Thunderstorm soundscape, Music for Sleep
A soundscape of thunderstorm recordings from the Music for Sleep project, including: - Abbazia Pisani, Italy - Levpa, Slovenia - Ontario, Canada - Readyville, USA Explore the full collection of sounds at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep (https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep/)
41m Oct 21, 2023
41m
Waves and water soundscape, Music for Sleep
A soundscape of wave recordings from the Music for Sleep project, including: - Krorez Bay, Albania - recorded by Rafael Diogo - Hilton Head, USA - recorded by Jake Carnley - Vis, Croatia - recorded by Roberto Vodanovic - Gjipe, Albania - recorded by Rafael Diogo - Hermosa Beach, Costa Rica - recorded by Marcel Gnauk - Sirolo, Italy - recorded by Cities and Memory - Port Noarlunga, Australia - r...
54m Oct 21, 2023
54m
Forest soundscape, Music for Sleep
A soundscape of forest recordings from the Music for Sleep project, including: - Uppsala, Sweden - Mont Serin, France - Glasgow, Scotland Explore the full collection of sounds at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep (https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep/)
28m Oct 21, 2023
28m
Anglesey waves, part two
This reimagining is made entirely of the sound of the Wylfa Waves. Filtered, edited, Wavetable synth etc to make a double tempo, upbeat, dancing on the beach tune! Waves at Porth y Wylfa reimagined by Simon Woods.
3m Oct 17, 2023
3m
Waves at Porth y Wylfa
This field recording of sea waves was made at Porth y Wylfa on the island of Anglesey, North Wales by Phil Cunliffe.
56s Oct 17, 2023
56s
An electron’s journey from wind farm to joyous release
This reimagined composition centres around the carnival sound clip, but it seemed important to include the newly commissioned and controversial Rampion off-shore wind farm’s presence. The short sound sequence follows an electron’s journey from wind turbine through waves lapping the shore, and into the machinery and candy coloured lights of the carnival funfair situated east of the pier, only to...
3m Oct 17, 2023
3m
Worthing carnival, 2019
The sound is of the 2019 summer carnival as it passes Worthing pier (England); a joyful event with drums and parades, the recording is intended to capture the happy carefree atmosphere of the carnival and sense of relaxed fun, with locals and visitors happily jostling and dancing along together with their ice creams and children, all blissfully ignorant of the muted and fearful COVID 19 driven ...
1m Oct 17, 2023
1m
Anglesey waves, part one
Waves in Anglesey reimagined by Simon Woods - "the reimagined composition uses waves of synths and white noise to complement the sound of the waves."
3m Oct 12, 2023
3m
Porth y Môr waves
This field recording of sea waves was made at Porth y Môr on the island of Anglesey, North Wales. Recorded by Phil Cunliffe.
31s Oct 12, 2023
31s
I awoke
"This is a remix of the sounds recorded at the Mexico Punta Nizuc reef underwater at night by Heather Spence. For the piece I was aiming for the feeling as you wake up from a good night's sleep." Mexican reef reimagined by Doom Scrolling. Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep/
6m Oct 05, 2023
6m
Mesoamerican reef at night
Underwater recording of coral reef at night recorded autonomously (no human presence to change the soundscape). Punta Nizuc is a marine protected area off the coast of Cancun. At night, there are no loud boat motors. The primary crackling sound you hear is snapping shrimp. There are a few subtle fish sounds as well. The overall experience is somewhat like brown noise, which is excellent for sle...
1m Oct 05, 2023
1m
Spreading love and light on the borders of silence
"A thunderstorm at 5.00am already has a faraway, mysterious quality, as if you're not sure if you're really hearing it or whether you've dreamed the storm. This piece is an extension of a dream about a thunderstorm, with the arpeggiated synth lines representing the interplay of the falling raindrops. "The synth lines that emerge later in the piece represent the momentum of the storm as it pass...
8m Oct 01, 2023
8m
Nightime sounds, Rugova Mountains
As nighttime blankets the majestic Rugova Mountains in Kosovo, the symphony of sounds crescendos into a mesmerizing cacophony. The enchanting blend of insects' melodies and the haunting calls of night birds transforms a magical full moon night into a captivating experience. Secluded in a cabin amidst the wilderness, with no one for miles around, the solitude amplifies the ethereal ambiance, imm...
