King of the mo(u)rning
Morning dawn in Tirana, Albania. The recordist, who has migrated from Tirana to Berlin for studies, returns to visit family. During this visit, they cannot fall asleep because of the sound of a lion roaring nearby. Balcony recording: morning rooster, other background animal sounds possibly dogs, at some point the main reason i cannot sleep: the lion downstairs caged in the zoo. The recording r...
2m Jul 13, 2024
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An afternoon prayer
The recording captures a scene where various everyday sounds are heard, including the call to prayer (Adhan) from a nearby mosque, footsteps of a dog in the house, barking dogs outside, chirping birds, and children playing in the background. The people involved could be the imam or muezzin calling for prayer, pedestrians going about their daily activities, stray dogs and children enjoying their...
3m Jul 13, 2024
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We keep evaporating until we don't
"The field recording of a hissing aromatherapy steam room inside the Széchenyi Medicinal Bath in Budapest formed a strong imagination of a dark public bathing space in ancient times. It teleported me to a place where I imagined everything to be in black and white. Where streaks of light were coming through the windows to partially illuminate the bath and the steam was constantly rising from the...
4m Jul 11, 2024
4m
Inside an aromatherapy steam room
The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath in Budapest is the largest medicinal bath in Europe, opening in 1913. Here we are inside a hissing aromatherapy steam room, severely endangering our field recording device through heat and moisture in an attempt to bring you interesting sounds from around the world. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
4m Jul 11, 2024
4m
Sathorn pier heaving
The metal pylons at Sathorn Pier in downtown Bangkok make this sound when the Chao Phraya River is high and roiling. Recorded by Kevin Frost.
16s Jul 11, 2024
16s
Mechanical failure
"This entire experimental composition is based  upon a 10 second clip of an engine revving-up from the original field recording. This clip was then processed via multiple FX. No instruments or additional sounds were added." Sathorn pier, Bangkok reimagined by Scott Lawrence Whitman.
3m Jul 11, 2024
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Spanish market melancholy
"I took the original recording and cut it up into bits, using samples from it to use as rhythmic elements. I used FLStudio on my computer to then create and layer patterns of these beats. I then layered two guitar parts on top. I used a nylon strung electric (Cordoba Stage) and a Walrus Audio delay pedal for the first guitar and Walrus Audio Fathom reverb for the lead part. The guitar was put t...
7m Jul 06, 2024
7m
Mercado Central de Zaragoza
Sound recording of the Central Market of Zaragoza, a historic and unique building where accents and languages ​​mix. Recorded in Zaragoza, Spain in 2023 by Chuse Fernandez.
2m Jul 06, 2024
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In the Asclepieion
"When I heard the field recording I knew I wanted to work with the combination of harp and surrounding ambience. But I kept thinking about the scene-the Villa Borghese gardens, on the site of the ancient gardens of Lucullus, in terms of its temporal layers: the gardens, the recreated temple of Asklepios, and harp as a complicated symbol that usually gestures toward some version of a musical pas...
4m Jul 02, 2024
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Every spring keeps a winter in its heart
"The field recording chosen is the sound of the frozen sea in Finland. This sound of ice contrasted with the theme of the call, which is related to spring. So I associated the coldness of the ice with the harshness of war, which persists in this spring. In general terms, it is the representation of the constant tension and menace of war conflicts, and that peace is thin and delicate, always at ...
8m Jul 02, 2024
8m
1000 wishes
"Having recently experienced a live cinema screening where one moment of the film used coins as a part of the Foley performance, similar images and sounds were very vivid in my mind. When I heard this field recording from Kyoto that incorporated coins and clapping, I felt it was one that I should choose. "To work with the recording, I divided different instances of clapping and coins into samp...
7m Jul 02, 2024
7m
Fushimi Inari Taisha (prayer)
Wooden architecture is a significant characteristic of Japanese architecture, reflecting the experiences gained by the Japanese people through their ongoing battles with natural disasters. Wooden buildings embody the Japanese spirit of continuous exploration and adventure, with one of the primary manifestations being various shrine constructions. The recording location for 'Fushimi Inari Taish...
