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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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3:34

Italian ski lift

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/20

"I really liked the 'ka-chunk' sounds the ski lift makes as it goes over the uneven parts in the wires, kind of like the sounds trains make going over certain parts of the rails. I pulled one of these sounds out and built it into a longer, compound sound, then used it as one of the beats throughout the piece. "I also used a lower-volume version of the entire long sample from Seceda Mountain, capturing occasional ski lift noises, but more, the air in the mountains — you can barely hear the air, but

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2:54

Sorry I was gone there for a moment

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/20

"The field recording I worked with was of an everyday moment; the beeps and clicks of a traffic light, and as soon as I heard it I was singing along, exploring the sounds - it took me away to a place of implied melodies, textures and rhythms - much like incidental sounds sometimes do that in 'real life', whether it's birdsong, a snatch of a melody or the hum of jet engines. It's all inspiration and invitation." Tallinn pedestrian crossing reimagined by de Velden.

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2:14

Tick, tick, ticktickticktick

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/20

The distinctive ticking of a pedestrian crossing on a busy road in Tallinn, which gets quicker to let you know it's time to cross, and slower when it's time to wait. Recorded in September 2024 by Cities and Memory.

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5:47

Ascending on a ski lift

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/20

This recording was taken while ascending on a chair ski lift. The mountain is sparse, empty and still with no wind. The only sound is the machinery and distant voices of a few skiers. This was my first trip abroad in 2022 since the COVID-19 pandemic had struck the world. Recorded in Ortisei, Italy by Antek Rutczynski.

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8:35

High energy in Mexico: Connecting la Presidenta, the...

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/20

I developed my composition from the gentle hubbub of people inside the echoey library of one of the world’s great universities: the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)— the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In July 2007, UNESCO proclaimed the UNAM Central Library, along with the UNAM Campus as World Heritage sites. The recording was created by Mexican sound recordist par excellence Erick Ruiz Arrellano. This simple spatial human reverberance at UNAM generated multiple sound

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2:58

Library at UNAM, Mexico City

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/20

Library at UNAM. Stereo 48kHz 24bit. Recorded in Mexico City by Erick Ruiz Arellano.

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11:22

Harbour life in Oban

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/20

A classic soundscape of Oban harbour, starting with serving up langoustines, crabs and mussels in the seafood shack, a walk along the harbour wall and then a huge ferry slowly arrives. Towards the end of the recording, the throbbing drone of the engines blends with the creak of massive mooring ropes straining against the ferry's capstans. Recorded in April 2025 in Oban, Scotland by Cities and Memory.

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3:28

Folk songs by the lighthouse

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/20

A couple with acoustic guitars entertain themselves - and all the passers-by - singing and playing folk songs underneath the lighthouse in Bremerhaven. Recorded in Bremerhaven, Germany in May 2025 by Cities and Memory.

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4:14

Evening at the dam

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/20

It's early October 2020, the Australian springtime is in full swing. We are at a beautiful large property in the Tweed Valley, owned by members of our family. Down the hill from the residence, there is a dammed creek bordered on the opposite bank by dense trees of the National Park. It's just getting dark at 6.30pm. Down at the dam the soundscape is alive with a background of cicadas. Closer in, Tree frogs and other species are calling. The air is humid and mosquitoes will descend on any exposed

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4:32

Spring ritual

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/20

"After listening to the sample, we started working on it isolating the voice, guitar, and other ambient sounds. By manipulating these elements, we created the main synths and textures that form the piece. We instinctively imagined a story centred around an unknown civilisation, witnessing a mysterious ritual, after having created the first synth sound, which you can hear at the very beginning. "One should picture being aboard a ship with a life of its own, its breathing perceptible through the

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9:03

Saw Oban on the water

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/20

"Since this project is based on the experience of landscapes and memory, starting this immediately intrigued me; while searching through the archive of sound recordings I found one recorded in Oban, Scotland. "I had a memorable visit there once before in summer 1998, and this recording brought back that day in the city, the harbor and the ferry to the islands we visited. The feeling of the place (both in memory and the immediacy of the recording) suggested an approach that keeps the original

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3:19

An evening cacophony

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/20

"I listened to the naturescape a few times before becoming inspired to add some instrumentation. Improvising chord progressions at different tempos allowed me to balance between harmony and animal sounds to have their own space. "I collaborated with a long, dear friend of mine who has grown into an excellent producer. We had gone back and forth with our ideas for this track and are proud of what we made. Big thanks to Stuart for putting this project together." Stokers Siding, Australia reimagined

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10:29

Beneath Shanghai

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/19

Being in Shanghai was strange and beautiful — a blend of wonder and solitude. The culture felt distant, not unfriendly, but quiet in a way I hadn’t expected. In the depths of the metro, people moved like rivers — flowing, efficient, barely speaking. Unlike the crowded noise of European subways, here the sounds were hushed: soft footsteps, the occasional laugh, or a whisper passing between friends. Most were silent, eyes down, voices lost to screens. And yet, I found comfort in the station

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5:24

Inclusion

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/19

"Melodic ambient soundscape, underlined with the voices from the station. Floating pads, atmospheric aesthetics.Esoteric dialogue for a deep diving and emotional layers of kindness." Shanghai metro reimagined by John Ov3rblast.

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3:28

Talking bowler hats (my name is Lee Walker)

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/19

"A lot of my current work includes text so I was drawn towards this recording of a sound installation of people talking. I edited the original audio so that most of the sound between the speaking was removed. I then put that file through the software that I developed for an earlier work that chops the original audio up into smaller sections and plays those sections back at random times, volumes and positions in the stereo field. "I have then processed the final recording to make it sound more like

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1:45

These hats... are talking

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/19

At Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England (the birthplace of prime minister Winston Churchill), there are exhibitions dotted around about ways of life at the palace over the years. The entire stables area is converted into a museum about past ways of life in the grounds, one of which is a series of traditional English bowler hats suspended from the ceiling. Each hat contains a speaker, which plays interviews with workers from the palace estate, talking about their jobs and daily lives. As you walk

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3:31

Residue

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/19

"I have used the source track recorded in a church in Valletta, which is an ambient recording of a sacred space and created a composite sound piece to show a sound world to reflect inner and outer sacred spaces. The additional sounds are from my own field recordings of woodland sounds, myself and my daughter singing in Merlin's Cave in Tintagel, a heartbeat repeating, and a choir singing at rehearsal. The Our Lady of Victory church in Valletta reimagined by Mary Hooper.

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1:20

Knisja tal-Vitorja

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/19

The Our Lady of Victory Church in Valletta, the first church and building completed in the city, carries with it centuries of history and gratitude. Commissioned by Grand Master Jean Parisot de Valette in 1566 as a thanksgiving offering after the Great Siege of Malta, its walls have stood as a tribute to both faith and resilience. Today, the church echoes with the sighs of anticipation as people gather for a baroque concert beneath its grand arches. Amid the summer heat, the faint buzz of fans

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4:58

Dance of the waiter

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/19

"I envisioned a hot day in Italy a large square full of restaurants people eating lunch and the waiters movements as they serve the guests. Using sounds from the soundscape as a backdrop with elements pulled out and repeated ,some Foley sounds of my own for table and restaurant atmosphere." Treviso city soundscape reimagined by Al Mavrik.

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5:08

The city is quiet

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/19

A very hot August afternoon in Treviso, Italy. The city is on its post-lunch break, while the sun is at its hottest - shops are closed, there are very few cars or pedestrians, and everyone is seeking shade. We sit under a tree next to the river and record the sounds of a city a rest in the summer. Recorded by Cities and Memory.

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