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Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Cities and Memory

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

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13:16

Naja haje: the way knows the way

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/08

"Naja haje: the way knows the way honours the Egyptian cobra as a guide across myth, land, and memory. Inspired by ancestral ties to Morocco and our life in the Pacific Northwest, we entered into dialogue with the field recording—looping rhythm, layering voice, chalumeau, recorder, and drum—to explore how sound can restore relationships with the more-than-human world. The piece asks how honouring the serpent—through tending to habitat, safety, and community—can help heal the self. Marrakech

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5:23

Spirituary

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/08

"Where does humanity presently sit in terms of faith, spirituality and striving for greatness? |Our recorded history manifests as a unified drive toward the divine. Modern existentialism folds in elements of increased division and loss of direction on the path to fulfilment. "We live in an era that measures progression and success with an obsessive focus on wide-spread improvement at every level. Yet, when we look at examples of achievements in history, we feel an unnerving disconnect that we

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8:17

Mist over delay fields

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/08

"The track was built around a single, imperfect moment in time: a field recording I captured while walking through a tunnel by the main market. You can hear distant voices trading words, footsteps, fragments of conversations and the natural reverb of the tunnel itself. That recording became the spine of the piece – I didn’t treat it as background noise, but as the main “instrument”. "I started by isolating the most atmospheric sections of the recording, then layered and looped them so the voices

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3:25

Jardin remix

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/08

"I wanted to create a musical bed of just the bird vocalizations in the Jardin de Ayora without any instruments so I grabbed different moments in the recording, cutting and looping the parrots, pigeons and some migratory birds in the park. It took me some time to create the bed of bird sounds but I knew that I needed some low end emphasis so I introduced a bass drone and some other small, minimalist musical elements. I applied some effects to a couple of the tracks of the singing birds but I left

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3:44

Tre visi

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/08

‘Tre Visi’ explores the sonic identity of Treviso, Italy, anchoring itself in a field recording of the city’s Fontana delle Tre Facce (Fountain of the Three Faces). The piece explores the ambiguity of the city’s history and the debate between its potential ‘Three Hills’ Latin etymology and its Celtic origins. The production includes processed samples from a Celtic-like vocal melody alongside the fountain's texture, creating a new space for three voices to navigate an expansive aural space of

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5:59

Dawn in two places

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/08

I chose this field recording because its sound world echoed the early-morning atmosphere of the Columbia River, a landscape that grounds me. I wove fragments of the original birds and frogs into a reimagined piece that balances two emotional currents: the meditative stillness of nature and the anxiety that often shadows life in the US right now. Asokore-Dabiasem amphibian sounds reimagined by Christi Denton.

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3:13

Jingzhou City, South Gate

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/08

Jingzhou City is said to be one of China’s best-preserved ancient cities, dating back to the Warring States period, with its existing walls standing for 350 years—the most intact city relic in southern China. Unlike other cities turned into gated tourist sites, Jingzhou’s residents still bustle through its gate passages. This recording, captured in the South Gate’s barbican during the morning traffic peak, hums with people and vehicles. Different from the past are the cars and shoes on the stone

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3:02

Microphone moving around the fountain

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/08

The "fountain of three faces" in Treviso, Italy has water coming from a three-faced figure on one head - here we move around the fountain to listen to it from different angles. Recorded by Cities and Memory, August 2024.

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15:00

Amphibian voices at dawn, Asokore-Dabiasem

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/08

Amphibian voices at dawn at Asokore-Dabiasem, Eastern Region, Ghana, recorded in A-B stereo. Identified frog species: Phrynobatrachus latifrons (Puddle Frogs) vocalising in granular textures. In the background are domestic fowls, birds, subtle swarm of unknown insects, human activity and low frequency engines. Asokore-Dabiasem is a new addition to areas in and around Koforidua where wetlands have been highly affected by building and construction activities. Recording by Abigail Baffoe,

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0:41

Traditional music in Jemaa el-Fnaa Square

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/08

This is a recording from Jemaa el-Fnaa Square in Marrakech, where locals are playing traditional Moroccan instruments. Among them is a special flute known for mesmerizing rattlesnakes, adding to the mix of curiosity and fear among us visitors. The atmosphere in the square was lively, with perfect weather, and the crowd couldn’t help but cheer and gather around the musicians. Recorded by Xiaoya Zhao.

