Burlington gates
A short recording of an industrial gate being closed outside an abandoned factory in Gillogue, Ireland, recorded by Brian Collins. 
19s May 18, 2021
19s
Unite for Freedom anti-lockdown rally April 2021 - Oxford Street
Several thousand anti-lockdown demonstrators marched through central London on a Saturday in April 2021 despite restrictions on mass gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was billed by organisers: "Unite for Freedom". The protesters viewed COVID-19 restrictions as unnecessary and a breach of their human rights. They opposed vaccinations, mask-wearing and so called health passport...
4m May 18, 2021
4m
Unite for Freedom anti-lockdown rally April 2021 - Monument
Several thousand anti-lockdown demonstrators marched through central London on a Saturday in April 2021 despite restrictions on mass gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was billed by organisers: "Unite for Freedom". The protesters viewed COVID-19 restrictions as unnecessary and a breach of their human rights. They opposed vaccinations, mask-wearing and so called health passport...
3m May 18, 2021
3m
Unite for Freedom anti-lockdown rally April 2021 - Hyde Park
Several thousand anti-lockdown demonstrators marched through central London on a Saturday in April 2021 despite restrictions on mass gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was billed by organisers: "Unite for Freedom". The protesters viewed COVID-19 restrictions as unnecessary and a breach of their human rights. They opposed vaccinations, mask-wearing and so called health passport...
8m May 18, 2021
8m
Unite for Freedom anti-lockdown rally April 2021 - Westminster
Several thousand anti-lockdown demonstrators marched through central London on a Saturday in April 2021 despite restrictions on mass gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was billed by organisers: "Unite for Freedom". The protesters viewed COVID-19 restrictions as unnecessary and a breach of their human rights. They opposed vaccinations, mask-wearing and so called health passport...
5m May 18, 2021
5m
You're a tune that keep turning the pages
Wytham church choir reimagined by Cities and Memory. "A looped section of the choir's song flows in and out of the piece, and the upbeat, summery hymn is overtaken by a darker mood of sitar and tabla beats floating around a central low drone.  "Is there something darker lurking beneath the veneer of this quintessentially English garden party in a churchyard?"
5m May 16, 2021
5m
Overheard outside a church
Outside a tiny village church in Wytham, Oxfordshire, we stumble across a quintessential garden party in the churchyard, with clinking wine glasses and English conversation. In the background, the piece is underpinned by the church choir singing an upbeat hymn - we record a snippet of singing and conversation, and then we're on our way. Recorded by Cities and Memory. 
1m May 16, 2021
1m
Clock shop modular
Polish clock shop reimagined by Cities and Memory. "For this piece, we set the tempo clock of a Moog Subharmonicon to track one of the ticking clocks in the original field recording, and set it relatively low in the mix, as if the synthesiser is playing the role of one of the clocks in the shop, bedding into the wall of ticks in this immensely-rich recording. Synth pads over the top build the ...
4m May 15, 2021
4m
Clock shop in Szczecin, Poland
A rich and unique soundscape from the inside of a clock shop in Poland, recorded by Simon B. "A clock shop at the bottom of a tower block that is full of clocks, all ticking together."
1m May 15, 2021
1m
Stubble field in the rain, Canada
Rain in a stubble field at the edge of Waterloo, Canada, where corn is planted by the highway between commercial lots.  It’s April, a year in, and Ontario is locking down again. The sounds are rain on last year’s dried corn, stalks under foot, traffic noise, inland seagulls. Recorded by John Savarese.  Part of the StayHomeSounds project to map and reimagine the sounds of the Covid-19 lockdowns.
2m May 15, 2021
2m
The Blue Line
Bangkok metro reimagined by Cities and Memory. "This field recording brought back strong memories of my first visit to Bangkok, falling in love with the hectic, constantly-moving city as it swirled around me. Bangkok seemed to me a confluence of futuristic aspiration and millions upon millions of people doing their best to make in a competitive conurbation.  "The metro was the fastest, simple...
5m May 02, 2021
5m
Bangkok metro journey, Thailand
Bangkok metro recorded by Colin Hunter. "This recording captures a ride on the MRT Blue Line from Lumpini Station to Hua Lumpong station and includes the station atmosphere before the train arrives, and walking out through the ticket barriers after I got off the train."
