There once was a planet...
"I loved the original recording with the owls calling to each other, it put me in a mood to wonder what they were saying, and the cows in the background adding to the melody of it all. It kind of got me in a frame of mind of thinking about a lost planet, the sounds left to float in space. "From the planet where all of these animals and bird calls and winds had existed and I was thinking about ...
8m Dec 17, 2024
8m
Sound mover
"As I lived near Detroit and grew up in Windsor, I was drawn to a field recording of the People Mover (a 13-station elevated transportation railway system in downtown Detroit). This railway was built by a Canadian company and opened to the public in 1987. "In my submitted composition, I was drawn to the musical sounds used to indicate the stops along the line. I wanted to elevate these sounds ...
6m Dec 17, 2024
6m
No history in a room filled with people with funny names
Video installation "No History in a Room Filled with People with Funny Names 5" by Korakrit Arunanondchai at the MAC modern art museum in Belfast, November 2023. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
9m Dec 17, 2024
9m
Midday at the Duomo
Bells for midday chime first in the Duomo cathedral in Treviso, Italy, then we walk down to the main Piazza dei Signore e Signori to heard the noon bells there too. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
7m Dec 17, 2024
7m
Peter the Great's Naval Fortress museum
The Lennusadam naval museum is located in the Tallinn aeroplane harbour, in a building originally constructed as a hangar for seaplanes in the area of Peter the Great's Naval Fortress. The hall has an area of 8,000 m2 (86,000 sq ft) and was put out of service during the Soviet era. The space has a lot of history as well as a fascinating, dense acoustic - here we tour the space via elevated wal...
11m Dec 17, 2024
11m
Da Lat night market: ice cream being made
A typical hot night at the Da Lat night market, located in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Locals crowd around an ice cream stand, where they order fresh strawberries chopped into ice cream and rolled up. Small motorbikes are everywhere. Recorded by Dan Rosato. IMAGE: The Erica Chang, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
2m Dec 17, 2024
2m
Waves breaking on a sandy beach
Waves break on a sandy beach on a late August afternoon, Rosalina Mare, Italy. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
3m Dec 17, 2024
3m
Rosalina Mare nature reserve
In the natural reserve of Rosalina Mare, Italy, we walk up from the beach, where we can hear crashing waves, moving up a sandy path where we can hear the gentle, low sounds of insects and birds in the early evening. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
2m Dec 17, 2024
2m
Treviso Duomo
"I wanted something gentle to go along with the setting, like someone was in the piazza playing with the sounds all around them. To create the music I took a picture of the Duomo I found online, turned that into midi data using a Python script I wrote and that was used as the basis for the track." Midday bells in Treviso reimagined by thebot.
6m Dec 17, 2024
6m
Alku
"As someone who loves experimental art, I found this recording very fascinating and wanted to explore where these sounds would take me. Short parts of the field recording were used in this piece of music along with some virtual synthesizers and effects. "My goal was to create a soothing yet imaginative dreamscape full of possibilities. Special thanks to my friend for their help." MAC museum v...
3m Dec 17, 2024
3m
Submerging rhythms
"I was struck by the constant rhythm underneath the recorded speech and the bangs and clangs of peoples’ feet moving through the submarine, and these were my starting points. I took some of those bangs and clangs and made machine-like sounds and created some of my own rhythms. "I edited the speech recordings into sections to break up what would be the top line (like a vocal line). I liked the ...
7m Dec 17, 2024
7m
Breaks
"For this composition, I was inspired by the rhythmic nature of ocean waves and footsteps, as well as the dynamic sound of flying insects that were a highlight of the original recording. "I was interested in using the field recording without any external sounds, though I did allow myself to manipulate snippets into percussive elements. I produced the composition on an MPC Live workstation." W...
3m Dec 17, 2024
3m
Hungry fangs
"The sound of the scoop on the steel roll on which ice cream is made in a Da Lat night market is reminiscent of animal voracity and the relentless use of jaws. "The incessant metallic melody and the sometimes melodious voice of the ice cream man contrast with the carpet of ambient sounds in the background, creating a destabilising acoustic contrast." Da Lat night market ice cream roll reimagi...
