Church Lane, Belfast during lockdown, 16.10.20
Recording in front of two bars which are now closed/closing (Bullitt - closed and Bootleggers - closing), at Bootleggers they were removing outdoor terrace fencing, multiple tools being used (hammers, drills, etc…), and a few passerby. Beginning of Lockdown 2 in Belfast. – Georgios Varoutsos  Part of the StayHomeSounds project to map and reimagine the sounds of the Covid-19 lockdowns.
2m Apr 01, 2021
2m
Cathedral Quarter, Belfast during lockdown, 16.10.20
Recording in front of two bars which are now closed/closing (Dirty Onion – closed and Thirsty Goat - closing), there is soft music from Thirsty Goat and local pedestrian/vehicle movement. Beginning of Lockdown 2 in Belfast.  – Georgios Varoutsos  Part of the StayHomeSounds project to map and reimagine the sounds of the Covid-19 lockdowns.
2m Apr 01, 2021
2m
Belfast City Hall during lockdown, 16.10.20
Recording of more locals and visitors passing at the junction that intertwines city centre, daily shopping, and commuters. There is a lot more chatter in the nearby area as people are heading home due to the new Lockdown 2 in Belfast beginning.   – Georgios Varoutsos  Part of the StayHomeSounds project to map and reimagine the sounds of the Covid-19 lockdowns.
2m Apr 01, 2021
2m
Lockdown nights in Tbilisi
Lockdown sound from Tbilisi, Georgia recorded by Marcel Gnauk. "After 9 p.m. there is a curfew in place and we stay in a hotel direct in the old town of Tbilisi until tomorrow. "The city is busy during the day and it started raining last night. I recorded this ambience with the window open, facing the street. "It's a very interesting sound considering we're in a capital city, but we have alm...
5m Mar 30, 2021
5m
A winter journey
Ulan-Ude station reimagined by Anthony Miller. "During the lockdown I was searching YouTube and came across videos of train journeys. The camera was filming from the driver's cab and the view of the track and landscape was quite mesmerising.   "I wanted to try and write a piece that encapsulated that feeling. I re-imagined the piece as a journey through a cold, windswept, barren landscape. All...
4m Mar 29, 2021
4m
Footbridge over Ulan-Ude station
Shunting trains recorded from an overhead footbridge by Mark Wilden. Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole project at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/travel.
1m Mar 29, 2021
1m
Binaural Seoul Airport
Binaural soundscape from Seoul airport recorded by Marcel Gnauk. Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole project at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/travel.
8m Mar 29, 2021
8m
Cicadas and TGVs at Avignon
"This recording was taken on a platform at Avignon Gare TGV in the summer of 2013. It being my first experience recording in the south of France, I was completely captured by the cacophony of the cicadas during the hot days." Recorded by Jase Warner. Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole p...
2m Mar 29, 2021
2m
Seoul airport dreaming
Seoul airport reimagined by de Velden. "I wanted to explore the sense of buildings without people, of buildings dreaming of people. I built a soundscape for the empty building sections of my piece out of chunks of the field recordings, and then inserted sections of the wonderful surround recording of people that the original field recording provided. I wrote a piano piece exploring those diffe...
6m Mar 29, 2021
6m
We'll explore hard drives and and stove tops
Hong Kong airport baggage reimagined by David More. "This piece is based around recordings made by placing a portable recorder inside a polystyrene fish box found in the street in Hong Kong, and checked in as baggage on a flight back to Chicago. I feel OK about not traveling, though traveling is one of my favourite things. There are benefits to sitting still, though I worry about the welfare o...
3m Mar 29, 2021
3m
French memories
Avignon station reimagined by Steffi Baron-Neuhuber. "This field recording reminded me of a time when I was traveling alone with a friend for the first time through Europe with Interrail about 18 years ago. Great memories and a great desire to travel again! I felt so free and I'm longing for more!" Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in ...
3m Mar 29, 2021
3m
Behind the scenes at Hong Kong airport
"Sounds collected by a portable field recorder secured inside a polystyrene fish box that was found on the street in Hong Kong, that was then checked in as baggage on a flight back to the U.S." Recorded by David More. Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole project at https://www.citiesandm...