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1:48

Catedral Basílica de Santiago de Compostela

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/08

Within the hallowed expanse of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, the organ resonates through centuries of devotion and artistry. Heard in this recording, the profound sonic environment of the historic basilica emerges as each note played on the grand organ seems to breathe life into the walls, carrying the weight of countless pilgrimages and prayers. As the music unfolds, it fills the space with transcendent quality, blending seamlessly with the ambient acoustics of the Romanesque architecture and

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10:52

Birds of the Jardin de Ayora

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/08

This was our last day in Valencia. After an amazing lunch of empanadas and waffles, my girlfriend and I decided to take a walk to the park near the metro station we'd use later for a quick commute to the airport. The park was filled with quaker parrots, pigeons, and collared doves, all singing, flying, mating, fighting, and creating a strange but very satisfying symphony (especially from a field recorder's perspective). Recorded by Tomasz Buga.

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8:22

Pierced heart

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/07

"Working with a field recording of an air show has been deeply gratifying. On an emotional level, it has allowed for something like sublimation or integration. Having attended the 1988 Flugtag air show in Germany (in which 70 people were killed and hundreds wounded), I still tend to experience visceral reactions to the sound of fighter jets or aerobatics. Creating something of my own out of this field recording has ended up being a form of emotional processing as well. "On a technical level, the

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7:27

Take me back to Indonesia

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/07

"This work originates from a field recording captured in Madobag Village on the Mentawai Islands in Indonesia. In the recording, the sounds of children playing around an old well echo through the space. For me, this recording is not merely documentary material; it functions as a sonic memory that can transport me back to a particular moment and setting. It triggered my reflection on the gap between the fleeting serenity of travel and the pressures of daily life and became the starting point for the

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6:07

Acoustic vision from beyond - a Vietnamese funeral

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/07

"This composition was created using exclusively a recording of a traditional Vietnamese funeral ceremony. Fragments were taken from the original track and subsequently manipulated. "In particular, the resonances produced by the percussive instrument were extracted, thus creating long sound bands, onto which the distant dirge is grafted. The intent was to create an internal acoustic vision imagined from the deceased's perspective." Funeral soundscape in Vietnam reimagined by Nicola Fumo

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11:36

Red Arrows flypast, Southport air show

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/07

The Red Arrows display team flying over Southport at the annual air show in July 2024, with the sound of spectators in the background. Recorded by Stewart Hoyle.

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1:23

Laugther by the ancient well

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/07

Immerse yourself in the joyful ambiance of Madobag village, Mentawai Islands, where children's laughter and playful shouts fill the air. This soundscape captures the carefree moments of youngsters gathered around an ancient well, their giggles and splashing sounds blending with the serene atmosphere of the surrounding environment. Recorded in Indonesia by Farhan Boy.

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11:31

My grandfather's funeral

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/07

My grandfather's funeral was according to village customs. Recorded in Vietnam by Nhat Vuong Nguyen Trinh.

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4:13

Portland dreams

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/05

"I first visited Portland in the early 2000’s, as part of a DIY west coast tour with a band from my, (at the time) home of Brighton UK."When I saw the option to work with a piece of Portland audio for this project, something resonated, connecting me to the idea of distance between then and now in my own life, and that of my bandmates. That sense of how things move forward, inevitably, but that an aspect can also remain, that can be conjured up, and reconnected with, like a talisman or a

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14:40

Multiverse

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/05

I've always enjoyed Leo Villareal's "Multiverse" (2008) which is located between the East Building and the West Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. The work, made of light-emitting diodes, surrounds you as you are transported via a moving walkway. In the recording, you can hear the sound of people chatting and laughing, (I swear I hear someone happily say "Jamiroquai!" towards the end), heels clacking as some choose to walk instead of using the walkway, and beginning at the

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