7m Jul 02, 2024
7m
Midnight symphony, Berlin
2024 New Year's Eve soundscape from Siemensdamm, Östlicher Luftfilterturm in Berlin, Germany. Recorded by Ashkan Beheshti.
20m Jul 02, 2024
20m
On the boating lake at Villa Borghese
 Next to the boating lake by the Tempio di Esculapio in the Villa Borghese Park in Rome. A harp busker performs, we walk around the lake listening to passers-by on a Sunday morning in April, and a police helicopter passes overhead. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
9m Jul 02, 2024
9m
Christmas Eve mass bells (plus skateboarders)
 Mass bells ring at 6pm on Christmas Eve in Padova, Italy in Prato della Valle, the largest piazza in Italy, alongside local skaters getting their last practice in before Christmas. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
4m Jul 02, 2024
4m
Micro bats, Dularcha tunnel
 Micro bat (large footed myotis bat) sounds from inside the disused (since 1932) Dularcha Rail Tunnel, Mooloolah, Queensland, Australia. Audible sounds include: bat sounds, bird sounds, wind in the trees outside and distant trains (from the current train line). Recorded by Glenn Legge.
4m Jul 02, 2024
4m
Holy rollers
"For this piece I decided to limit myself solely to the source field recording without adding any additional instrumentation or other audio. The field recording appealed (pun intended) to me as I wanted to try to find a relationship between the two unrelated elements, the pealing cathedral bells and the clatter and roll of the skateboards. Through use of Ableton Live's Corpus Plug-in, I created...
4m Jul 02, 2024
4m
Siemensdamm
 "As soon as I heard the fireworks in the recording it took me straight back to a New Year’s I spent with a group of musician friends in Wismar, East Germany. I manipulated the sounds of the fireworks and created industrial sounding loops that reminded me of Porter Ricks or Surgeon - as Berlin is strongly associated with Techno music I decided to try and create a piece that you might hear on th...
4m Jul 02, 2024
4m
At the end of...
"A journey underground." Dularcha Rail Tunnel, Mooloolah, Queensland, Australia reimagined by Alex Vald.
5m Jul 02, 2024
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Capturing Valencia's Mascletà
This recording captures the raw intensity and vibrancy of the Mascletà in Valencia, recorded on the 11th of March, 2024. A celebration of sound and tradition, thunderous roars of meticulously synchronized explosions, echoing through the bustling streets of Valencia. Recorded by Carlos Berrizbeitia.
7m Jul 02, 2024
7m
Traditional Hungarian restaurant (with accordion)
 A meal at the traditional Hungarian restaurant Nancsi Neni in the suburbs of Budapest, with the clattering of plates, the sounds of diners and waiting staff and the accompaniment of an accordion player entertaining the clientele with some traditional tunes. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
3m Jul 02, 2024
3m
Peak time at Valencia's central market
It's October 7th, and in two days, the city of Valencia will celebrate the "Day of the Valencian Community." Since the market isn't open on Sundays, most people have come to the market today to buy everything they need for the holiday. The market is bustling, with everyone speedily moving from stand to stand to stock up before heading out to the street where the Association of Pyrotechnicians ...
6m Jul 02, 2024
6m
Chip shop chatter
A family day at the beach and stopped off to have some fish and chips, you can hear a conversation about chairs and games consoles. Recorded in Wells Next The Sea, England by Gary Pitt.
1m Jul 02, 2024
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The memory of a place that never was
"The recording to me made me think beyond where I am now, how places once sounded, I wanted to take parts of it to create what a memory could be of such an event. It reminded me of the last time I spent with friends on NYE before lockdown; also some events as in the someone sending me a recording of swifts outside their flat; the first place I visited post lockdown. "I mixed fireworks from my ...
3m Jul 02, 2024
3m
Sit, break bread with us
"I am aware of the vibrant, colourful markets in Spain and could really picture the scenes there as I listened to the field recording. I wanted to capture some of the nuances I imagined there, through the piece, to illustrate the feeling that within the liveliness of a market there are also pockets of calm as sounds merge and people move around each other." Valencia central market reimagined b...
