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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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7:48

Within Kichwa nights

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/28

"Recorded deep inside Kichwa territory in the Ecuadorian Amazon, this nocturnal soundscape draws the listener into the forest’s hidden hours - where every sound carries the presence of something living, alert, and unseen. "When darkness settles over the canopy, the rainforest begins its slow transformation. Bats cut swift paths through the night, their wings beating in soft, fleeting pulses. Insects rise all around, casting an electric shimmer into the air, layers of rhythm that flicker, pulse and

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2:59

Blue Monserrate

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/28

"The field recording I started with was the Blue Mountains Portal Lookout in Australia. What I found inspiring about this recording is the pointillist long tones created by the insects. Specifically, the contrast between the theoretically relaxing sounds of nature and the reality of how intense the sounds become. "I played the original sound, layered with a slowed down and pitch shifted version and a version with a band pass filter. I then added a simple synth loop and a couple of sequenced

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5:51

The bookshop under the railway arches

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/24

Inside the Bücherbogen bookshop in Savignyplatz, a fantastic bookshop of art, design and architecture books built under a set of railway arches. A unique soundscape of the quiet of a bookshop, with the flicking of pages, with the deep rumble overhead of periodic passing trains. Recorded in Berlin, September 2025 by Cities and Memory.

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6:00

Pontis (2025)

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/24

"In Latin, 'Pontis' not only refers to a physical bridge, but also a metaphorical crossing - a psychological parallel between lived reality and its parallel, hyper-real counterpart. My work explores the threshold of human imagination, and the subtle ways our perceived reality changes when consuming art. When reading or listening to material, our psychic perception of reality changes: the environment doesn't disappear, but transforms. "The piece ends in a rhythmic layered flurry of page-flicks

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4:43

Bellemar

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/24

"When I listened to this beautiful recording of the Pharo bells of Marseille, I immediately felt transported to the south of France, which I recently visited and adore. The memories of those places surfaced together with the splendid sound of the different bells ringing over the sea, forming a simple and delicate melody. "This piece grows from that melody and from the sea itself, symbolising how certain moments in our past come flooding back through the tides of memory." Bells in Le Pharo,

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5:43

A celebration at Wat Ku Tao

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/24

This recording displays the sounds of a local celebration stumbled upon in the city of Chiang Mai. People of all ages gathered together to play music and dance, at a buddhist temple called Wat Ku Tao. Recorded in Chiang Mai, Thailand by Jake Edwards.

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19:48

Daylight, Waorani Indigenous territory

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/24

By day, high atop one of the tallest trees in the Waorani tribal territory of the Ecuadorian Amazon, the forest opens into a vast cathedral of sound. From this canopy — a sacred perch where countless birds pass by — the air vibrates with a living symphony. Wings beat the open sky, calls echo and overlap, and melodies shimmer in constant motion. Each branch becomes a resonant chamber, amplifying the chorus as if the whole canopy were singing. From this height, the perspective shifts — the forest is

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20:14

Amazonscape

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/24

"Right from the first listen, I was struck by the sheer variety and strangeness of the natural sounds of the Ecuadorian forest. Some of them already seemed like electronic sounds in their own right. " I therefore approached my processing by keeping the original recording unaltered and superimposing layers of electronic material that respectfully sought to integrate and blend in as much as possible with the original soundscape. "In short, they were minimal, liminal, and camouflaged contributions,

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7:48

Chant d’automne

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/24

"To create this sound piece, I sampled the rhythms from the field recording and turned them into a loop. I detuned it slightly. I isolated a fragment of the voice from the recording and altered it as well. With these two elements, I added synthesizers with heavy reverb and distortion. The whole piece sits on the edge of the industrial genre; the traditional drums become almost like hammers or hydraulic presses. "Baudelaire writes in Autumn Song: Rocked by this monotonous pounding, I seem to

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1:03

Bells of Le Pharo

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/24

Recording starting just before 10:00. At 10, the bells of different churches start ringing. Binaural recording with OKM II and Zoom H2n. Recorded in Marseille, France by Patrick Petrossians.