13m Oct 01, 2023
13m
At Rumassala Sanctuary
Rumassala Sanctuary (Jungle Beach), insects + birds +road traffic far away + passages + man talking + waves, and a monkey towards the end of the recording. Recorded by Stéphane Marin/Espaces Sonores. Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep/ IMAGE: Raveenhw, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://...
12m Oct 01, 2023
12m
The 5.00am thunderstorm
A huge thunderstorm passes overheard at 5.00am in northern Italy - this recording is made from an open patio door directly out into the storm. Pouring rain clatters against the wooden shutters, while cracks of thunder rumble ominously and break overhead. Recorded by Cities and Memory. Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit...
7m Oct 01, 2023
7m
Lucidity’s keep
"Using the sound of the bridge as ambience and texture I re-imagined this piece. I sampled part of the sound to mimic the sound of breathing. The beat mimics the heart beat as we drift into sleep. The “tune” represents the awake mind . As we drift into unconsciousness our subconscious takes over and reimagines the “tune” in a variety of ways. As we drift into deep sleep we enter the dream. As w...
13m Oct 01, 2023
13m
Glacial exhale
"My recording from Julia Innes was of melting snow. My soundscapes gravitated towards climate collapse and a sense of deep time hearing solid ice turn to liquid. The idea of the earth exhaling and inhaling the cycles of life through the vast oceans of deep time emerged as a sculpted around Julia's field recording." Snow in Montreal reimagined by Michael Reiley. Part of the Music for Sleep pro...
4m Oct 01, 2023
4m
Sleep song (chirps of the exosphere)
"I got to work with the sounds captured at Rumassala Sanctuary in Sri Lanka. I was enchanted by how bustling the jungle beach actually is - it is absolutely packed with sounds. I was especially drawn to the tweets and chirps of the birds and insects, which inspired me to record a simple, peaceful, lullaby-like song. I don’t know what time of day it was when these sounds were captured, but I ima...
6m Oct 01, 2023
6m
Ferryman's repose
Though many of us seek calming sounds or voices to quiet our bodies and minds and to soothe us to sleep, our actual experience of sleep is rarely a still or tranquil one. Indeed cultures across the globe have long appreciated sleep as a dynamic, active domain. It is a space of dreaming, creating, processing, and remembering in which the conscious self of the waking world gives way to a very dif...
15m Oct 01, 2023
15m
Night sky
"The recording made me think of night soundscape in rural Italy, a childhood memory of a sonic picture that I feel has changed significantly today. As part of my work is to improvise with non-human animals I improvised a melody on guitar along the crickets, and then I improvised some chords on a midi keybpard on which I developed another guitar melody. The cricket sound has been modified and us...
12m Oct 01, 2023
12m
Melancolía
"I truly enjoyed participating in this project, where the beautifull sound of the stream served as my muse right from the outset. Upon hearing the field recording, I was immediately transported to a vision of myself, reclining in the soft grass by the stream's edge, resting, almost sleeping while friends wove spontaneous music into the canvas of a summer evening. It brings me a melancholic and ...
8m Oct 01, 2023
8m
Tranquil waters
The soothing melody of rivers cascading down Lengarica Canyon in Albania is profoundly calming, inducing a sense of tranquillity that harmonizes with your hiking journey. There is a remarkable quality to nature's sounds that effortlessly lulls you into a state of peacefulness as if nature itself has the innate ability to foster inner harmony with both yourself and the surrounding environment. I...
6m Oct 01, 2023
6m
Dreamcatcher
"Close your eyes and step into a world where dreams become a soothing lullaby and sleep turns into a healing sanctuary. Meet "Dreamcatcher," your trusted companion for a peaceful night's rest. "When I created this sound journey, my goal went far beyond just helping you sleep - it was about igniting your inner strength, reconnecting you to your roots, and nurturing spiritual healing. "Picture ...
8m Oct 01, 2023
8m
Entangled dreams
"I am a traditional Turkish reed flute ney player. Our traditional music is modal music and it has different maqams for different emotions. I have used one of them which has calming qualities. Selected sound were the nature sounds at the sea side evening time. This gave me some inspiration to improvise this melodies with my Ney to express this common and collective field where all the dreams ar...
5m Oct 01, 2023
5m
Moments In Vaucluse
"After listening through to the field recording a number of times, closing my eyes, I imagined I was there. I wanted to convey the moments between awake and sleep - those hypnogogic states in which auditory illusions can happen. The field recording includes insects, birdsongs, the gentle rusting of grass and the calm atmosphere. Initially, I used the sound mostly unprocessed but as the composit...
