Cities and Memory - remixing the world

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Being the strength of the air and the grace of the land
10/04/2026 | 4 min
Based on a recording made atop the tallest peak in Thailand, Doi Inthanon, this piece evokes the wonder of looking out across the entire country, with the sounds of birdsong reverberating around you. The slightly clipped bass sounds, and the whole mix being sent through a tape doubler, gives a woozy sense of height and breathlessness, while the synth pads and manipulated guitars are an expression of the beauty of the natural order of things.
Towards the top of the peak stand two adjacent chedis, one called Naphamethinidon (นภเมทินีดล), meaning 'by the strength of the land and air', and the other, Naphaphonphumisiri (นภพลภูมิสิริ), meaning 'being the strength of the air and the grace of the land', the latter of which names this track.
Doi Inthanon peak, Thailand reimagined by Cities and Memory.
Photo by Ash Edmonds on Unsplash.
The crow that haunts the station
10/04/2026 | 7 min
A lively resident crow is the star in this walkthrough of Gare de Lyon in Paris - while we can hear the usual hall reverb, trolley bags, travellers chatting away and platform announcements, this crow is letting his presence be known to everyone, cawing loudly and persistently as if to say "hey, this station is mine too, you know!".
Recorded in Paris, France in February 2026 by Cities and Memory.
Une madeleine sonique
10/04/2026 | 9 min
"Four years in France, regular trips From near Lyon to Paris, via the Gare de Lyon and my familiars — the crows — the track evoked those memories."
Gare de Lyon, Paris reimagined by Dennis Moser.
The nature sounds of Doi Inthanon
10/04/2026 | 0 min
Hiking at the Kew Mae Pan trail, Chiang Mai, Thailand. With the perfect view of nature things at the top of the mountain. A little bit tired but it was such a happy day.
Recorded by sound_of__memories.
Photo by Ash Edmonds on Unsplash.
Lamma jamma Hong Kong
09/04/2026 | 3 min
"When I received the field recording by Daniel Mackenzie I thought 'what an absolute gift!' All the elements to make a remix are all contained in the original field recording. I used a Roland SP404 mk2 to sketch out the fundamentals, and to focus on what parts to sample, and mastered in Ableton.
"Rudimentary effects were used (filters, eq, delay & reverb) but no synths whatsoever; the piece only contains samples from the original field recording.
"I had an absolute blast doing this, and I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed working with it!"
Lamma Island playground reimagined by Rod Dykeman

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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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