4m Dec 17, 2024
4m
Lido malinconico
"The field recording starts with "human" sounds but soon moves away from them, leaving only footsteps and nature sounds; it inspired a feeling of peaceful, slightly melancholy retreat, which I tried to express. "The piece follows the original soundscape closely, leaving it a clear place in the mix, and apart from the added piano, all the sounds are from the soundscape itself." Rosolina Mare b...
2m Dec 17, 2024
2m
Spring migration in the Taiga Mountains
On the way from Khuvsgol lake to Dukha winter camp, we met sort of families they are on the way from winter camp to spring/summer camp. Kids got back from school for helping the families moving. Elders and weak animals were in vans. All the others are riding or walking behind the animals. Their calls and shouts spread in the mountain. The yaks and sheep footsteps were crashing the frozen ground...
4m Dec 16, 2024
4m
Dedication to the Virgin Mary
Once per week in the Holy Spirit Church in the medieval Old Town in Tallinn, there is a free music concert. Today's is a recital of choral works dedicated to the Virgin Mary, for piano and either solo or duet vocal. We listen to six or seven pieces in this recording. Recorded in Tallinn, Estonia by Cities and Memory.
26m Dec 16, 2024
26m
Early morning Mallorcan ambience
Early morning from the top of a hill in the UNESCO-listed Serra de Tramuntana in Mallorca. Sheep are bleating to one another, birdsong surrounds us, a gentle drone of breeze sits under everything, and every so often a sound drifts up from the valley, like a leaf-blower or passing vehicle. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
4m Dec 16, 2024
4m
Gentle waves on Pirita Beach
Water gently laps against rocks next to a long stone quay on Pirita Beach, one of Tallinn's semi-urban beaches. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
4m Dec 16, 2024
4m
The most picturesque tram ride on Earth
One of the most beautiful tram rides in the world, the number 2 tram in Budapest moves along the bank of the Danube and allows you to see many of the city's most impressive buildings and sites all on one simple trip aboard the traditional yellow trams. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
8m Dec 16, 2024
8m
Intense summer rain and thunder
Intense rain and thunder traps us inside a hotel for the afternoon, so we record the sounds of this huge, slow-moving storm for posterity. Recorded in Rosolina Mare, Italy by Cities and Memory.
5m Dec 16, 2024
5m
Krewe of Boo Hallowe'en parade
An extensive and elaborate Hallowe'en parade in New Orleans. Recorded by Alex Clifford. IMAGE: Chris Litherland, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
7m Dec 16, 2024
7m
A piano in an airport
Terminal 3, Rome Fiumicino - a young man takes advantage of the piano provided for travellers' entertainment by playing Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" as we walk around the terminal building. Recorded by Cities and Memory. IMAGE: Thierry Caro, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
3m Dec 16, 2024
3m
Traces of water
"With a static point of listening we hear water movement from right to left, and again from right to left, like strokes of brush for a water painting. Each wave gives some cumulative traces in a space between rocks, slowly filling in an audible image of the place. "All waves from the selected sound file were used as a source material for some algorithmic and manual processing and editing. No o...
5m Dec 16, 2024
5m
Europa, where art thou?
"The pieces in this concert represent to me, as a classically trained musician, and as an Italian growing up in a catholic culture, the standards, the classics of aesthetic and ethical beauty, ideals. "As I hear them and am transported back to that young flautist, I remember the other ideals that fired up my growth as a human: the EU ideals of my generation. As soon as the Maastricht Deal was ...
9m Dec 16, 2024
9m
Sheep chorale
"I took the repeated calls of the sheep from the original and made a piece as a tribute to Autumn by combining a few of my recordings with the original track of sound bowls, clay flutes, and an Autumn walk in the woods near to where I live." Valldemossa, Mallorca soundscape reimagined by Mary Hooper.
2m Dec 16, 2024
2m
Acid rain
"The field recording is of the rain in the town of Rosolina Mare in Italy. The rhythmic dispersion and randomness of the raindrops, punctuated by the sudden entrance of thunder, always catch my attention during rains and storms. At the same time, the rain evokes memories of pleasant situations and images of places and moments dear to me, causing me to experience gratifying sensations as I liste...
