The cliffs from above
A recording of a beach on a relatively busy day during the July 2020 Covid lockdown at Scratchy Bottom in the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England. For many, this month was the first time they were able to go beyond their immediate neighbourhood, and popular spots like this became very busy, very quickly. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
3m Feb 03, 2022
3m
Trickling waterfall in a national park
Janet's Foss waterfall in the Yorkshire Dales, recorded from a distance with the binaural Zoom VR-3 recorder by Cities and Memory.
4m Feb 03, 2022
4m
Messa per San Gaetano
Mass at San Gaetano, Vicenza reimagined by Colin Wambsgans. "The original field recording is of a mass and also can be broken down into 5 distinct sections, the same number as a traditional mass from classical music. Thinking of that structure helped keep the piece as one continuous thing, even as the sections ended up sounding fairly different from each other."
5m Feb 03, 2022
5m
An overheard mass
Part of a mass service recorded the Chiesa di San Gaetano in Vicenza, Italy in January 2021. The quiet reverence of a ceremony celebrated together. We listen respectfully for a few minutes, and depart quietly back into the city.
5m Feb 03, 2022
5m
The falls
Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire reimagined by Jonathan Williams. "Water carries messages like a radio - they’re there, but only when you tune in. I went to Aysgarth Falls when I lived in the UK, and fancied one day I might walk the river to learn more of its story. I’ve recently moved back to Australia and that visit seems very distant, now. But perhaps by immersing myself, by falling into this fiel...
4m Feb 03, 2022
4m
Waterfall torrents in Yorkshire
Binaural recording from the lower falls in the cascading series of waterfalls at Aysgarth Falls in the Yorkshire Dales. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
5m Feb 03, 2022
5m
Summer soundscape of Židlochovice
"Oecanthus pellucens - it is a cricket typical of our city and surroundings. This sound is heard every night during the summer. Its sound is reminiscent of an old telephone. On the recording you can hear the distant road and other sounds of this small town."  Recorded by Tomáš Šenkyřík.
2m Feb 03, 2022
2m
Clouds
Czech summer soundscape reimagined by Roberto Vodanović Čopor. "Then, what do you love, extraordinary stranger? I love the clouds the clouds that pass up there Up there the wonderful clouds!” ― Charles Baudelaire"
5m Feb 03, 2022
5m
Cop26 out!
COP26 helicopter reimagined by Tony Miller. "I wanted to produce a piece that expressed my anger at the hypocrisy of some world leaders using excessive modes of transport to bring themselves and their entourages to COP26 Glasgow."
4m Feb 01, 2022
4m
Les Étiolés – from Reaumur Sebastopol to Chateau Rouge
Paris metro reimagined by Simon Kennedy. "The sound piece inspired a short story, the prologue of which was translated into French and narrated. The original sound piece was augmented and mixed with the French narration. A film abstract and a typeface were created to accompany the new sound work." The film can be watched at https://vimeo.com/672297516
4m Feb 01, 2022
4m
Reaumur to Chateau Rouge
On board the Paris metro, riding from Reaumur Sebastopol to Chateau Rouge towards Montmartre on a Saturday in December 2021. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
10m Feb 01, 2022
10m
Police helicopter over Garnethill Park during COP26
"Garnethill Park is a small community park in the centre of Glasgow. I was having lunch and realised there was a police helicopter hovering over the park. There are some sounds of cars and children playing in the nearby school. The police helicopter was there to monitor a citywide climate protest for COP26." Recorded by David Devereux.
3m Feb 01, 2022
3m
Klifavik
Klifavik fjord reimagined by Bill Stevens.  "As I listened to the recording, I began to research the connections between the early visitors and settlers of Iceland by the Scandinavians and the Irish. This mix of cultures brought to mind the folk music of the island that has lasted through generations.  "The sound of the stream and rivers, only interrupted by the sound of footsteps, created a ...
4m Jan 31, 2022
4m
Where a stream meets the sea
Field recording from Klifavik fjord, Iceland - sea water, stream, wind and footsteps. Recorded by Mark Wilden.