4m Jul 02, 2024
4m
Chip shop, ship chop
"Found sound percussion, in a busy cafe by the sea." Wells Next The Sea chip shop sounds reimagined by Nev (thequietwood).
4m Jul 02, 2024
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Ghosts
The piece came about intuitively. It suggested the idea of a moment of time encapsulated and half remembered like ghosts at long forgotten party, floating gaily above a shifting, uncertain, menacing underbelly. Nancsi Neni restaurant, Budapest reimagined by Patrick Bridge.
4m Jul 02, 2024
4m
Girl in a charcoal sketch
"The field recording of the harbour in Plymouth carried me, immediately, to the sounds and atmosphere of the path on which I walk along the shores of Lake Michigan. The sounds of Plymouth reminded me of the greatest thinking place in the world - a path along the water." Mount Wise, Plymouth reimagined by Christina Lucchesi.
4m Jul 01, 2024
4m
Cafe samba
"I listened to the 20 minute field recording which transported me back to my time visiting Brazil and Carnival in 2015. I selected some percussive samples, cleaned them up and arranged them into the beginnings of a groove, added a couple of layers of real guitar and added base, drums, piano and some other melodic synths. "I was inspired by the Brazilian rhythms I learned playing in a samba ban...
3m Jul 01, 2024
3m
The cult of Mostar
"The light rain in the original field recording has been reimagined as water dripping down from the ceiling of a long-forgotten underground space, used as a temple by a secretive cult of religious devotees. "In this composition, we hear the door to this underground space open, and footsteps as three acolytes walk down a tunnel to a small shrine they have constructed in the darkness and the dri...
3m Jul 01, 2024
3m
A cosy coffee shop in Sao Paulo
A quiet coffee shop where you can hear customers and staff in the background, as well as some espressos coming out, milk steaming and coffee beans grinding. It's the kind of white noise that can help you focus. Recorded in Sao Paulo, Brazil by Rodrigo Leles.
20m Jul 01, 2024
20m
A sonic postcard from Mount Wise
"On a bright blustery day at Mount Wise I captured the wind whistling through the masts of yachts moored in Mayflower Marina." Recorded in Plymouth, UK by Catherine Browning.
1m Jul 01, 2024
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Starting the Meall a' Bhuachaille hike
A rainy morning in Glenmore Forest in the Cairngorms national park in Scotland, on the walk towards Meall a' Bhuachaille. A picturesque autumnal forest with lots of yellow and red leaves, as well as pine trees. Walking in one of the highest parts of the Cairngorms, but it was very hard to see due to bad weather and dense grey cloud, following a natural rocky path and recording one of the many ...
2m Jul 01, 2024
2m
Joggers, cyclist and the Seine at Pont Neuf
Underneath Pont Neuf in Paris, we capture one on side the flowing of the River Seine, and on the other the classic Parisian sounds of walkers, joggers and cyclists in large numbers taking their weekend exercise and enjoying the views. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
4m Jul 01, 2024
4m
One summer Pont Neuf afternoon
"I have family living in Paris, and this sound sample of the River Seine and joggers and cyclists passing underneath Pont Neuf reminded me of the lovely times visiting there with them. The piece is as much about the memories of the lingering sunlight, the gentle energy of people walking and hanging out, as it is about the actual location. The time seems to stretch on into forever as this histor...
11m Jul 01, 2024
11m
Budapest metro dark ride
"I continue to be fascinated by the sounds of the world’s underground rail systems. I have intensified the sounds, repeating and lopping them and have also introduced a drone while still referencing the original recording to bring a different psychological drive to the remix." Budapest metro reimagined by David Cowlard.
5m Jul 01, 2024
5m
Aboard the Budapest metro
A ride on the clean, modern and efficient Budapest metro to Rakoczi ter stop. Recorded in Budapest, Hungary by Cities and Memory.