4m Oct 01, 2023
4m
Oxford dawn chorus
Dawn chorus recorded in May 2023 at a nature reserve in Oxford - binaural recording. Recorded by Giulia Biasibetti. Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep/
20m Oct 01, 2023
20m
Slow the dawn
"I love dawn choruses, but as I considered this one for a sleep project, I realized that dawn choruses are waking sounds, not sleeping sounds. This is my response to the challenge of turning daybreak into sleep time. "Sleep music for me usually means drones, long, slow tones, and an emphasis on timbre, inviting the flywheel of the daytime mind to spin down." Oxford dawn chorus reimagined by C...
19m Oct 01, 2023
19m
Aphrodite's lullaby
"I started with the name of the sound "Aphrodite's Rock", which inspired a story: at the beginning, there was nothingness, then Aphrodite emerges from the sea foam and establishes herself first as a woman (indicated by the harp sound) and then as a mother (represented by the piano). Thus, she sings her lullaby to her child until the nightfall. The entire story is accompanied by the wind, which ...
8m Oct 01, 2023
8m
Luminescence
"I chose the sound recorded by Marcel Gnauk at Hermosa Beach - Jaco, as I love the sound of the ocean and by chance my son had recently visited Costa Rica. After experimenting, I decided to keep the beautiful sound of the sea just as it was with a little reverb added. I then created a sound that I felt would be like light shimmering on the water and improvised the whole track in one take whilst...
8m Oct 01, 2023
8m
Woodpeckers at dawn
Shortly after dawn in the heart of the Fermansbo Urskog Nature Reserve, woodpeckers begin drumming on tree trunks. The forest is extremely calm. A perfect soundscape to calm the mind, body and soul Recorded by Colin Hunter. Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep/
6m Oct 01, 2023
6m
Cicadas, pine and wind
Recorded in my garden on a day when the mistral wind was constant, blowing through a pine tree. A single cicada had been present, hiding in the garden all week. There are occasional clucks from the neighbours chickens. Recorded by Andy Cartwright. Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for...
4m Oct 01, 2023
4m
Gentle summer forest, Mont Ventoux
This gentle summer soundscape was recorded in the forêt domaniale du mont Ventoux in the Vaucluse region of France. Listening back, we can imagine drifting off to sleep whilst swinging gently in a hammock hung between trees. Recorded by Colin Hunter. Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit https://citiesandmemory.com/music-...
6m Oct 01, 2023
6m
Aphrodite's Rock
This large rock formation off a pebbly beach is the birthplace of Aphrodite in Greek mythology. Recorded by Marcel Gnauk. Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep/ IMAGE: Carole Raddato from FRANKFURT, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wik...
4m Oct 01, 2023
4m
Hermosa beach
The relaxing sound of slowly breaking waves on Hermosa Beach on the west coast of Costa Rica. The occasional birdsong can also be heard. Recorded by Marcel Gnauk. Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep/ IMAGE: diego_cue, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3...
8m Oct 01, 2023
8m
Stirring
"“Stirring” explores the process of waking as the sun rises. Recently I’m trying to shift my circadian rhythm and wake up early each day, and in seeking ways to wake my brain up gently I have found that (of course) music is the answer. For this project I wanted to create a track I would happily set as my alarm, to rouse my brain and senses as I resist the day. "I created instruments from the r...
19m Oct 01, 2023
19m
Sunroom rain at night
This recording was made late in the night at my house in the country over a decade ago. I couldn't sleep and went out to the sunroom to hear the night sounds. A storm started rumbling in the distance, so I grabbed my field recorder, opened the doors, and started recording. This excerpt captures the intensifying of the storm over the course of 20 minutes with thunder, wind, and heavy rain. After...
19m Oct 01, 2023
19m
Somnolence
"The piece is built upon a field recording from Heath Webb, with slowly shifting drones coalescing over rain, wind, and thunder sounds. The added drones explore a range of frequencies, aiming to create a relaxing and soothing ambiance in conjunction with the natural white noise." Readyville rain reimagined by Kevin Leomo. Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear ...
19m Oct 01, 2023
19m
Baby louse
"The quiet recording had light snoring, covered in noise and the faintest suggestion of music in the background. I amplified these elements into the dream of a sleeping louse (I think Louise was a typo), where the sounds of that room are mixed with imaginary electrical turbulence and unformed parasitic thoughts." Sleeping baby soundscape reimagined by Sam Taylor. Part of the Music for Sleep p...