9m Dec 16, 2024
9m
River of thought
"Autumn is a time of change and reflection. As I listened to what was described as one of the most beautiful tram rides in the world, change and reflection were the thoughts that crossed my mind. As the #2 tram makes its way along the Danube in Budapest, Hungary, I imagine watching the city flow past with the river as I reflect on the year; challenges faced, small victories won, and memories ga...
4m Dec 16, 2024
4m
The lake
"Khuvsgol Lake transcends time as one of the world's ancient lakes. In many ways, sound also transcends time - bringing back memories or making new ones. Time warps memories. "To signify the memories of such an ancient place, sounds from the original are warped with strong echoes and reverbs as these sounds become a permanent fixture in the memory of the lake. This piece aims to act as if the ...
19m Dec 16, 2024
19m
Krewe of Boo Halloween parade [Andrew Chadwick remix]
"New Orleans is a city with such a rich musical and spiritual presence built upon layers of history. In working with this recording I attempted to amplify the ephemeral haze and warping of memories while infusing it with the persistent rhythm of the urban landscape unique to Louisiana." New Orleans Hallowe'en parade reimagined by Andrew Chadwick. IMAGE: Chris Litherland, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https:/...
8m Dec 16, 2024
8m
Don't stop
"The original piece was selected because the piano music is so recognisable and raises an energy within us that propels us forwards to continue with our makeshift lives. We have selected our own field recordings to add to the soundtrack. Firstly, we have added the waves from Nice, France, as a continual sound which starts and ends the piece. We have also added additional nature sounds: the wi...
3m Dec 16, 2024
3m
Bittersweet farewell
"Voyages on large bodies of water used to be more complicated than today, since water not only being the life-giver also is connected to death and peril. Being away on a sea voyage could and still can involve being away from loved ones for a very long time, and therein a farewell can include both anticipation for the travels and expecting a longing for the loved ones. To embark is therefore in ...
6m Dec 05, 2024
6m
Venice at the Cruise Terminal
 A recording taken from the jetty at the end of Venice's Cruise Terminal, where we can hear more of the heavier boat traffic that zips back and forth from the mainland and from Giudecca to the main Venetian island. Boat traffic chopping up the water creates more significant splashing and waves here than elsewhere in Venice due to the size of the space and the larger boat traffic. Recorded by ...
8m Dec 05, 2024
8m
Nocturnos - Mata da Margaraça VIII
Recording made in the Serra do Açor Protected Landscape, in the interior of Portugal, during one night in October 2023. Rain, thunderstorms, nocturnal animals or wind, mark this soundscape, the source of the sound identity of this protected landscape. Recorded by Luis Antero.
25m Dec 05, 2024
25m
Serra do Acor
"The recording appears to be the sound of someone in a kitchen or near a fire preparing and then cooking food. I included ambient guitar and noisy drone synth to accompany the crackling and boiling sounds. The guitar I used has a broken pickup, which is thin and buzzy but adds an intentional lo-fi quality to the piece, almost like it’s emitting from an old radio in the cooking area." Serra do ...
20m Dec 05, 2024
20m
The Tower of Babel
The sound of "Babel" by Cildo Meireles in the Tate Modern - the catalogue description reads: "Babel 2001 is a large-scale sculptural installation that takes the form of a circular tower made from hundreds of second-hand analogue radios that the artist has stacked in layers. The radios are tuned to a multitude of different stations and are adjusted to the minimum volume at which they are audib...
6m Dec 05, 2024
6m
8am in Portobello
Early morning at the beach in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. Recorded by Clara Goette.
5m Dec 05, 2024
5m
Leyton Marsh, Walthamstow Marshes
Varied and expansive soundscape recorded at Leyton Marsh, Walthamstow Marshes: Trains criss-crossing the marshes, aircraft, birds, insects, dog walkers and activity from the nearby industrial estate and water treatment works. Occasionally, the wind can be heard through the line of trees that separates Lammas Meadow from Leyton Marsh. The view looking directly ahead to the south is of the curved...
9m Dec 05, 2024
9m
Beating the bounds
 The title refers to the ancient ritual defining the boundaries where grazing rights exist. The ritual moves from place to place, varying but effectively the same, sometimes overpowering the contemporary soundscape sometimes succumbing to it. Walthamstow marshes reimagined by Alan Cook.