4m Jan 31, 2022
4m
Swim, swim, don't sink
Pingo river reimagined by Natalia Ludmila. "A recording of the Pingo* river from the Patagonia region sparked this sound piece that builds a narrative to describe a state of emergency. For this piece titled "swim, swim, don't sink", I repurposed the calming and soothing sound of the Pingo river flowing. In the piece, the river is the guiding thread in a deep and, at times, dark sound compositi...
4m Jan 31, 2022
4m
Honor thy failures
Calton Hill, Edinburgh reimagined by Vlad Suppish. "The original piece immediately caught my attention - melancholic and wistful, a truly rich sonic source, open for interpretations. Plans for it were epic at first but the compositional process became rather an exercise in reductionism. "As a main tool were used Make Noise's Morphagene. Despite of dazzling possibilities it has I've decided to...
7m Jan 31, 2022
7m
The Pingo River, Patagonia
A walk alongside the lively Pingo River in Chilean Patagonia on a cold, sunny morning in spring. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
3m Jan 31, 2022
3m
Sunset on Calton Hill
Sunset on Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland - the sounds of walkers and a nearby guitar busker, summer 2021. Recorded by Mark Wilden.
6m Jan 31, 2022
6m
Le pianiste parisien
Street pianist reimagined by Nick St. George.  "This work comprises mostly variations on the original field recording, manipulated via Emission Control 2 and other effects. Add a 19th C. song by Jean Mercier (thank you Ezwa from Librivox)... et voila!"
6m Jan 30, 2022
6m
Pianist on the streets of Paris
A street pianist performs to a small crowd in Le Marais, Paris, December 2021. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
6m Jan 30, 2022
6m
Celebration day
Belgium armistice commemoration reimagined by ILUITEQ. "Late spring is the period of the year in which many celebrations take place all over Italy: religious feasts, country fairs, weddings.  "The field recordings of a marching band, the church bells, the applause and the joy of the crowd are all blended in an airy and dreamy soundscape.  "Glimpses of a celebration day, marking the end of a ...
7m Jan 26, 2022
7m
Passo Rolle (reimagined by Cravune)
Passo Rolle ski lift reimagined by Cravune, who describes the piece as "a wintry lullaby".
4m Jan 26, 2022
4m
Ski lift at Passo Rolle
Recording of a ski lift mechanism from the bottom of the ski slope at Passo Rolle in the Italian Dolomites. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
4m Jan 26, 2022
4m
Armistice commemoration, Belgium
Armistice commemoration in November 2021 at Berendrecht, Belgium, recorded by Tony Van Dorst. "The local fanfare 'Koninklijke Fanfare Willen is Kunnen' from Berendrecht is participating in the yearly Armistice Commemoration."
17m Jan 26, 2022
17m
Half the speed of light
Krossneslaug hot spring, Iceland reimagined by Jeff Dungfelder. "“Half the Speed of Light” is based on reimagining a field recording of the water sounds from the Krossneslaug hot spring in Iceland. Krossneslaug is heated by natural hot-springs, and is considered an ‘Infinity Pool’ due to the fact it has magnificent views of the ocean, with nothing impeding the view between the two waters.  "T...
7m Jan 26, 2022
7m
Krossneslaug hot spring, Iceland
The bubbling sounds of the Krossneslaug hot spring, Iceland, recorded by Mark Wilden.
2m Jan 26, 2022
2m
Venice morning, Fondamenta dei Ormesini
Fondamenta dei Ormesini, Venice, reimagined by John Tenney. "A quiet morning in Venice: people chat, others pass by with radios, dogs and cats and pigeons make their contributions. The calm is broken by a runaway cruise ship approaching and crashing into the pilings; afterwards, the city is more peaceful than ever.  "This is based on a real event from 2019, which injured several people, and h...