5m Jul 01, 2024
5m
Trickling stream dream
"The original field recording from Scotland was processed via Stochastic synthesis and various FX. No additional instruments were added." Glenmore stream reimagine by Scott Lawrence Whitman.
3m Jul 01, 2024
3m
Three o'clock in Piazza San Marco
"Binaural recording at 3pm in Piazza San Marco, Venice - music from the famous cafes, bells chiming the hour, and hundreds, or more probably thousands of tourists." Recorded by Cities and Memory.
6m Jun 24, 2024
6m
Samsara
"In creating this soundtrack, I ventured into new territory by using the ambient noise of life itself rather than the melodic/percussive elements I'm typically drawn to. The sounds of random conversations, church bells ringing, bustling restaurants, and children screaming form the foundation of this piece. "As I listened to these layers of sound, two words echoed in my mind: chaos and loneline...
4m Jun 24, 2024
4m
A night in the piazza
 "Listening to the traces of a Saturday night in a Roman piazza made me think about the ways that recorded sound can transport us powerfully into the past and make us feel we have been physically present in a place we have never visited. "I was drawn to specific sounds - voices and glassy clinks - that had a tuneful quality and played with echoing or responding to them on my cello. "My narrat...
3m Jun 24, 2024
3m
A big night out in Rome
A classic Saturday night in the hectic Piazza San Calisto in Trastevere, Rome, with breaking glass, bottles rolling around and the chaotic noise of hundreds of conversations among different groups of people drinking and socialising at various bars. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
5m Jun 24, 2024
5m
St. George's market walkthrough
A walkthrough the famous St. George's market in Belfast, capturing the chatter of locals, goods being sold and the large, warehouse-style building's air conditioning. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
8m Jun 24, 2024
8m
Thumbs
"My mum suddenly passed away in February. She was from West Belfast, a place I've visited more times than I can count. I leapt on the Belfast St George's market recording as soon as I heard it, I've always loved the accent. "Clearing her house in May I found a kalimba that she'd bought. I've included it in the piece along with other sounds from around her house. I've found the process of makin...
7m Jun 24, 2024
7m
Egyptian market/Nightmoves
 "The original field recording is the the sound of a busy and chaotic market with traders calling out, pedestrian and vehicle sounds punctuated by either a radio or live performance of traditional song which is captured as the recordist moves through the space. "On listening, there seems to be eight or nine distinct ‘zones’ or areas of particular sound which are blended as the recordist travel...
10m Jun 24, 2024
10m
Late afternoon on the Grand Canal
"A moment of calm in the late afternoon on Riva di Biasio in Venice, looking out at the the Grand Canal. The classic sounds of boat traffic cruising past that make Venice sound like no other city on Earth. A vaporetto (water taxi) passes by every so often, with church bells chiming as we head into the early evening." Recorded by Cities and Memory.
8m Jun 23, 2024
8m
Calma
"The original field recording captured the sounds of boats, water, and people conversing, creating a very visual experience. I found it serene and decided to compose a piece that complements the immersive nature of the field recording. Despite the multitude of sounds in the recording, there is a sense of control and tranquility. It contains the gentle sound of water lapping against the bank, ha...
7m Jun 23, 2024
7m
The famous never rest whilst we stare at their graves
"Cimetière Père LaChaise is the world’s most visited cemetery. Over 3.5 million visitors a year come to see the graves of artists, musicians, dancers, scientists and politicians. This mecca for the deceased made me think about what it must be like for the spirits of the cemeteries famous inhabitants. Their fame during life has followed them into death, never escaping the public fascination and ...
6m Jun 23, 2024
6m
At Edith Piaf's grave
"In the famous Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris, next to one of the most famous graves, that of Edith Piaf, with a quiet, contemplative soundwalk among the alleys and rows of tombs, among them some of the most famous figures of history." Recorded by Cities and Memory.
4m Jun 23, 2024
4m
Walking to school from my backpack's perspective
 I put a microphone in my backpack and recorded my walk to school. I cut out a few parts of me inside the bus and inside the rec center for privacy reasons of others. Recorded by Zach Dial in Boulder, Colorado.
13m Jun 23, 2024
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