4m Mar 29, 2021
4m
In Wschodnia
Wschodnia Station reimagined by Annali Lowdon. "When I first heard the field recording I was drawn to the very pleasing sound of the footsteps that had been captured. I also felt a kind of stillness in the recording, an unhurried feeling, an acceptance that you will get there, when you get there. This was my starting point and why I chose to use the pure frequencies of singing bowls to express...
5m Mar 28, 2021
5m
Bon voyage
Peruvian regional train reimagined by Elisabetta Senesi. "The original field recording I choose inspired me a lot in this lockdown time, and made me think about some vital and similar trips I experienced in South America in 2016. Also, the entire project reminds me my last travels in Europe on several regional trains I took before the pandemic restrictions in 2020. With all this in mind I want...
4m Mar 28, 2021
4m
Trudging
Denver airport train reimagined by Jessie Brewer. "My goal with this sound piece is to convey feelings of anticipation, disappointment, and uncertainty. A longing for what will eventually come— safe travel, visiting family and friends again, the return to a sense of normalcy— but without a clear path, or a concrete date. As initial quarantine orders slowly faded in the U.S., only to be followe...
1m Mar 28, 2021
1m
I don't really pack much
A380 landing reimagined by Una Walker. "A layering of the original recording with passenger conversations and aircraft sounds and the sound of someone walking on gravel paths, birdsong, wind in trees, and an interior voice repeating phrases from the overheard/overhead conversation. "I live in a rural area on the east coast of Ireland but under a flight path. During the first lockdown the sile...
3m Mar 28, 2021
3m
Vagabond ears
New York metro reimagined by Dana Papachristou. "The original recording captured my ears as New York was the last place I visited before the coronavirus lockdown. I used the familiar M train sounds to create an aural condition where the ear, tired from a full day, falsely recognizes rhythm and melody in everyday sounds. A recreation of a travel experience, until we travel again." Part of the ...
6m Mar 28, 2021
6m
From Court Square to 23rd Street
Travelling on the New York metro from Court Square to 23rd Street, recorded by Marcel Gnauk. Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole project at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/travel.
4m Mar 28, 2021
4m
A380 landing in Frankfurt
On board an Airbus A380 as it comes in to land at Frankfurt Airport, recorded by Marcel Gnauk. Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole project at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/travel.
3m Mar 28, 2021
3m
Train from Denver Airport to Union Station
Taking the train out of Denver Airport, recorded by Marcel Gnauk. Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole project at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/travel.
3m Mar 28, 2021
3m
Market traders move aside for a train, Peru
A cross-country train moving slowly through the town of Juliaca, Peru, in which the train tracks are used as a marketplace (when trains are not crossing). The sounds of music and clanking trains. Recorded by Mark Wilden. Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole project at https://www.citiesan...
3m Mar 28, 2021
3m
At Wschodnia station
Walking into and around Warsaw’s Eastern railways station, including tannoy announcement. Recorded by Mark Wilden. Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole project at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/travel.
2m Mar 28, 2021
2m
Hearts, flowers and rocks
Children playing in Haiti reimagined by Cities and Memory. "What stood out from the original recording was the sound of children playing in a carefree way, without doubt the outstanding moment from the source material.  "Taking as a rough starting point the wistful melancholia and hauntology of the now-defunct Hood, I wondered how this recording might have ended up if it had featured on one o...
3m Mar 27, 2021
3m
A morning in Haiti
"Children playing, mobile music, breakfast and a water pump" - a recording from a rural spot outside Pignon in Haiti recorded by Connor Orrico.
2m Mar 27, 2021
2m
Adoro_(2..0).pow
Bogota taxi ride reimagined by Wingel Mendoza. "The recording happened inside a taxi in Colombia, in which the taxi driver was playing a Mexican song singed by Armando Manzanero. I immediately recognized it, so there was the Latin American identity, but how to interact with the sound, but more in a plastic way, to manipulate it or make it not recognizable? Like all the situation that we are li...
5m Mar 27, 2021
5m
A journey
Montevideo bus station reimagined by Peter Brooks. "The original piece is the ambient sound in a bus station, which inspired me to think of journeys and from there reminded me of Kraftwerk's Autobahn. "The piece uses the original recording in full as a background to set the tone. It builds to suggest a sense of movement but also the repetitive monotony of waiting to begin, and hints at the Kr...
