Evening at the dam
It's early October 2020, the Australian springtime is in full swing. We are at a beautiful large property in the Tweed Valley, owned by members of our family. Down the hill from the residence, there is a dammed creek bordered on the opposite bank by dense trees of the National Park. It's just getting dark at 6.30pm. Down at the dam the soundscape is alive with a background of cicadas. Closer i...
4m Jun 20, 2025
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Spring ritual
"After listening to the sample, we started working on it isolating the voice, guitar, and other ambient sounds. By manipulating these elements, we created the main synths and textures that form the piece. We instinctively imagined a story centred around an unknown civilisation, witnessing a mysterious ritual, after having created the first synth sound, which you can hear at the very beginning. ...
5m Jun 20, 2025
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Saw Oban on the water
"Since this project is based on the experience of landscapes and memory, starting this immediately intrigued me; while searching through the archive of sound recordings I found one recorded in Oban, Scotland. "I had a memorable visit there once before in summer 1998, and this recording brought back that day in the city, the harbor and the ferry to the islands we visited. The feeling of the pla...
9m Jun 20, 2025
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An evening cacophony
"I listened to the naturescape a few times before becoming inspired to add some instrumentation. Improvising chord progressions at different tempos allowed me to balance between harmony and animal sounds to have their own space. "I collaborated with a long, dear friend of mine who has grown into an excellent producer. We had gone back and forth with our ideas for this track and are proud of wh...
3m Jun 20, 2025
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Beneath Shanghai
Being in Shanghai was strange and beautiful — a blend of wonder and solitude. The culture felt distant, not unfriendly, but quiet in a way I hadn’t expected. In the depths of the metro, people moved like rivers — flowing, efficient, barely speaking. Unlike the crowded noise of European subways, here the sounds were hushed: soft footsteps, the occasional laugh, or a whisper passing between frie...
10m Jun 19, 2025
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Inclusion
"Melodic ambient soundscape, underlined with the voices from the station. Floating pads, atmospheric aesthetics.Esoteric dialogue for a deep diving and emotional layers of kindness." Shanghai metro reimagined by John Ov3rblast.
5m Jun 19, 2025
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Talking bowler hats (my name is Lee Walker)
"A lot of my current work includes text so I was drawn towards this recording of a sound installation of people talking. I edited the original audio so that most of the sound between the speaking was removed. I then put that file through the software that I developed for an earlier work that chops the original audio up into smaller sections and plays those sections back at random times, volumes...
3m Jun 19, 2025
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These hats... are talking
At Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England (the birthplace of prime minister Winston Churchill), there are exhibitions dotted around about ways of life at the palace over the years. The entire stables area is converted into a museum about past ways of life in the grounds, one of which is a series of traditional English bowler hats suspended from the ceiling. Each hat contains a speaker, which p...
2m Jun 19, 2025
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Residue
"I have used the source track recorded in a church in Valletta, which is an ambient recording of a sacred space and created a composite sound piece to show a sound world to reflect inner and outer sacred spaces. The additional sounds are from my own field recordings of woodland sounds, myself and my daughter singing in Merlin's Cave in Tintagel, a heartbeat repeating, and a choir singing at reh...
4m Jun 19, 2025
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Knisja tal-Vitorja
The Our Lady of Victory Church in Valletta, the first church and building completed in the city, carries with it centuries of history and gratitude. Commissioned by Grand Master Jean Parisot de Valette in 1566 as a thanksgiving offering after the Great Siege of Malta, its walls have stood as a tribute to both faith and resilience. Today, the church echoes with the sighs of anticipation as peop...
1m Jun 19, 2025
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Dance of the waiter
"I envisioned a hot day in Italy a large square full of restaurants people eating lunch and the waiters movements as they serve the guests. Using sounds from the soundscape as a backdrop with elements pulled out and repeated ,some Foley sounds of my own for table and restaurant atmosphere." Treviso city soundscape reimagined by Al Mavrik.
5m Jun 19, 2025
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The city is quiet
A very hot August afternoon in Treviso, Italy. The city is on its post-lunch break, while the sun is at its hottest - shops are closed, there are very few cars or pedestrians, and everyone is seeking shade. We sit under a tree next to the river and record the sounds of a city a rest in the summer. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
5m Jun 19, 2025
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Protesting on the streets of Paris
A huge, multi-organisation street protest in Paris, France, recorded on 14 December 2024. Multiple groups, ranging from labour rights and workers' organisations to pro-Palestine campaigners march through the city, with music, drumming, dancing, chanting through megaphones and in large groups. This recording comes from close to Barbès–Rochechouart metro station, and you can also hear trains clat...
