboard the Budapest metro
  2. Aboard the 150-year-old funicular
  3. The most picturesque tram ride on Earth (daytime)
  4. Boarding point for the ferry to Vallisaari
Stations and airports
  1. Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road
  2. Symphony of the tinsmith
  3. The tinsmith's (Buchla) easel
  4. A glass-making demonstration in Murano
Sacred spaces
  1. Fushimi Inari Taisha (prayer)
  2. Morning Taiko drums
  3. Chanting monks, Chiang Mai
  4. Fall is in the air, leaves are on the ground
Fireworks!
  1. Midnight symphony, Berlin
  2. Capturing Valencia's Mascletà
  3. The memory of a place that never was
  4. A sister vessel
Storms
  1. Rain song
  2. Tropical rain and thunder under a roof
  3. Hurricane Harvey (Andy Lyon reimagining)
  4. Hurricane Harvey
Shops and markets
  1. Spanish market melancholy
  2. Mercado Central de Zaragoza
  3. Peak time at Valencia's central market
  4. Chip shop chatter
The birds
  1. Thousands of murmurating starlings
  2. Starlings' startling murmuration on the moor
  3. The sparrows of Boston Common
  4. A simple wish for happiness
Crickets and cicadas
  1. Autumnal drift
  2. Cicada countryside, Thailand
  3. Cicadian rhythms
  4. Cicadas in Wollongong, Australia
Museums & libraries
  1. Laguna Viva
  2. Exploring the art fair, Madison
  3. Common sensory overload
  4. Video installation at Home, Manchester
Water
  1. Starting the Meall a' Bhuachaille hike
  2. Late afternoon on the Grand Canal
  3. On Coogee Beach
  4. Midnight waves on a beach
Musical field recordings
  1. Live samba at Ferrara International Buskers Festival
  2. Beatboxing on Christmas Eve
  3. Beatboxer busker (northern Italy)
  4. Il est entré dans mon coeur

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