3m Mar 27, 2021
3m
Taxi journey in Bogota
"This recording was taken just after lunchtime during a trip across Bogotá in a taxi. I remember it being a very warm day, and there was something about the combination of the general hubbub outside together with the music coming from the radio that made me want to pick up the microphone and capture the moment." Recorded by Jase Warner. Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine...
1m Mar 27, 2021
1m
Tres Cruces bus station, Montevideo
A busy bus station connecting Uruguay’s capital city with the surrounding area.  Passengers, announcements, background music. Recorded by Mark Wilden. Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole project at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/travel.
2m Mar 27, 2021
2m
EZE/YTZ
EZE airport reimagined by Michael Trommer. "This piece is a site-specific improvisation performed on a portable 1010 Blackbox sampler in the deserted lobby pavilion of Toronto’s Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ) – a regional airport situated on a Lake Ontario island across from the city’s downtown core. "Sounds of the quasi-deserted site were recorded in situ and combined with the proje...
13m Mar 27, 2021
13m
Tracks and traces
Lisbon tram reimagined by Richard Gadd. "I was attracted to the rhythmic elements of the field recording and the sound of the leather hanging strap. "As we cannot travel at present, I wanted to create something that was an act of imaginary travel, a dream constructed from memories of journeys. In those journeys there were experiences of sensory overload, culture shock, deep conversations with...
7m Mar 27, 2021
7m
On the bus from Brasov to Bran
Taking a bus through the Romanian countryside, recorded by Mark Wilden. Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole project at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/travel.
2m Mar 27, 2021
2m
Brasov
Taking a bus through the Romanian countryside, reimagined by Johan Vandermaelen. "Pitch and filtering were the main tools. There is no time-stretching, thus all rhythmic elements are in a direct relationship with the file, with no additional sounds. I kept some voices from the original recording to keep it 'real'. Volume is mostly low, as I didn't want to over-compress or limit this piece." P...
3m Mar 27, 2021
3m
Eléctrico 28
"This is a trip on the famous and old tram 28, in Lisbon, between Largo da Graça and Estrela, mirroring the acoustic dynamics of this means of transport and the city itself." Recorded by Luís Antero. Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole project at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/travel.
11m Mar 27, 2021
11m
EZE airport ambience
"Just outside the arrivals entrance to Buenos Aires’ international airport; traffic and passenger announcements." Recorded by Mark Wilden. Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole project at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/travel.
1m Mar 27, 2021
1m
HKG
Hong Kong airport terminal reimagined by Coxidelic. "In the original recording I was struck by the normality of it... how it felt like a relic of a bygone time when travel was normal and there was no pandemic. I wanted to take this sound and turn it into something more chaotic and confused like the times we are living in. Downtempo, of course - because we are all sitting on our couches." Part...
10m Mar 27, 2021
10m
Greece lightning
Kefalonia ferry trip reimagined by Sound Brigade. "Travel was non-existent in 2020, and so far in 2021 due to the pandemic.  This re-imagining is dark and hopeless, as isolation from the world has been our reality for the last year.  "We did not add any additional sounds or sound effects, we used only the sound file provided to us. We edited, chopped, manipulated, twisted and mixed it into so...
3m Mar 27, 2021
3m
That may or may not have been the last one
Malaysian bus station reimagined by Emmy Tither. "I think, for the first time in completing various Cities and Memory projects, I may be speechless when it comes to describing this piece properly. "I guess what I can say is that I tried to reimagine the original recording in a way that combines what I hear both internally (through memories) and externally (when my window's open; I leave near ...
3m Mar 27, 2021
3m
Hong Kong international airport - terminal sounds
Sounds from inside Hong Kong's international airport terminal, recorded by Marcel Gnauk. Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole project at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/travel.
6m Mar 27, 2021
6m
Subvoice of a funnel
"Traveling on the upper deck of a ship is always an amazing sound experience for me! This sound was recorded (with a Zoom H5) on 10th of January 2021 after Xmas holidays when i left my birthplace, Kefalonia Island to go back to Athens.While recording, i was moving around the upper deck of the boat "Andreas Kalvos", collecting sounds from the boat's funnels, various objects oscillating by the wi...
