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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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5:20

On the New Orleans streetcar

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

Riding a classic New Orleans streetcar. Recorded by Alex Clifford.

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5:20

Voodoo fishing

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

"I aimed for making it sound like a disturbing dream. Used the entire original recording with a copy processed with echo and reverb as well. A drone, some kind of eerie pads and, surprisingly for me, percussion - some of it quite odd..." Fishermen's songs in Benin reimagined by Windspace (Bruce Hickey).

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4:35

Mostly goes astray

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

"Drawing on the lapping waves and flute of the original, I teased out some drones and loops, which I layered and structured using the original recording as a guide, some of which can be heard relatively unprocessed, particularly at the beginning and end of my piece, which takes its title from a fragment of a poem by Sappho (inspired by the location, of course)." Afternoon in Sigri, Greece reimagined by Joseph Sannicandro.

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12:22

Formless spring

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

"This piece was an exploration of space and the principle of formlessness. The recording very much inspired me to move away from typical form and structure. Instead exploring space and how form returns to formlessness after having manifested." Wind bells in Ohta Ward reimagined by James Nicholls.

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4:43

Please hold on for your safety

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

"My first memories of New Orleans were made fifty years ago during a family vacation to the city when I was seven years old. I remember a frenzied evening march down a crowded Bourbon Street holding onto my parent’s hand for safety. In the cacophony emanating from the clubs and bars onto the street one sound stood out to me. It was the plunk of the traditional jazz banjo keeping the beat amongst the chaos. "I chose to incorporate the sound of the jazz banjo into the New Orleans field recording to

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2:18

Announcements at Cafe Thom

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

Government announcements blast by Cafe Thom, a local hot spot for good coffee next to Tay Ho lake. Recorded in Hanoi, Vietnam by Kit Wilmans Fegradoe.

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14:45

Night market on the water, Benin

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

Let yourself be transported by these Beninese women who sell all kinds of food from 3am on board their pirogues before setting off to fish on Lake Nokoué. Recorded by Pierre Costard.Singing, rowing, shouting selling | I took a brief sample of the sounds of the market & used the granular synth Kaivo to create a repetitive but ever-changing piece, which emulated the repetitive but ever changing nature of the market as captured by the field recording | Tim Coomb

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6:49

Singing, rowing, shouting selling

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

"I took a brief sample of the sounds of the market & used the granular synth Kaivo to create a repetitive but ever-changing piece, which emulated the repetitive but ever changing nature of the market as captured by the field recording." Night market in Ganvier, Benin reimagined by Tim Coomb.

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2:07

Trajinera at Xochimilco canals

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

Traditional trajinera boat through Xochimilco canals. Stereo 48kHz 24bit. Recorded in Xochimilo, Mexico by Erick Ruiz Arellano.

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1:28

Ancient Waroani dance

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

This recording captures a profound moment in my field recording journey: witnessing and documenting an ancient Waorani tribal dance beneath a luminous full moon. The Waorani people, indigenous to the Amazon rainforest, have a rich cultural heritage, with traditions that include communal dances performed around fires, accompanied by singing and the application of red achiote face paint. Experiencing their vibrant expressions of community and spirituality was an unforgettable highlight. Recorded in

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5:23

Abandoned olive press

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

This recording captures the haunting ambiance of a long-forgotten olive press nestled in one of Portugal's remote and ghostly regions. The structure, with its collapsing roof and decaying machinery, stands as a testament to a bygone era. Venturing inside, I sought to capture the rich textures and unique sounds that permeate the space. Some of these sounds possess remarkable spectral qualities, embodying the essence of abandonment. Recorded in Benfeita, Portugal by Rafael Diogo.

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8:04

Feeding the Greenlandic sled dogs

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

This recording was made in June 2024 in Sisimiut’s “dogtown,” a designated area on the outskirts of town where most sled dogs are kept. It captures the chaotic energy of 18 dogs at feeding time—their excited barks and yelps, the thud of a plastic food bucket, and the musher’s occasional voice as he moves steadily through his long routine. These are working dogs, not pets. When not in use, they’re chained, and during the summer months, they don’t work at all. As a result, they become especially

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6:29

Crows and the city in snow

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

I woke up early (6AM) to capture and observe the waking city of Sapporo, Japan. I was particularly surprised by the presence of crows, which often sat on the street signs and traffic light poles. Sparse trucks and cars passed along the snowy roads. The calls of the cows echoed off the buildings, yet the city remained quite calm. This recording took place in 2018. Crows in Sapporo recorded by Antek Rutczyński.

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4:27

Fajr in Tunis

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

A recording of the first call to prayer of the day, from the rooftop of my friend's house. I love the way the vocalisations from different mosques interact with one another, and how noises of the city take over as the calls fade away. Recorded in Tunis by Ben Gale.

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7:52

Ahuexote

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

"Ahuexote is an acousmatic work that explores the sounds of the waterways of Xochimilco (Mexico), the oar of the trajinera, the breathing of the tree, and the heartbeat of the ecosystem. In the still mirror of its waters, an ancestral pulse beats in Xochimilco: its canals are the arteries of this land, where axolotls murmur and the liquid, silent memory of flowers is preserved. "The soundscape is disassembled into distinct acoustic components, each projecting its own timbral and temporal

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1:34

Waorani ancestral

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

"Decided to give the inspiring piece some ambience without being too invasive." Waorani dance from Ecuador reimagined by Elaine Silva.

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6:34

Acoustic residue

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

"Processed using the MakeNoise Tape and Microsound Machine. The work abstracts the sounds of the olive press while retaining its original acoustic character and suggestion of utility — transforming obsolete machinery into a resonant source of sonic potential, an acoustic residue." Abandoned olive press in Benfeita, Portugal reimagined by Alan Cook.

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4:28

Dogtown

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

"A team of 18 sled dogs at the Sisimiut observatory station in Greenland howls in a rising and falling chorus at feeding time. While a human can typically hear high-frequency sounds up to 20,000 Hz, dogs can hear up to 60,000 Hz or above and are highly attuned to pitch differences as small as 1/8 tone. Here the dogs' cries are slowed down and lowered in pitch, revealing melodies that appear to be ultrasonic frequencies not normally audible to the human ear. "A woman's voice is encoded on a 2.5"

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7:12

Sapporo

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

"I liked the sound of the crows, you hear them everywhere. I manipulated the original sound and improvised over it and then reworked the whole. By accident the sound became like a pulse which created a tension. I just followed that impulse." Crows in Sapporo, Japan reimagined by Patrick Bridge.

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5:00

Fajr

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/06/21

"The original sound file is the core of the piece, having taken shorter bits of the audio and collaged them with audio from synthesizers to form the whole. Hardware used was Apple Mac MINI, Roland Seaboard M; Software used was Logic, Audacity, and Equator II. "The piece evolved from the environmental non-human sounds in the original recording." Fajr call to prayer in Tunis reimagined by Dennis Moser.

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