9m May 02, 2021
9m
Synthesiser in a country churchyard
Yorkshire churchyard reimagined by Cities and Memory. This was a moment of pure peace, a snapshot of rural life in England, and for the reimagined piece we were keen not to intrude on that. Instead, we've recorded two separate Moog synthesiser improvisations live over the field recording, responding to the moments when the birds are most active or quieter, and bringing in more activity when th...
7m Apr 25, 2021
7m
Sunday morning in a Yorkshire village
The idyllic sounds of morning life in a small village in rural Yorkshire, England. It's 10am on a Sunday morning in Dent, and we're sitting in a churchyard, overlooking the fields from a hill. We're surrounded in the trees and bushes by all kinds of birds making their spring announcements, while down in the fields it's lambing season, so the sheep are constantly chattering, calling out to their...
7m Apr 25, 2021
7m
Panelacõ nº2 (pot-banging), Rio de Janeiro
"This is a third recording of pt-banging on 19 March 2020, with even more people participating. This noise was audible all over the city. The neighbourhood has lots of hills and the rocks make the sounds reflect and travel long distances. Note the variety in the rhythm and especially timbre: people using different pans and sticks to beat the pans make up for a large variety. "There are also so...
6m Apr 13, 2021
6m
Panelaço (potbanging) in Rio de Janeiro
"This is a short recording of a pot-banging protest in the Catete neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, March 2021. When people cannot go on the streets to protest, they bang pots to show their displeasure with the government.  "In this case, the protest was a general protest against the president of Brazil, Bolsonaro. Pot-banging is a relatively easy form of protest: it makes lots of noise, does n...
2m Apr 13, 2021
2m
Duet for modular and birdsong
Early morning forest ambience reimagined by Cities and Memory. There's something special about the sound of a forest just waking up at the beginning of the day, and I wanted the reimagined piece to capture a little of that wide-eyed optimism and beauty. This is a modular synth improvisation performed alongside the (slightly-manipulated) birdsong field recording in real time, to react to the so...
7m Apr 10, 2021
7m
Early morning forest ambience, British Columbia
Local birds, blackbirds & jays chirping early in the morning. Small bugs buzzing around, quiet drips of water and a gentle breeze in Belcarra, British Columbia, Canada. Recorded by Latham Elle.
4m Apr 10, 2021
4m
Helsinki to Heathrow
Pre-flight safety checks before a BA flight from Helsinki to London Heathrow, recorded by Cities and Memory. 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 Apr 09, 2021
8m
Tablets
Helsinki to Heathrow flight reimagined by Nisha Duggal and James Broomfield. "Plugging into the intensity of the pre-flight safety: nerves, excitement, the jitters of travel." 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 Apr 09, 2021
4m
Riding the rails in San Francisco
San Francisco BART reimagined by Scott Whitman. "I enhanced the field recording with additional Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) sounds plus original music to convey the experience of rail travel and the passage of time." 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.citiesand...
2m Apr 09, 2021
2m
On the San Francisco BART
"Traveling on the BART train/subway in San Francisco is always an experience. This recording gives a glimpse into four minutes of a ride." Recorded by Sound Brigade - Brett Bach, Ken Cain, Luke Bechthold. 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 Apr 09, 2021
4m
The bells that sound at the bottom of the world
Punta Arenas bells reimagined by Cities and Memory. These bells have a particular emotional resonance, sounding out in the most southerly place I've ever visited on a particularly special trip - to me at the time, these bells were an opening up onto a world of promise and adventure, as they are for so many other Patagonian visitors.  The reimagined piece, then, opens with the pealing of the b...
4m Apr 05, 2021
4m
Church bells in Punta Arenas
Church bells ringing out at 7pm in the town centre of Punta Arenas in Patagonia, southern Chile, as heard from the balcony of a nearby hotel.  Punta Arenas is the most southerly airport in South America, and the town is the gateway to Chilean Patagonia.  Recorded by Cities and Memory.