10m Mar 27, 2021
10m
Alor Setar bus station, Malaysia
"There are many different private bus companies operating in Malaysia, each offering slightly different routes, destinations, comfort and price. Competition between these companies is high and the right sales technique can be what makes the difference in ensuring the bus parts with no empty seats. "In Alor Setar bus station, in order to attract customers, ticket sellers from each of the bus co...
3m Mar 27, 2021
3m
Put the needle on the record: Paris (Ensemble)
Parisian luggage recording reimagined by Loz Colbert. "I recorded the sound of my luggage bag on various streets around the world on the RIDE USA/European tour 2019/2020. The idea being that as it was dragged, it was like a stylus playing a record. "Most of the field recordings were left untouched, but with this recording taken in Paris around midnight on February 13th, I imagined the grooves...
4m Mar 24, 2021
4m
Put the needle on the record: Paris
Parisian luggage recording by Loz Colbert. ""I recorded the sound of my luggage bag on various streets around the world on the RIDE USA/European tour 2019/2020. The idea being that as it was dragged, it was like a stylus playing a record. "February 13th 2020 was the last time we played to a live audience." Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and t...
4m Mar 24, 2021
4m
Boeing 044 (Xqui remix)
Flight from Tromso reimagined by Xqui. "The pilot voice was the main snippet used.  It was almost an ambient track with the sound of the engine in the background, which I manipulated to vary its pitch." Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole project at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/travel.
5m Mar 24, 2021
5m
Covid dreams, part II: Delirium factories
Heathrow Terminal 5 reimagined by Craig Garrett. "Lockdown has me sleepwalking though a restless world of fatigue, insomnia and dreams that — dull, obtuse and fractured — create No Time. I flew into Heathrow from Australia four weeks before lockdown 2020. I go months without remembering a dream, then for days and weeks on end I remember every single detail of every single dream. Layer upon lay...
5m Mar 24, 2021
5m
Taking off from Tromso
Recorded by Johan Vandermaelen. "First direct flight from Tromsø - Brussels. Pilot addressing me as 'sir'. The plane had to be de-iced before take-off. Long atmospheric recording." Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole project at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/travel.
18m Mar 24, 2021
18m
In the business class lounge
"Sounds from inside the Business Class Galleries lounge at Heathrow's Terminal 5 in London, used for British Airways international flights." Recorded by Mark Wilden.   Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine the sounds of transport and travel in a pre-pandemic and pandemic world. See the whole project at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/travel.
1m Mar 24, 2021
1m
2,653 miles via airwaves
Punta Arenas airport reimagined by Museleon. "I have travelled the world many times over in the past 50 years without ever leaving the confines of my little house. Even before the pandemic, I have always travelled by listening to the worlds’ radio stations at night. Choosing a country and wandering through it via the local radio stations, is a wonderful way to get a flavour of a place. I've tr...
6m Mar 22, 2021
6m
The airport at the bottom of the world
A long layover in one of the world's most southerly airports, at the tip of Chilean Patagonia, as we waited for a flight back to Santiago. There's very little to see or do in this tiny airport, as you might expect, but you can hear the sounds of traditional Chilean music being piped in, some chatter in Spanish, and those typical sounds of a transient space holding mostly people who are on their...
3m Mar 22, 2021
3m
Until we travel the future
Train through Bulgaria reimagined by Heiko Jay. "I've always liked the rhythmic sound of the train tracks and with this field recording I have the perfect template for the snare rhythm track. The bass kick and hi-hat are also snippets from the original sound. "I also used parts of the recording for the bass sound. For this I use the EQ to only allow low tones to be heard. "For the synth-like...
4m Mar 21, 2021
4m
Akihabara convergence
Akihabara Station reimagined byt Michael Lilley. "I chose to contrast the white noise ambience of the crowd in Akihabara Station with the electronic bing bongs. I added some discordant oboes, to add a feeling of general unease. "Towards the end, as the soundscape fades, I'd like to think the effect I created is the train shunting off!" Part of the Until We Travel project to map and reimagine...
6m Mar 21, 2021
6m