6m Jun 19, 2025
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At the pace of nature
This recording captures a poignant moment from my time living in one of southern Portugal's most secluded villages. Each evening, the shepherds and their dogs orchestrated a dance around the cattle, a ritual filled with nostalgia and reminiscent of my childhood. In today's rapidly modernizing world, such traditions are sadly fading, making these sounds all the more precious. Recorded in Vilar...
5m Jun 19, 2025
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Amphibians at dawn
This recording captures the dawn amphibian chorus in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. The previous night, a large storm had passed over and immediately after the lake sprung to life with a magnificent (and very intense) frog/toad chorus. The following morning, when I recorded this soundscape, the soundscape was less intense, more dispersed. Birds including Hammer Cobs and Marabou S...
4m Jun 19, 2025
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Riverside before the night
This is an evening recording of the riverside next to my Wife's family dacha - their holiday house in Ukraine on a warm summer evening in 2021. In the recording you hear a rich wildlife of insects, birds and a chorus of frogs beginning their evening calls. You also have sounds of humanity; locals chatting whilst fishing the river and dogs barking from the village across the water. This recordi...
7m Jun 19, 2025
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Veias d’água
This recording captures the serene underwater ambiance of the Fraga da Pena stream in Portugal, just downstream from the waterfall. The tranquil environment was undisturbed by human presence, offering a pure connection with nature. The gentle sounds within the recording are produced by fish navigating the stream, occasionally nibbling at the hydrophone, mistaking it for food. Recorded at Frag...
5m Jun 19, 2025
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Tram 7
Tram route number 7 in Helsinki, from the ferry terminal to the Kamppi shopping centre. Classic tram sounds, Finnish announcements, conversation between two English-speaking women, exiting the tram and the sounds of the tram departing. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
8m Jun 19, 2025
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Baguio Plaza - Loakan public utility jeepney (PUJ) route
A field recording of a Baguio Plaza-Loakan Public Utility Jeepney (PUJ) trip from the Loakan terminal to its terminal in T. Claudio Street, Baguio City. The field recording captured the human and non-human actors that define the soundscape of a Loakan jeepney during its 8-10 kilometre trip. Jeepney is a socio-cultural artifact in Philippine public transportation and a caricature of the everyda...
19m Jun 19, 2025
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Morning rain in Palenque jungle
Morning rain in Palenque jungle. Stereo 48kHz 24bit. Recorded by Erick Ruiz Arellano.
3m Jun 19, 2025
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Inertia network
"As the familiar, rhythmic clatter of the tram on its journey towards Kamppi provides a grounding sense of movement, Karhide, working within Ableton Live, introduces a delicate, almost imperceptible soundscape. The field recording captures muffled Finnish conversations and the soft, synthesized sounds, creating a bed for the piece's minimal elements." Tram ride in Helsinki reimagined by Karhide.
9m Jun 19, 2025
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Hydrographic reverie
"Hydrographic Reverie unfolds as a misted recollection of an ecosystem—not quite remembered, not fully imagined. A morning chorus of frogs and toads, recorded in Uganda, forms the submerged root system of the piece, its polyphonic texture drawn through modular synthesis until it shimmers with unfamiliar light. "Time softens at the edges; pitch flickers like heat rising off water. What remains ...
7m Jun 19, 2025
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Jazz in grunge
"For Jazz in Grunge, I let myself be guided by the original field recording and it's rudeness; both the content and the recording itself are very rootsy, rural and taken from everyday life; water, cows, dogs, wind, with its typical superficial dullness and underlying tension. "I tried, through audio manipulation and composition, to bring these initial characteristics to the forefront, in a con...
3m Jun 19, 2025
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Clouds over Baguio
"This piece is built around a field recording of a jeepney ride through Baguio City, with the original recording being both mixed and processed through my modular synth. "The recording is first played back as an audio file into the Morphagene module to fragment and reassemble its textures. The dry and processed signals mix, evoking the layered chaos of urban transit - voices, engines, and stat...
7m Jun 19, 2025
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So-so
"I drew inspiration for this piece from the serene sounds captured in a field recording done by Ben Gale of life around a river in Ukraine. The tranquility of that moment—especially in light of Ukraine’s current circumstances—moved me to create a soundscape that both contrasts with and complements it. "I was aiming to capture a delicate balance between beauty and unease, and the resilience of ...