2m Apr 05, 2021
2m
Tegel hexagon waiting
Tegel airport reimagined by Clelia Ciardulli. "Until we travel, we are waiting, remembering the time warp of airports with their echoing announcements of lockdowns, with the merging of what we had hoped and what we hope anew, the clicking ticking and slipping and sliding of clocks, until we travel, the travels are inwards, waiting to cross, to lift off, to meet, to leave, to arrive. Until we t...
5m Apr 05, 2021
5m
Inside Tegel airport
This sound was recorded in the waiting room of the flight that was going to take me to Chile in January 2015. Listening to this recording you can perceive the classic acoustics that are produced in airports, a lot of reverberation and little intelligibility. So far nothing very new. However, the history of this sound is related to the place where it was recorded. The basic architectural motif ...
5m Apr 05, 2021
5m
Cais do Sodre ferry
Cais do Sodre ferry in Lisbon, Portugal 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.
5m Apr 05, 2021
5m
Freight train (Ohio remix)
Freight trains passing reimagined by David Cowlard. "The remix extends the timing and mood of the original recording into a cinematically imagined time and space, one where the antagonist is identified amidst a landscape of graffitied concrete rail bridges, underpasses and sodium vapour lighting. "Samples are stretched and looped to provide the basis for this, while the visceral experience of...
3m Apr 05, 2021
3m
Dawn smoke on distant seas
Hong Kong ferry reimagined by Owen Sennitt. "I had great fun playing with the original recording and coming up with this piece. I didn't necessarily have any particular ideas in mind when I started out, instead it just developed as I gathered different sounds and manipulated them before then putting them together. In the end, the engine chugging in the recording reminded me of being out on the...
5m Apr 05, 2021
5m
Embarcation
Lisbon tram reimagined by Andy Lyon. "The ferry in the recording departs from a terminal that is typically used for commuter journeys rather than tourist journeys. This got me thinking about how journeys to work have changed drastically in the past year, reflecting on rare moments of calm, daydreams and the more usual urgency in our former routines and whether we really want or need a return t...
7m Apr 05, 2021
7m
The sense of Mayura Raksha
Colombo train trip reimagined by Ali Mohajer. "Due to my researches about Sri Lankan culture, I got a lot of wonderful points about the simple lives and rich culture; however, the one, which was the most attractive to me, was their symbols of different Gods that each brings a different thing in life. "The most interesting one was "Mayura Raksha", which brings peace, harmony and wealth to our ...
7m Apr 05, 2021
7m
Passing freight trains
"Waiting for a definitive UK freight train, late at night, many cancellations  etc. Then two come along at once! Tempsford, 40 miles north of London, heading south..." Recorded by Rob Godman. 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 Apr 05, 2021
3m
Tsim Sha Shui Star ferry, Hong Kong
Tsim Sha Shui Star ferry in Hong Kong 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.
1m Apr 05, 2021
1m
Train to Colombo
"Recorded during the train journey from Hikkaduwa to Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2013. A busker plays a flute as the train pulls into the station. Numerous buskers and food sellers with baskets of homemade snacks pass through the carriages. When the train gets up to speed you can hear the differences in the sound of the tracks as the train passes over bridges and crossings." Recorded by Mark Vernon....
4m Apr 05, 2021
4m
The last train from Liverpool to Bangkok
Bangkok metro reimagined by Rebecca Ainsworth. As soon as I heard the original recording, I wanted to work with the ambient sounds in it. Inspired by this and The KLF's Chill Out album and my love of ambient music, soundscapes & field recordings, I started to work with the sounds in  the original and overlaid a recording from near the train station in my town, taken in a cone shaped building w...
4m Apr 05, 2021
4m
Dream of Moscow, envy the moths
Moscow escalators reimagined by Meg Walker. "Like so many of us I've been missing travelling in this last year. The desire to see new places, feel new music, taste new spices, is a lifelong one. I've also been very grateful that I haven't had to travel. "While listening to the mesmerizing escalator sounds recorded in the Moscow metro Ploshchad Revolyutsii, I thought of the endless, and equall...
3m Apr 05, 2021
3m
Finland (untitled)
Helsinki airport train reimagined by Ghislain Gabrelle. "It is a three-part composition, using the recording alone and declining the same materials in different ways. Three listening "plans", representing the three states of contemplation that I enjoy experiencing while traveling. "A distant, diffuse shot, punctuated by almost scattered projections - like a journey - playing on the frames and...
