Cities and Memory - remixing the world

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Lost in the woods
25/05/2026 | 5 min
"The source sound is open to interpretation but to me it sounds like I'm in the woods. I used a quote from Dante’s Inferno in it as spoken word whilst maintaining the original source sound in the background. It's about expecting things that should be in place by midlife but the realisation they're not; you’re lost in the woods (metaphorically); there are many paths to go by, and what one might think and hope is permanent is not.
"All things are temporary and transitory in nature, and the realisation of that (usually in mid to late life) is something we all face, whether it be bereavment or failed relationships/friendships for example. I have personally felt this way many times - like I’m lost in the woods. I decided to shift to a more dubstep genre, which represents moments of anger & frustration amidst the quieter sections, which are more contemplative. "
Dawn chorus in Antipolo City, Philippines reimagined by Jaspal Bhogal.
Red beach
25/05/2026 | 3 min
"The feel of the song was inspired by the slow joy of the ambient sounds in the field recording, and the rhythmic sound of the waves. Praia Vermelha is at the base of Sugarloaf Mountain, and after researching the place, it also became important to the song.
"The lyrics include a line about Henrietta Carstairs, the first known person to climb the mountain in 1817. The field recording continues throughout, connecting the present moment with the history of the area and all the mountain has seen."
Praia Vermelha, Rio de Janeiro reimagined by Sairie.
Antipolo dawn chorus
25/05/2026 | 5 min
A five minute recording is all it takes to tell what time day and year it is at home. Natural sounds like backyard native birds like Collared Kingfisher, Philippines Pied Fantail, Zebra doves, and Yellow-vented Bulbuls are busy asserting their territory and finding food in the morning before it gets too hot.
Migratory birds like Gray Wagtail, Arctic Warbler, and Ashy Minivet mean that it's sometime during their busy winter migration. Human sounds also provide great clues. People sweep streets by hand with a local broom called walis tingting before it gets too hot and motorcycles rev past during the busy rush hour.
Recorded in Antipolo City, Philippines by Janina Castro.
Praia Vermelha
25/05/2026 | 5 min
This is the second 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, Brazil by Marcelo Carneiro de Lima.
Serengeti tocante drone
25/05/2026 | 6 min
"I steered safely around the lions only featuring a loop of a growl buried towards the end of the piece. I was more intrigued by the sound of insects and cracking undergrowth, moving noises. These were sampled and re pitched. I added kalimba played through a granular effects pedal and it skittered around the mix. Percussion shakes were found sounds of beads brushed on a contact mic.
"Finally I added a free form melody via the tocante phashi. This is a solar powered touch synth that has a very esoteric playing style ( live circuit bending) and strange tuning structure. It added a haunting feel as modular synth emulated insect noises and something prowled just out of sight."
Serengeti soundscape reimagined by Andy Billington.

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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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