4m Jun 19, 2025
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Wave
"All the sounds in this piece were present in the original file. It was a delight to listen again and again to Erick’s recording and find new and surprising sounds each time. "In making this piece I used a tension present in that recording - the calm, incessant rain of the jungle - here reimagined as layers of repeated, wave-like sound - punctured by sporadic individual sounds - a bird calling...
2m Jun 19, 2025
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Fraga da Pena to the Atlantic Ocean
"When I think about Portugal the beaches and the Atlantic Ocean come to my mind. When I heard the silent drops of the sample I had the idea to connect that water source sound-wise to the ocean. "Small bits of the sample (single drops) were taken to create a somewhat random rhythm. A bigger part of the sample was taken and slowed down a lot using Paul Stretch. "The output was fed into two diff...
6m Jun 19, 2025
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Paris
"Just having some fun at 96 BPM in Ableton Live." Protest in Paris reimagined by Hens Zimmerman.
6m Jun 19, 2025
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Memories of the calm waters
"Imagine that you are in a boat or canoe on the river, the water goes here and there, it starts in very calm waters, you listen to the birds and float along. Then, gradually, the voyage becomes slightly more agitated, or is it even changing direction? More waves come and the water run fast, but then suddenly you are in still waters again, back in the calm stillness of nature. "This piece is in...
4m Jun 18, 2025
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Birdsong at St. John River
Birdsong in a quiet rural spot on St. John River in New Brunswick, Canada. According to Birdnet, the species you can hear include the swamp sparrow, eastern Phoebe and Wilson's snipe. Recorded by Cathy McKelvey.
3m Jun 18, 2025
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Lumo
"The sonic landscape of this audio recording felt very familiar to me, reminding me of wind chimes in my childhood home, and the many feathery neighbors who wake me up in the morning with their cheerful chirps. Special thanks to my friend for their help." Abandoned tower in Sao Miguel, Azores reimagined by Anni Elea.
4m Jun 18, 2025
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Nesting in an old antenna
On São Miguel Island in the Azores, there is a decommissioned satellite communication Earth station featuring a 32-metre parabolic antenna. It was once integral to satellite communications, given its strategic mid-Atlantic location. Though it is not explicitly documented, we can assume it became redundant from the mid-1980s onward due to advancements in satellite communication technologies and ...
8m Jun 18, 2025
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Hymn for the holiday rain
"The field recording brought back memories of camping holidays we took in Wales. It always rained (or seemed to). I added additional field recordings of some thunder storms and some drone and voices sounds generated by a selection of synths. The aim was to produce a hymn or lamentation for those wet holiday memories." Nant-Yr-Onnen rainstorm reimagined by Barry Cooper.
11m Jun 18, 2025
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Nant-Yr-Onnen
This recording was captured from the second floor of an open window while it was raining in Wales. The listener can feel the rain drops lick the window sill as they slide to meet the muddy grass down below. Recorded in Nant-Yr-Onnen, Wales by Shaye Thiel.
19m Jun 18, 2025
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Wazirpur industrial
"My initial listening to the source sound evoked strong feelings of nostalgia, (when I was younger, I spent many months travelling around India and stayed in Chandni Chowk near the Wazirpur Industrial Zone a couple of times.) The hubbub of the crowd and general sense of a 'kinetic buzz' would be familiar to anyone who has spent time on the sub-continent. I recalled the feelings of awe and fasci...
4m Jun 18, 2025
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An evening in the Wazirpur industrial area
Wazirpur is one of the 29 industrial areas spread across Delhi – NCR. The place is overrun with hundreds of small-scale factories which have attracted thousands of low-income migrant workers – usually from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Bengal. Scattered among the factories are the jhuggis/ slums which these workers call home. The recording is made one evening on a busy street in the Wazirpur Indus...
4m Jun 18, 2025
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Spirited away
"I initially wanted to pick a sound from nature to work with, but the Reitaisai Festival grabbed my attention as soon as I came across it. I didn’t want to manipulate the recording too much so I kept the clip I worked with intact and didn’t chop it up to keep to a certain tempo. I wanted to preserve the energy of the recording and for it to feel as if I was joining in spirit, swooping in to pla...
8m Jun 17, 2025
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Camargue serenade: flamingo nuptial dance
Immerse yourself in the enchanting soundscape of the Camargue, a region in southern France renowned for its breathtaking landscapes and iconic wildlife. This recording captures the mesmerizing nuptial dances of flamingos during their reproduction period, as they perform an intricate ballet of courtship rituals. The distinctive calls and gentle murmurs of these majestic birds create a symphony ...
