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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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6:05

Autumn ramble

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/13

"I've never been to the Dolomites before, but a close friend was recently there. He showed me his photos of the mountain range and told me about the locals and hikers he met along the trails and in the backcountry. Seems amazing. His stories supplemented the original field recording in way that enabled me to start working on the music. "I knew I wanted to use an acoustic guitar as a key driving element for the feeling I was going for. I also knew that I would keep the original field recording

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4:40

Birdsong in the mountains on a summer afternoon

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/13

Taking a break next in a pasture on a hike in the Dolomites, while we admire the view we can hear birdsong in the trees surrounding us and the gentle buzz of insects. Recorded by Cities and Memory, July 2025.

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7:20

Geisterbahnhof

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/12

"My first ever autumn was in Berlin and I also worked for a year in German train stations, so this field recording has an emotional weight for me. The title refers to unused train stations that were closed due to the division of the city during the Cold War. "It means 'Ghost Stations' in German. For me, the memories of those train stations are like ghosts that haunt me during melancholic and nostalgic hours; this is what I try to capture in the piece through the lens of who I am now." Berlin

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8:07

Walkthrough in Berlin Hauptbahnhof

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/12

A walkthrough of Berlin's main station, with announcements drenched in the huge reverb of the station hall, then the classic sounds of trolley bags, escalators, passengers as we explore this vast station and make our way underground to the U-bahn. Recorded in Berlin by Cities and Memory, September 2025.

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6:16

Fog arpeggiation

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/12

"A captivating field recording of fog machines in an outdoor setting was fed into a number of granular synth engines. This resulted in crackles, reverb shadow and drift. Different colours and movement ( fog drift) in the reimagined track emerged. "I built and recorded a number of different passages settling on a drifting, arpeggiated loop which allowed the field recording to move in and out of focus. Layered and distressed the track finally was completed." Fog installation in the Neue

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7:30

Fog installation in the Neue Nationalgalerie

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/12

A remarkable fog installation in the sculpture garden of the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, by Fujiko Nakaya. This site-specific installation activates once per hour, and fills the garden with vaporous fog, playing with the architecture of Mies van der Rohe. Fog formations emerge from different sides of the garden, blending with the trees and permanent sculptures, before slowly dissolving into the sky. The moving fog appears at various densities, at times at a nearly tangible volume, at others as

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5:40

Sound installation by Eliza Douglas, Boros Collection

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/12

Inside the Boros Collection bunker, listening to a sound installation of distorted bells on a speaker suspended by chains, made by Eliza Douglas. The space has a fascinating past as a shelter, a prison for political prisoners, and a techno and sex club - and now it hosts a conceptual art exhibition. The sound captures both the muffled sounds of museum-goers on one side, and the passage of air and the sounds from Berlin outside on the other. Recorded in Berlin by Cities and Memory, September

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6:18

They deconstructed

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/12

"I have a long history with Berlin, and this contemporary art bunker represents very well everything the city means for me. It's deep, dark, yet lively and hopeful. This is my love letter to Berlin." Boros Collection sound installation in Berlin reimagined by the figurehead.

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5:52

Call to prayers from the sea

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/12

"The sound of calling to prayers from mosques is featured in the original field recording; it's a very vague and distant call accompanied by street sound and people chatter, but it's still breathtaking. It's even more fascinating that the exact timings of this chant vary daily based on astronomical calculations. I've never been to Turkey and not religious either, but I am still deeply drawn to the epic like spectacle that the chant can create in a simple recording. "My composition is based on the

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11:15

Call to prayer, Istanbul

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/12

Visiting Istanbul for the purpose of recording was fascinating because one could find locations in the city without too much car sounds. This was in 2013. I wanted to go to the Asian side of Istanbul to Kadiköy. There I found a small side street and recorded. I am not religious in any way but still always enjoyed the call for the prayers. Recorded by Sirpa Jokinen.

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4:48

Impermanence

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/09

"I’ve always viewed and listened to the ocean in a special way, and the sounds of the field recording inspired me to create this piece. I called it Impermanence for a couple of reasons… just like our lives and our consciousness, the waves are both individual and part of the ocean at the same time - all and one. Form is emptiness, emptiness is form, as is said in Buddhism."At my mother’s funeral a couple of years back, as is part of our culture, we scattered her ashes into a river, which flows into

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4:02

Sunset shoreline sounds

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/09

The sunsets on Malapascua Island in the Philippines feel like explosions in the sky — wild, breathtaking, and almost unreal. But beneath that blaze of colour, it’s the sound of the waves that holds you — soft laps against the shoreline, repeating like a forgotten lullaby. I stayed there alone, wrapped in the rhythm of the sea, as if time had unraveled and tomorrow didn’t exist. The sky burned in hues I didn’t know names for, and the ocean spoke in its slow, endless tongue. In that moment, sound

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4:10

Just before leaving

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/09

"A woman writes a message during her daily tram commute to work. Seemingly insignificant details, like selling a table or a couch, hide a deeply personal story about love, and the fragility of the hope for new beginnings." Melbourne tram journey reimagined by Cristina Marras.

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3:39

Melbourne commute

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/09

This recording from 2025 captures a short commute using Melbourne's iconic trams in the city centre. It's not unusual for trams to be packed and this afternoon was no exception as many people were also heading to a football game. The clatter of the trams mingle with conversations and crosswalks, bringing the Melbourne CBD to life. Recorded in Melbourne, Australia by Janina Castro.

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3:43

Invisible anchor

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/07

"Invisible Anchor is a downtempo ambient track centred around a seismic field recording of an electricity pylon, this served as the primary background pad. The field recording was tuned to the track's key using Temperance Pro from Eventide and it matched the track length precisely. For the overall character, the master mix was run through Air Music Tech's FlavorPro with a tweaked cassette tape preset to introduce a lo-fi vibe. All music elements originated from Sonic Charge's Synplant II and the Air

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3:42

Inside an electricity pylon

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/07

This is a recording made with a seismic microphone attached to an electricity pylon in the English countryside in Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire. The sounds come from the wind vibrating the entire structure, as captured by this specialist microphone. Recorded by Cities and Memory.

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4:35

Caruso climbs

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/07

"Thinking about the ascent and the vastness of Gran Sasso Park I stretched sounds to hold the sound of the water and this suggested voices so Caruso takes a trip to the park." Gran Sasso park in Italy reimagined by Stuart Wilding.

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5:05

Yoi Jacon

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/05

Living with an isolated Shipibo indigenous family in the Peruvian Amazon, this recording features an ícaro titled "Yoi Jacon" ("another world") by curandera Ronin Mea. The chant speaks of a realm beyond our own, filled with ancient wisdom, amidst the backdrop of a disappearing way of life due to deforestation and modernization.Recorded by Rafael Diogo.

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2:58

Mountain cowbell chorus

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/05

The gentle tinkling of cowbells in a field among the Dolomites at the end of a long summer afternoon. Recorded in Colmean, Italy by Cities and Memory, June 2025.

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17:40

Oud paradox (1)

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/11/05

"The field recording is a completed song, sung to the backdrop of a symphony of sounds apparently arising from the Peruvian Amazon setting where the performance and recoding took place. The chant/song repeats and winds upwards in tonal centre as it journeys through a call and response form. "My composition takes shape as a tribute to the eternal, calm yet elegant and alive feeling and state of mind that I experienced with the field recording. The oud is performed as a single extended gesture of

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