3m Jan 26, 2022
3m
A Monday morning in Venice
Morning life on a regular Monday in late summer on Fondamenta dei Ormesini, Venice. On a Monday in the less touristy Cannaregio district to the north of Venice, during the pandemic when there were also far fewer tourists in the city, a slice of regular life for local Venetians as we walk past the cafes, shops and working boats. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
6m Jan 26, 2022
6m
Hermitage of Braid
Water sounds under a bridge at Edinburgh's Hermitage of Braid, recorded by Mark Wilden.
3m Jan 26, 2022
3m
Atmospheric trail
Edinburgh's Hermitage of Braid reimagined by Daniela O'Fee. "I chose Mark Wilden’s recording of water rushing under the bridge at Hermitage of Braid in Edinburgh Scotland as a departure for a reimagined, environmental tone poem.  "Listening to the sound and researching the site’s historic ice house along with its recent extreme flooding called to mind last year’s unprecedented weather disaste...
6m Jan 26, 2022
6m
Advice at San Pietro
Covid rail announcements in Italy reimagined by Simon Woods. "Limiting myself to guitars, this piece was made with nylon string, electric, fretless, acoustic bass, dobro, 12 string and travel guitars, with a little helping of e-bow."
4m Jan 25, 2022
4m
Covid announcements in Italy, January 2022
Covid announcements on board a regional train journey from Vicenza to San Pietro in Gù, Italy during January 2022, with reminders about testing and mask wearing. Part of the StayHomeSounds project to record and reimagine the sounds of the Covid-19 lockdowns. 
6m Jan 25, 2022
6m
Talking to Tulovo
Train ride in Tulovo, Bulgaria reimagined by Simon Woods. "The piece is made entirely from samples from the field recording. No synths were harmed during the making of the piece.  Reproduced in Samplers and Wavetable synths."
3m Jan 25, 2022
3m
Travelling through Tulovo
A train journey through Tulovo in Bulgaria, recorded by Mark Wilden. 
3m Jan 25, 2022
3m
The moon in daylight
"The original recording of shortwave radio conversations crackling back and forth from Antarctica to an isolated radio operator in New Jersey had a real melancholy, especially when I considered that the radio operator who does most of the talking is now sadly no longer with us.  "The conversation between the two men tends towards the philosophical, and how we are observed different aspects of ...
6m Jan 19, 2022
6m
A day in Prescot
Motorway bridge in Prescot reimagined by Simon Woods. "Other recordings were made at Prescot Station and the woodyard next to the station. The sounds of the drumming are made up entirely from the sound of the work in the wood yard.  The motorway, trains and passing aircraft are added to the woodyard sounds with a selection of synths to make the piece."
3m Jan 19, 2022
3m
On a bridge over the motorway
Field recording made from a bridge over the M57 motorway at Prescot, Merseyside in England by Simon Woods.
3m Jan 19, 2022
3m
Radio contact between W2PVF and KC4AAC of Palmer Station, Antarctica
These recordings were originally made in 1974 by the late Jim Hayward (W2PVF) in Absecon, New Jersey (USA) with two different ham radio stations in Antarctica. This first recording is between W2PVF and KC4AAC of Palmer Station. Recorded by Jim Hayward, courtesy of the Shortwave Radio Archive. Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave rad...
19m Jan 19, 2022
19m
Bollettino del mare
"We’re used to working on loops and the repetitive speech of the maritime weather speaker immediately gave us ideas. Moreover, he gives the maritime weather for the Adriatic coast (among others) on which we made field recordings this summer. We therefore created a loop with samplers and synths to set the speaker's voice to music, then we integrated some field recordings from the Adriatic sea. W...
4m Jan 19, 2022
4m
JA4 in Habana
"I live on an even smaller remote island in tiny Japan, with only 1,800 people living on it. It is a closed island with only 1,800 inhabitants. I live there somewhat wondering if I have to stay here for the rest of my life. Thinking about Cuba, a tropical country I have never been to.... My beloved car is an old Honda JA4, rusted by the sea breeze. The muffler was rusted and had a hole in it, m...
