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Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Cities and Memory
Cities and Memory - remixing the world
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    Every form of transport at once

    26/1/2026 | 7 mins.
    An interesting spot in central Berlin at Gontardstrasse - an intersection with passing trams and buses from two sides, while trains pass overhead to our right. As an added bonus, we stand between two pedestrian crossing boxes, with a stereo effect as they exchange pulses on either side of us. 
    Recorded by Cities and Memory, September 2025.
  • Cities and Memory - remixing the world

    Every form of transport and voices (stereo effect)

    26/1/2026 | 4 mins.
    I was especially inspired by the rhythmic, stereo qualities of the traffic sounds. Their sound texture gave me new inspiration every time I listened to them.
    The reimagined piece is nostalgic and dreamy. I was really focused on the storytelling aspect, in a kind of post-cinematographic way. The composition is built partly from « tape music » using the original recording, then layered with two modular parts and a drum kit for the “heavy” section.
    The clicks of the pedestrian crossing are rhythmically inspiring, and the sounds of the tram doors feel like classical instruments, almost like violins. It was a real joy to play over them.
    My modular noise part is played with a strong focus on improvisation and co-creation with the instrument. I had a lot of joy working on this piece.
    Berlin transportation soundscape reimagined by Yimèr.
  • Cities and Memory - remixing the world

    Indonesian reverie

    21/1/2026 | 4 mins.
    "This recording felt introspective, reflective and meditative and the Indonesian chant took me back to Bali, where I had just been in April 2025. I used some recordings I took in Bali such as a dawn chorus and placed birds and rustles in the wider stereo field. I recorded myself playing the flute, basing the melody on the chant, which is woven throughout the piece."
     reimagined by Sarah McRuvie.
  • Cities and Memory - remixing the world

    Rumah Tangga's back yard

    21/1/2026 | 6 mins.
    There are various insects and birds in Rumah Tangga while the space is filled with gardens. During the morning time, there used to be a 'sholawat' (a praise to God from a nearby mosque) until noon. 
    Because of the vast lands, the megaphone sound from the mosque sprawls nicely throughout the area. The sound of the inhabitants gives a calm and soothing feeling. I love to wake up early in the morning to feel grateful for the aural sensation and warmth of the sunshine. I was sitting on my bed, behind my recorder, and enjoying the moment. 
    Recorded in Leuwinanggung, Depok City, Indonesia by Mira Rizki Kurnia.
  • Cities and Memory - remixing the world

    Riffbert the frog

    21/1/2026 | 6 mins.
    "I found inspiration for this piece within the first few seconds of listening to the recording, it quite literally leapt out at me (Pardon the pun), a very distinctive rhythm, I quickly wrote a riff that followed the rhythm and made it the focal point of this piece with it reappearing throughout, some very chaotic sections (similar to the hopping of a frog). I used guitar amps on a lot of the frog sounds that I'd chopped out of the originally recording to try and make them a little palatable but also still resemble a frog, made some cool effects using chopped up frog sound, lots of fun with this one!"
    Frogs in Varka, Greece reimagined by Gary Pitt.

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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 7,000 sounds featured on our sound map, spread over more than 130 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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