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5:57

Sleeping on a starlit tide

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/21

"As I was browsing the Cities and Memory sound library, I had an LFO patch quietly looping in the background. When the field recording Lonely Beach surfaced, it fell into place with the glitchy texture I was shaping, just like the sound of ropes creaking on a sailing boat at night! "From that accidental pairing, the track began to write itself. I took those two elements and let them drift together, along with scattered sounds of the twinkly stars, eventually becoming this warm, sleepy

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8:50

The bird

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/21

"Whenever anyone speaks of Auschwitz, I always picture the iconic Arbeit Macht Frei Gate; an image linked to the atrocities associated with the holocaust. I have never been to Auschwitz, but when I heard the field recording I was instantly transported there. I found the sounds so evocative and tried to imagine how it must have felt for those individuals who were taken there in the 1940’s, although this is ultimately impossible. What thoughts must have been going through their minds as they

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3:24

Gentle waves on Lonely Beach

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/21

At Lonely Beach on Koh Rong, the waves reach the shore in soft, unhurried patterns. Each swell rises and falls with calm consistency, a natural rhythm that soothes the mind. The beach is quiet and open, with only the sea’s gentle presence filling the air. It is a place of quiet retreat, where the sound of the ocean encourages rest and relaxation. Recorded by Jake Edwards.

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10:01

Arbeit Macht Frei, Auschwitz

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/21

Ambisonics recordings of the sound at the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" gate to Auschwitz-I. This soundscape-composition is part of the HEYR project, presenting 3-dimensional soundscapes from special locations, connected to special events. Find out more by visiting https://www.heyr.no Recorded by Anders Vinjar.

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4:32

Trains overhead in Berlin

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/21

Trains passing overhead on a overpass at Savignyplatz on a Sunday morning in Berlin, with light rain clearly audible too. Recorded in September 2025 by Cities and Memory.

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4:44

The thoughts between trains

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/21

"The trains, from the field recording run, whilst the music represents thoughts of waiting for the next train and run between the train sounds. Some mangles train sounds appear amonst the music." Trains on an overpass at Savignyplatz, Berlin reimagined by Simon Woods.

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4:48

Concrete ghosts

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/21

"In the field recording, there was a conversation that felt like reminiscing. I say it felt that way because I do not speak the language. I loved the contrast between that dialogue and a shouting voice at the start and end that sounded desperate for someone's attention. "The shout itself could have been anything, a chant, a protest, or even a stall holder drumming up business, and it truly captured my imagination. "I wanted to create two opposing parts: the past, represented by a granular, ghostly

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4:41

Yangzhou, Guqiting Street

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/21

This intriguingly named street runs along a small river, perhaps now demolished and rebuilt. Once likely a standard six-step-wide street, it’s now a maze of residents’ makeshift additions, typical of old districts but still clean and tidy. At the junction of narrow alleys, elderly voices drift from homes, chatting over lunch in refined Yangzhou dialect, even more elegant than Suzhou’s. Residents shuffle by in slippers, while a peddler’s calm calls echo faintly. Without the Yangzhou accent, this

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11:59

Oslo bench life

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/21

"The original field recording is sparse, with snippets of conversation, people walking, cycling and the occasional jogger passing by. I wondered how this would all sound if it were continually layered over in a continuous loop in the style of Frippertronics. "I used an experimental dual looper to capture and over-dub the original sounds, with each channel using a different length of audio loop. I then used a modular synth to create some slowly evolving drones and pads, all driven by extremely slow

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10:11

Ten minutes on a park bench

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/21

Ten minutes sitting on a bench in Sofienbergparken in Oslo, just listening to whatever happens and letting the world pass by. Recorded in September 2025 by Cities and Memory.

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