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Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Cities and Memory
Cities and Memory - remixing the world
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    Bestwood birds

    27/07/2026 | 1 mins.
    Woodland birds recorded during daytime in Nottinghamshire, England. Blue tits are very prominent in the recording.
    Recorded by Tim Hills.
  • Cities and Memory - remixing the world

    Birdsong in dub

    27/07/2026 | 3 mins.
    "I took a pice of birdsong I had recorded and played around with the Flextime function in Logic. I added stereo echo and then a couple of synth parts from Alchemy and this is the result.:
    Birdsong in Bestwood, England reimagined by Tim Hills.
  • Cities and Memory - remixing the world

    Playing dice, Bishkek

    23/07/2026 | 3 mins.
    A few old men play a game of dice at the outskirts of the sprawling Osh Bazaar. They slap down small bills before rolling the dice on a wooden board and chain smoke cheap cigarettes. The smoke drifts into the pharmacy next door. They seemingly sell flooring at some point too. While bustling, the bazaar is more calm here; everyone is relaxed and kind.
    Recorded by wwjd.
  • Cities and Memory - remixing the world

    Tumbling between mountains

    23/07/2026 | 4 mins.
    "A mix of the casual tumbling dice in their cup and the majestically remote mountains that cover the land outside of Bishkek."
    Dice game at Osh Bazaar, Bishkek reimagined by wwjd.
  • Cities and Memory - remixing the world

    Underscoring the morning

    15/07/2026 | 5 mins.
    The original recording conjures a restful yet lively ambience that brings to life what early morning in this part of Chisinau must feel like.
    As the recordist Rafa notes, there is 'a distant sense of the urban world behind them' in the original recording, which in this composition is brought to the forefront not to clash with the birdsong, but to complement it.
    The response is flavoured with multiple layers of vintage 70s and 80s-inspired synthesiser sounds to build a soundtrack to early morning. The different layers and cadences of synth parts represent the different roles played by diverse bird species in creating this early morning soundscape, as well as harmonising the elements of nature and the city, instead of placing them in opposition.
    Chisinau morning bird chorus reimagined by Cities and Memory.
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About Cities and Memory - remixing the world
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 sounds. Each podcast description tells you more about what you're hearing, and where it came from. There are more than 8,000 sounds featured on our sound map, spread over more than 140 countries and territories. The sounds cover parts of the world as diverse as the hubbub of San Francisco’s main station, traditional fishing women’s songs at Lake Turkana, the sound of computer data centres in Birmingham, spiritual temple chanting in New Taipei City or the hum of the vaporetto engines in Venice. You can explore the project in full at www.citiesandmemory.com
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