Cities and Memory - remixing the world
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Cities and Memory remixes the world, one sound at a time - a global collaboration between artists and sound recordists all over the world.

The project presents an amazingly-diverse array of field recordings from all over the world, but also reimagined, recomposed versions of those recordings as we go on a mission to remix the world.

What you'll hear in the podcast are our latest sounds - either a field recording from somewhere in the world, or a remixed new composition based solely on those sounds. Each podcast description tells you more about what you're hearing, and where it came from.

There are more than 6,000 sounds featured on our sound map, spread over more than 120 countries and territories. The sounds cover parts of the world as diverse as the hubbub of San Francisco’s main station, traditional fishing women’s songs at Lake Turkana, the sound of computer data centres in Birmingham, spiritual temple chanting in New Taipei City or the hum of the vaporetto engines in Venice. You can explore the project in full at www.citiesandmemory.com

Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Cities and Memory
Arts
6012 episodes / 2.05M listens
Sound Photography
  1. Doorway effect
  2. Gratitude
  3. Palmerston Follies
  4. Dark Energy
Big Ben's final chimes
  1. Big Ben rings for the final time in four years
  2. Big Ben: the four-year wait
Protest and Politics - London
  1. Brexit means Brexit
  2. Ode To Joy - Unite for Europe march
  3. The National Front on the march
  4. Anarchy in the UK (London riots)
Protest and Politics
  1. Finnish protesters in the snow
  2. Sound(s) matter(s)
  3. Jeremy Corbyn rally, 2019
  4. Housing is a human right
Interviews
  1. Migration Sounds on BBC World Service Newshour
  2. Migration Sounds on BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, February 2024
  3. Cities and Memory - The Week in Art interview
  4. Polar Sounds feature on CBC Canadian national radio
Churches Conservation Trust
  1. Pulling out the stops - the organ at Yazor
  2. Little Washbourne church bells
  3. Organ improvisation, Allexton Church
  4. The organ at Holy Cross
Sacred Spaces project
  1. Climbing up the Duomo, Milan
  2. L'Ascensione
  3. Nine Bells
  4. Remembering Remembrance Day
The Next Station
  1. The Next Station is Covent Garden (in twelve languages)
  2. LondonTransitMuzak (Waterloo)
  3. Future (Westminster)
  4. Adagio for Cardiff City (Oxford Circus)
Black Women
  1. Black Women
  2. Weigh Five-Hundred
  3. Black Women - Sofia Botero reimagining
Duckin' and Dodgin'
  1. Duckin' and Dodgin'
  2. Trapped in the Void: No Way Home
  3. Duckin' and Dodgin' (Poor Reception)
It Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad
  1. It Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad
  2. It Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad (Dan Gusset remix)
Jumpin' Judy
  1. Jumpin' Judy
  2. Jumpin' Judy (Rodo Ramos reimagination)
  3. Rear Window Jumpin' Judy
Lonesome Blues
  1. Lonesome Blues
  2. Lonesome Blues on the Burgaz Island
My Baby Got To Go
  1. My Baby Got To Go
  2. The Wrong Side of the Tracks
  3. A Train Is Coming
  4. My Baby Got To Go (Life mix)
No More My Lawd
  1. No More My Lawd
  2. No More My Lawd (Alex Hehir reimagination)
  3. No More My Lawd (I Am With You)
  4. No More My Lawd (Adam Hulbert reimagination)
Old Alabama
  1. Old Alabama
  2. Old Alabama (Karhide version)
  3. Old Alabama (Ian Haygreen reimagination)
Old Dollar Mamie
  1. Old Dollar Mamie
  2. You Better Stay Off Ol' Parchman Farm
  3. Frozen Prisonaire
Penitentiary Blues
  1. Penitentiary Blues
  2. Penitentiary Blues (Andrulian reimagining)
Prettiest Train
  1. Prettiest Train
  2. Prettiest Train (Spigelsound version)
  3. Prettiest Train (Haris Sahacic version)
Rock Me Mama
  1. Rock Me Mama
  2. RMM
  3. Rock me, rock me, rock me
  4. Rock Me MoMa