Cities and Memory - remixing the world

"When I first heard Stuart’s recording of Whitby at low tide, the oystercatchers bickering over food and the gulls going wild across the harbour, I couldn’t help smiling. There’s so much life in it. But the longer I listened, the more I found myself thinking about what lies beneath, the sea’s quiet, endless depths. 
"I mostly transformed the recording, letting just a few moments come through as they are. The piece wanders wherever it wanted to go: tender, a little gothic, a little medieval, cinematic, and even dancing for a while. I didn’t give it a real ending, because the tide doesn’t have one, and neither does time." 
Oystercatchers in Whitby reimagined by Mirai No Hagaki.

In Whitby's harbour at low tide, oystercatchers peep at one another as they fight over food in the wet sand, while in the background hordes of gulls are getting very excited about something on the other side of the harbour. November 2026.
Recorded by Cities and Memory.

This is an ambisonic recording made inside a sheep barn with the recorder set up on the ground near the gate. We hear close-up sounds of baaing, bells, snorts, peeing. Just milked, the ewes are impatient to go out to pasture. When the shepherd opens the gate to let them out they stampede past the machine, which at some point I had to rescue from stray hooves.
Recorded in Ano Pedina, Greece by Maria Margaronis.

A metro journey from Reamur Sebastopol to Gambetta, with the sounds of closing and opening doors, announcement, passengers chatting and the rumble rails. 
Recorded in Paris, France in February 2026 by Cities and Memory.

The tram ride in Oslo from Nybrua to Dronningensgate, with beeps, doors opening and closing, track sounds and announcements. 
Recorded by Cities and Memory.