7m Jan 19, 2022
7m
Antena Internacional
"The piece aims to express the sadness over a country completely mismanaged and destroyed. How an idea can be abused, mislead a population and wreck a nation. The horrific stories told by my studio college, who fled Caracas from the regime ten years ago, have inspired this composition. The main material is from the short wave recording from Antena Internacional de Radio Nacional de Venezuela wi...
6m Jan 19, 2022
6m
Ah Ah Ah Ah Uuh
"I didn't know what the words meant when I heard this shortwave broadcast, but it reminded me of when I was a little girl being lectured by my school teacher. That feeling of wanting to cry, wanting to run away, the feeling of my head getting all messed up... I used Indian shruti boxes and analog synths to create this image of such a scene. Oh, Santa Maria." Composition by Dutch Money(s). Par...
4m Jan 19, 2022
4m
Bollettino del mare (weather report)
Studio recording from RAI (Radiotelevisione italiana) of their maritime weather forecast. This recording was originally made in 1997. Recorded by Andrea Borgnino, courtesy of the Shortwave Radio Archive. Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio - find out more and see the whole project at https://citiesandmemory.com/shortwave
3m Jan 19, 2022
3m
Radio Havana
Radio Havana Cuba's Spanish Language Service. This recording was made on February 16, 2016 starting at 6:00 UTC on 11.760 MHz. This recording was made in Chiapas, México with a Keenwood R-600 and Magnetic Loop antenna. Recorded by Emilio Ruiz, courtesy of the Shortwave Radio Archive. Part of the Shortwave Transmissions project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of shortwave radio - find ...
10m Jan 19, 2022
10m
Radio Trans Mundial - final broadcast
I am monitoring Radio Transmundial via [the PY2BS KiwiSDR in] Brazil. They are in the midst of a final discussion in Portuguese between two announcers, mentioning advances/changes in technology, Internet, etc. that are forcing the station off the air. Many mentions of shortwave. At about the 9:36 mark in the 1st audio file announcer introduces a technical person (sounded like someone from TWR,...
40m Jan 19, 2022
40m
Radio Venezuela
With the news over the past few years, and especially over the last few weeks, of the rapid decline of Venezuela, it’s interesting to recall that there was a day when that country was a powerhouse on the shortwave band, with numerous private radio stations that SWL’s around the world could hear in the 90, 60, 49, 31, and 19 meter bands. There was also a brief attempt to put Venezuela on the ma...
36m Jan 19, 2022
36m
Another universe
"Like the narrators, I have a fondness for all things space, astrophysics and the big questions like: is the Universe going to end, what are black holes, and why does Surf Guitar sound dangerous? I wanted to create an aural canvas for the late night presenters and their smooth delivery, but there's a lot of flux and chaos around, and some of that creeps in. The story goes through changes - and ...
9m Jan 18, 2022
9m
Tahiti
""Tahiti" is a sound abstraction based on a short fragment of "Radio Tahiti" broadcast in the 19 meter band where popular music is heard with brief spoken descriptions in-between. The composition reflects artistically on the distortion experienced by a message through a variable and unpredictable channel like radio transmission in the bands below 30 Mhz, conditioned by the time of day, the time...
4m Jan 18, 2022
4m
Journey to the phantom place
"For me, the noise of the tube shortwave radio was the first "music" I heard in my life. Ever since then, radio and its broadcasts have been a part of my life. When I was a teenager, I often listened to Radio Moscow because I was geographically close to it and could receive it well. This was right around the same time as this source. It was a time when the Soviet Union still existed as a "drea...
15m Jan 18, 2022
15m
Domus aurea
"Domus Aurea' came directly out my ongoing fascination with Italian history and larger artistic interests. Firstly, it is about two very specific historical things. It is about the Domus Aurea, which from I understand is no longer accessible. To quote Wikipedia, "It was a vast landscaped complex built by the Emperor Nero largely on the Oppian Hill in the heart of ancient Rome after the great f...
6m Jan 18, 2022
6m