4m Apr 05, 2021
4m
Travelling into Helsinki
The super-slick and efficient airport transit trains from Helsinki airport into the city centre. Recorded by Cities and Memory. 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 Apr 05, 2021
4m
Moscow's escalators
The sound from the long, slow escalators in the Ploshchad Revolyutsii station on the impressive Moscow metro network. Recorded by Cities and Memory.  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 Apr 05, 2021
2m
All aboard the Bangkok metro
"This recording captures a ride on the MRT Blue Line from Lumpini Station to Hua Lumpong station and includes the station atmosphere before the train arrives, and walking out through the ticket barriers after I got off the train." Recorded by Colin Hunter. 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 w...
3m Apr 05, 2021
3m
Music for waiting rooms
Paris Charles de Gaulle reimagined by Janae Jean. "Listening to aural ambience of train station at Charles de Gaulle Airport brought me right into the sticky vinyl seats or unfriendly wooden benches of any transport waiting area anywhere on Earth. I had a sense of sentimentality and familiarity with the process of travel, recognizing that even the waiting or stationary times are part of the jo...
5m Apr 04, 2021
5m
Paris departure board daydream
Paris departure board reimagined by Robert Kellough. "I very much enjoyed working with this sound. The voices of a bustling train station and the syncopation of the boards immediately drew me to this recording.  One of my last trips abroad was to the Pyrenees and I did take the train from Toulouse to Paris as part of that trip. I imagine I heard similar sounds at the station and completely too...
2m Apr 04, 2021
2m
Train leaving Charles de Gaulle
Aboard the train leaving Charles de Gaulle 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.
2m Apr 04, 2021
2m
The lost sound of the split flat departure board
"Today in 2021 most of the large TGV train stations in France have LED departure boards that update silently. But when I first arrived in Paris ten years ago all of the main terminals in Paris had the old "Split-Flap" style boards. Each time the board would update, a wonderful flipping noise would be heard. This recording captures exactly that sound, recorded at Gare du Nord in 2012." Sony PCM...
2m Apr 04, 2021
2m
Some other place
Zima train station reimagined by Alex Hehir. "This piece was inspired by the Russian station announcer mixed with the train sounds. These recordings were cut up and used to create all of the rhythms and background  textures. "The synth sounds were almost entirely made from my Russian collection of noise boxes... I enjoyed limiting myself to these only. The track was recorded and edited in Abl...
6m Apr 03, 2021
6m
Zima train station
Field recording from Zima train station in Siberia, Russia 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.
3m Apr 03, 2021
3m
Queen's University, Belfast during lockdown, 21.10.20
Recording in front of the local university, space is calmer, windy, and less commotion in the area.  This is five days after the new Lockdown 2 in Belfast started.  – Georgios Varoutsos. Part of the StayHomeSounds project to map and reimagine the sounds of the Covid-19 lockdowns.
2m Apr 01, 2021
2m
Church Lane, Belfast during lockdown, 21.10.20
Recording in front of two bars which are now closed (Bullitt and Bootleggers), quiet movement from a passerby, chatter, bicycles, and a little bit of wind. This is five days after the new Lockdown 2 in Belfast started.  Part of the StayHomeSounds project to map and reimagine the sounds of the Covid-19 lockdowns.
2m Apr 01, 2021
2m
Lavery's Bar, Belfast during lockdown, 21.10.20
Recording in front of Laverys Bar which is closed. Calmer space, little bit of wind, fewer movement from people and vehicles. This is five days after the new Lockdown 2 in Belfast started.  Part of the StayHomeSounds project to map and reimagine the sounds of the Covid-19 lockdowns.
2m Apr 01, 2021
2m
Queen's Arcade, Belfast during lockdown, 21.10.20
Recording in a common space of shoppers, there are still buses, much fewer people walking in the space, and essential shops closing for the evening. This is five days after the new Lockdown 2 in Belfast started.   – Georgios Varoutsos  Part of the StayHomeSounds project to map and reimagine the sounds of the Covid-19 lockdowns.
2m Apr 01, 2021
2m