8m Oct 01, 2023
8m
Fading
"As this project is the polar opposite of what I usually try to achieve (i.e. keeping my listener awake!), I found it very challenging. I doubt I have sufficiently suppressed my usual approach, and thus failed miserably to fulfil the brief! Anyway, here it is, with thanks to Libravox and 'Newgate Novelist" for the reading of Caroline Leakey's 19th C poem. The piece comprises mostly the original...
5m Oct 01, 2023
5m
Baby Louise, July 2023
This is my 9 month old baby Louise sleeping. On the background there is the music of Ólafur Arnalds, which has been her sleeping music since she was a newborn, and the fan that we are using in these hot summer days. Recorded by Késia Decoté. Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep/
1m Oct 01, 2023
1m
An African night at the delta of Okavango
This soundcape was recorded on February 2023 at Little Machaba Safaris Lodge at the banks of river Kwai, at the vast area of the Delta of Okavango in Botswana. Imagine this: you find yourself nestled in the heart of the wilderness, surrounded by a symphony of sounds. Frogs croaking in perfect harmony, birds chirping their melodic tunes, and insects buzzing away. Ah, bliss! And as if that wasn't...
10m Oct 01, 2023
10m
Flowing with Napo
"Rio Napo flows from Cotopaxi volcano to Amazon river. A 668 miles long sine wave which has inspired this composition where slow sine waves flow along with the river itself." Rio Napo reimagined by Sine. Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep/ IMAGE: SabineDeviche, CC BY-SA 4.0 ...
15m Oct 01, 2023
15m
Dusk at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
It is the soundscape of a saltmarsh nature reserve - the daytime flora and fauna, birds, insects and landscape winding down before night time, a watershed between one part of a 24 hour cycle and another. It hopefully communicates that peaceful wave, interupted by a small moped going past on a track. I left this in as a reminder of how human noise invades the sonic world. Recorded by Mary Hoope...
4m Oct 01, 2023
4m
Asleep with the birds
"Entering the theta state where you slide into sleep and things start to happen as you are part of the start of your dreamings. Made with added vocals, bass, guitar, and sampled recording. Best with eyes closed." Cotigao wildlife sanctuary reimagined by Michelle Breslin/Lostworldsounds. Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, vis...
9m Oct 01, 2023
9m
The Rio Napo
July 2017, 12pm, sounds of the Rio Napo river. Recorded by Mark Wilden. Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep/ IMAGE: SabineDeviche, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
20m Oct 01, 2023
20m
Walking the path
"I love the sound of the wind through the trees, the rising and falling sweeps of air, the gusting swooping swirling sounds feel exciting but calming too. I find this strange contrast inspiring. "I made minimal changes to the original recording, modifying it only to maintain its meditative quality and mixed it to wide stereo to allow for the most emersive experience. I kept melodic phrases spa...
8m Oct 01, 2023
8m
Summer night in Dell Creek state wildlife area
This sound was recorded at night in a wooded area during the summer. Crickets are the main act here. As a diurnal species, in much of the habitable world we've associated crickets with night, and night with sleep. Recorded by Daniel Braun. Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep/
9m Oct 01, 2023
9m
Droplets walking on window panes
"A very slowly evolving piece that loops the source recording into a rhythm, which slowly drifts away. The track follows a progression of falling asleep, as elements fade away and the listener moves from a space with the familiar sounds from the recording, to a space in which those sounds are abstracted and dulled." Cemetery in Vienna reimagined by Peter Flint. Part of the Music for Sleep pro...
10m Oct 01, 2023
10m
Cotigao wildlife sanctuary
June 2022, 10pm Netrevali, Goa, India, sounds of the night - insects chirping, air conditioning drone. Recorded by Mark Wilden. Part of the Music for Sleep project - for more information and to hear more sounds from the collection, visit https://citiesandmemory.com/music-for-sleep/
9m Oct 01, 2023
9m
While you sleep
"The beautiful sounds in this rich night-time scene of the original recording made me think of how busy the microscopic life is in the natural world while we are sleeping. I wanted layers of sound to represent the different insects and animals as they go about their business of taking care of their microenvironment, all while we are in our cosy cocoon of sleep. "The piece starts with the origi...
9m Oct 01, 2023
9m