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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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4:50

The ballad of Bab Doukkala

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2026/01/08

The most striking feature of the original field recording is dozens of motorbikes and scooters zooming past and dodging their way through the pedestrians. Throughout the day when it's busier they can only pass very slowly, but with sparser crowds at night they rip past us on both sides.This composition brings to life some of the energy of the city of Marrakesh by night, with the instrumentation highlighting the buzz and busyness on all sides. It's about absorbing the city and feeling energised by

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4:23

The bikes of Bab Doukkala

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2026/01/08

Marrakesh, Morocco - at 9.30pm in the Bab Doukkala district, the city is full of life. Shops are open and bustling, the area is mostly locals and few tourists, but the most remarkable thing is the sheer number of scooters and motorbikes passing - in the space of just a few minutes, more than 20 motorbikes zip and slalom past us in the narrow alleyway, zig-zagging between pedestrians. You can hear it all in this recording.Recorded by Cities and Memory, January 2026.

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5:23

Midnight in an amphibian world

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2026/01/07

For this piece, multiple layers of synths, strings and other instruments layer on top of one another, performing variations of the same melody, to mimic both the repetition and individual variations within the the frog choruses. Each instrument becomes a voice joining in with the frogs’ calls, creating a melodic bed that reflects on the majestic beauty of nature’s large-scale gatherings of animals. Night time frog chorus in Goa reimagined by Cities and Memory.

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6:26

Boat launch blues

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2026/01/07

"Reimagination of Hastings Boat Launch with a blues shuffle feel to it."Hastings boat launch reimagined by Gareth Eckley.

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2:20

Green vs grey

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2026/01/07

|Trees and birds have always been considered the lungs of a neighbourhood. Yet, even though we recognise their value, the policy of too many (Belgian) cities is to trade vibrant greenery for dull, grey concrete. This is a call to action: we must do more to protect our scarce green spaces."Bos forest, Amsterdam reimagined by Jade Yorks.

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1:25

Midnight froglings, Goa

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2026/01/07

This was recorded near a field after the rain around midnight where frogs were having a huge discussion about meeting their future partners.Recorded in Goa, India by Anantha Krishnan.

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17:38

Launching

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2026/01/07

his recording, made in January 2025, is of one of the fishing boats being launched from the beach in Hastings. This sustainable fishing fleet has a history spanning over 200 years and faces many challenges, such as the gradual decline of fish stocks, damage to the marine environment from pollution and climate change, over regulation and unfair competition and encroachment from the european industrial fishing fleets. Beach launched fishing boats are part of the cultural identity of our island, with

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3:06

Amsterdamse Bos

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2026/01/07

Amsterdamse bos is a 100-year-old forest surrounded by a 750-year-old city. This artificial forest is both a forest and park-like. It provides a significant habitat for non-human creatures within the city. Meanwhile, behind the voices of birds, you can hear the constant sound of airplanes passing overhead on their way to Schiphol Airport, which was built on reclaimed land just like the forest. I recorded this on my way home from work on a day when spring rain had just begun to fall.Recorded by Yuto

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10:01

Checkpoint Charlie

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2026/01/07

Ambisonics recordings at Checkpoint Charlie, the famous crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War.Recorded by Anders Vinjar.

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10:48

Checkpoint

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2026/01/07

"I wanted to keep the original recording as intact as possible. I had some chord progressions I was already working on, and they seemed to fit the theme, so I orchestrated from there. Wanting something that reflected both the past, present and future of the location, the Berlin School influenced was obvious, but then it needed to break down a bit, before coming back to the reality of the present with the person doing the recording, sort of breaking the third wall once removed."Checkpoint Charlie,

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3:27

Chimes revisited

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/18

"My first ever Cities and Memory track was a response to a very similar recording; that one, too, featured chimes. For that first track I re-sequenced the ringing and built my response on that 'quantised' structure. "Some five years on I have changed very little to this original recording, leaving most of the irregularity in the ringing in place and working with and around its rhythm, embracing the imperfections and allowing some push and pull between the recording and my response. "In building

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2:38

The Untuned Bell

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/18

The Untuned Bell sound installation in Radhusplassen in Oslo. This 1.4-ton bell (anno 1949) was removed from the bell tower of Oslo City Hall because it was no longer in tune with the other 48 bells. The artist found the bell lying silent on the ground and restored its voice. From its new home on Radhusplassen, here outside the City Hall, the bell can once again interact with the bells in the tower. By putting your foot on a Cry Baby wah pedal nearby, you can activate the untuned bell. Recorded

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3:35

Chaffinches in McCaig's Tower

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/18

In McCaig's Tower, overlooking the bustling harbour town of Oban, finches call out from all sides as we walk around the inside of the tower walls, while the hum of the harbour rises up the hill from below us. Recorded in Oban, Scotland by Cities and Memory in April 2025.

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6:15

Look out

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/18

"The piece takes its cue from McCaig’s Tower in Oban, Scotland—not as an architectural curiosity, but as an acoustic world. It begins and ends with the finches that inhabit the open structure, their calls forming the work’s natural frame. "The music moves through evolving motifs: a peaceful drone and the suggestion of bagpipes represent the quiet of the unfinished enclosure overlooking the town and bay of Oban and a little of the builder’s proud, almost overreaching ambition; a more measured,

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16:24

The company of others

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/18

"In approaching the project I was struck by the evocative and ethereal quality of the original recording, in particular the call to prayer, and have tried to retain that in the three sections of this piece. There is also a timeless quality to the original, which I wanted to retain and develop. "The piece is intended to present those sounds in different yet related contexts; the first section is melodic, while the second darkens and the third tends more towards the filmic or abstract (it hasn't

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2:36

Call to prayer at the floating village

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/18

A call to prayer at the Bang Phat floating village in Thailand, known for its "floating" houses on stilts and a simple fishing community. Recorded by Jake Edwards.

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5:26

Cuckoos

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/18

"I used the cuckoos as a backdrop for a story about death in the forest, of disappearing back into the earth and how that would feel. I wanted it to sound sort of dreamy and slightly off balance." Cuckoos in Tomintoul, Scotland reimagined by Dermot Fitzsimons.

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3:21

Cuckoos at dawn

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/18

A soundscape of a particularly misty morning, recorded at 4.12am during late spring from the observing window of the Tomintoul Bird Hide. The hide sits on the edge of the highest village in the Highlands of Scotland. The calls of cuckoos create an eerie presence that gives depths to the length of the surrounding valley. Along with the days awakening dawn chorus, loud insects chirping, a brash pheasant interrupts the scene as well as slight interior noise from the bird hide. Recorded by Rachel

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4:57

Beneath the swell, she echoes

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/18

"Beneath the swell, she echoes emerged from Marcelo Carneiro’s evocative field recording of the Iemanjá Day celebration—its textures, rhythms, and atmosphere opened a doorway to memory. I was drawn to create it through a long-standing connection to Brazilian music and culture. Many years ago, while singing with a Brazilian percussion group in Scotland and collaborating with Brazilian musicians and dancers, I learned a chant to Iemanjá—the mother of the sea. I have reimagined this chant among the

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2:53

Praia Vermelha 01

Cities and Memory - remixing the world ·

2025/12/18

This is the first edition of a recording I've made in the 2024 summer afternoon at the beach. It was made at Praia Vermelha (Red Beach), Urca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was a hot weather, the beach was crowded: children, families, young and elder people, vendors selling drinks and refreshments (water, cold mate, coconut water, popsicle, and so on). People are talking, laughing, shouting. Waves are breaking continuously on the sand. Recorded in Rio de Janeiro by Marcelo Carneiro de Lima.

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