4m Jun 17, 2025
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What grandmother taught
"I used the field recording of the flamingos to inspire my composition. I mimicked their clatter and calls with rattle, whistle and drum. Over the top of this I added one of my older poems, a triolet titled: What Grandmother Taught. "I brought the flamingos recording in at the end, merging the two pieces into one song – as my bit faded the flamingos take over."  Flamingoes in Camargue reimagi...
2m Jun 17, 2025
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Reitaisai festival, Tokyo
Reitaisai is an important festival held by Shinto shrines in Japan. People from the town where the shrine is located gather and carry a mikoshi (portable shrine) as they parade through the streets. This is a recording capturing the mikoshi approaching and then moving away. Recorded in November 2024 by Miyu Hosoi. IMAGE: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommon...
15m Jun 17, 2025
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Irregular ellipsoid
"The natural sounds were highly rhythmic in a complex almost unsettling way. I pulled key elements from the soundscape and highlighted them as percussive and rhythm sections. "These play along with the entire unaltered original soundscape, as a highlighter to particular aspects of its own patterns. I also added bells and bass to serve as tour guides." Jellybean Pool, Australia reimagined by H...
1m Jun 17, 2025
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Cicadas at the Jellybean Pool
Cicadas at the Jellybean Pool, Blue Mountains, Australia. Recorded by Richard Watts.
1m Jun 17, 2025
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The earth and I spring at each other
The original field recordings is symphonic in its beautiful showcase of nature at its finest, with birds, frogs and insects interweaving in the atmosphere of a spring evening - a perfect recording to choose as part of the annual Spring Project. Wanting to keep that feeling of the natural soundscape being a live performance, this composition is also a live performance, with various different sy...
9m Jun 16, 2025
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Terranova
The soundscape captures the vibrant symphony of a late spring evening. The serene ambiance unfolds with the rhythmic calls of frogs resonating across a nearby pond, blending harmoniously with the melodic chirps of evening birds. Crickets add a delicate, persistent undercurrent, enriching the texture of the soundscape. In the distance, the low, rumbling echoes of an approaching storm introduce ...
10m Jun 16, 2025
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Wailing Wall, Ha'it al-Buraq
Sound of Jews performing a ritual at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem on a special day during Jewish Easter celebrations. The recording is done in the middle of the crowd of bystanders, mostly children and family of the praying men. This soundscape-composition is part of the HEYR project, presenting 3-dimensional soundscapes from special locations, connected to special events. Find out more by vi...
10m Jun 16, 2025
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Bring them home protest, Jerusalem
This recording is the intense sound from a "Bring them home"-protest march in Jerusalem, the crowd shouting, chanting,talking, demanding the Netanyahu-government do what's necessary to "bring home" the Israeli hostages. The microphone is placed right in the centre of the large crowd, recording the extreme intensity and strong presence of frustrated people protesting their Israeli political lea...
11m Jun 16, 2025
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At-Tur, Mount of Olives, Jerusalem
Recordings of ambience from Aṭ-Ṭūr (Mount of Olives) overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem. The Al Aqsa temple-mount in the distance, the jewish graveyard close by, site of important historic and contemporary events. The recording is from April 2024, while the catastrophic war in Gaza was going on full speed. This soundscape-composition is part of the HEYR project, presenting 3-dimensional sou...
8m Jun 16, 2025
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Ubud market morning
This recording captures the vibrant atmosphere of Ubud's local market, where the sounds, sights, and aromas of Balinese culture come alive. This recording captures the morning bustle of the market, as vendors and shoppers go about their day amidst a kaleidoscope of colors and textures. The air is filled with the lively chatter of locals haggling over prices, the clinking of pots and pans, and ...
2m Jun 16, 2025
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Shanghai dreams
"The bees swarming and the sound of footsteps in the old street of Shanghai indicate the entrance into a fantasy world. "The original field recording inspired me to escape into the world of dreams where sharing, friendship and love reign." Sanlin old street, Shanghai reimagined by Cristina Italiani.
4m Jun 16, 2025
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Bali market
"I jumped at the chance to use audio from a market, thinking that humans gathering together at market must be nearly as old as civilization itself. The rhythm of the audio file inspired me to use its elements exclusively for the percussive parts of the piece, and keep it simple and fun." Market in Ubud, Bali reimagined by Voltij / Paul Clement.
4m Jun 16, 2025
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