11m Dec 05, 2024
11m
The call
"The sound recording reminded me of the Scottish Folk tale of The Seal Wife/Selkie. I imagined her walking along the beach at dawn longing to return to her seal family and her mounting frustration being prevented from this due to her stolen seal skin. I used the clip in its entirety and the music evolved around it." Portobello beach, Edinburgh reimagined by Lynn Findlay.
5m Dec 05, 2024
5m
Radio improvisation
I built a radio set and recorded a number of live 'radio improvisations'. The original sound work and five of improvisiations were layered to make the final submission.  Babel in Tate Modern reimagined by Simon Kennedy.
8m Dec 05, 2024
8m
The beauty of dusk
Experiencing the tranquil dusk all alone in a cozy cabin nestled within the serene woods of the breathtaking Rugova Mountains in Kosovo is a truly remarkable experience. This place, seemingly lost in time, is undeniably beautiful. As the soothing melody of late birds harmonizes with the gentle chorus of early cicadas, it bestows upon the soul a blissful auditory blessing. Recorded by Rafael D...
10m Dec 03, 2024
10m
Too guarded
"This field recording resonated with my mindset at the moment when I created the track. It's smart to be cautious in today's unpredictable world, but there’s a fine line between being careful and being overly guarded." Tower of London guard change reimagined by LR Friberg.
4m Dec 03, 2024
4m
The changing of the guard
Ceremonial changing of the guard at the Tower of London - sounds of marching, shouted commands, and a throng of tourists watching the ceremony at the world-famous UNESCO World Heritage site. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
2m Dec 03, 2024
2m
Meditative jungle
"The main field recording had inspired me to work on a hypnotic, meditative, transient soundscape. The birds has been filtered through several effect processors to the point of no return. A soundscape where you could easily found yourself surrounding by the deep forest and somewhere from a distance a flute melody will ease your soul, deep breath. Nature is the artist." Rugova Mountains, Kosovo...
8m Dec 03, 2024
8m
Inside Fat Margaret
Fat Margaret is a tower that is home to Estonian Maritime Museum. The tower was built in the early 16th century (from 1511 to 1530) during the reconstruction of the medieval city gate system. The etymology of the tower's name derives from the fact that it was the largest part of the city's fortifications with walls measuring 25 meters in diameter, 20 meters in height and up to 5 meters thick. ...
8m Dec 03, 2024
8m
Docking in Helsinki harbour
The ferry from UNESCO World Heritage site Suomenlinna runs frequently throughout the day from Helsinki harbour - the short 20 minute trip contains mostly tourists, with some residents making the back and forth (850 people live on the Suomenlinna islands). Recorded by Cities and Memory.
3m Dec 03, 2024
3m
Suomi BC
"Suomi BC integrates the source sample of a ferry from Suomenlinna docking in Helsinki harbour with field recordings obtained during ferry journeys on Canada’s Pacific Coast during the spring of 2023. Parallel yet separated flows: rhythms, textures and tones echo one another despite the distance between locales. "Spectral convolution – a digital process that ‘sounds’ a sound within another via...
10m Dec 03, 2024
10m
Wind duet
"Hearing the sound installation, it sounded like a wind instrument so I wanted to play it as a duet together with my horn. And then it's dominated by the multitracked horn as the instruments take over, developing the initial motif into the hymn tune that follows. "The crude brass ensemble sound is very nostalgic for me because I grew up with brass bands (not often being played particularly wel...
2m Dec 03, 2024
2m
Among the ultras
Oxford United 0-2 Palermo, 3 August 2024 at the Kassam Stadium, Oxford. We're in amongst the travelling Sicilian ultras as they make a party out of their day out in Oxford, with constant singing and chanting (often at the expense of local rivals Catania from a distance). Recorded by Cities and Memory.
5m Dec 03, 2024
5m
Loud boys, crowd noise
"I'm not a football fan but I do like chanting and loud noises so this was right up my street. I was trying to meet the rhythms of the crowd, reacting to a football game I'll never see, with my own electronic version, with their lulls and swells, chants and yells." Oxford United vs. Palermo reimagined by Dermot Fitzsimons.
5m Dec 03, 2024
5m