Medical issue on an aircraft
An aircraft lands at George Bush Airport, Houston, Texas - we hear the usual on-board announcements, but punctuated by news of a medical issue on board that will require attention from emergency staff as the plan taxis into its stand at the airport. Recorded by Marcel Gnauk.
2m Sep 29, 2020
2m
Symphony of the tinsmith
Recorded by Connie Lim Keh Nie. "Listening to various pitches from hammer and tongs emanating from the tinsmith shops along China Street, clicking and clacking with rhythm, the tins were solely handcrafted.   "There are no mechanized machines used; only the bare hands of the tinsmith. He uses his thumbs to bend the metal little by little while placed on the bean and began to hammer the edge g...
6m Sep 27, 2020
6m
The tinsmith's (Buchla) easel
Malaysian tinsmith reimagined by Cities and Memory. "This reimagined piece started out by mapping a drum pattern, against which samples and individual hits from the tinsmith's tools were placed alongside individual beats to give a skeleton rhythm - this drum track was then removed, leaving the tinsmith to generate the beats for the track with just a minor percussive accompaniment.  "The bulk ...
3m Sep 27, 2020
3m
First Days of Autumn in Ottawa
"Recorded on my Samsung Galaxy A60. Since the beginning of the pandemic I have noticed the soundscape change all around me. In downtown Ottawa the streets were less busy and the balconies of various apartments became social hot spots.  "Nowadays the pedestrian traffic has increased and it has become more difficult to communicate with others as face masks remain mandatory. In this recording we ...
9m Sep 27, 2020
9m
What we imagined
Rome's Giardino degli Aranci reimagined by Tilla Martin. "The original field recording was going through the notes of Elvis' Can't Help Falling In Love, covered by jet fighters sounds.  Wise men say only fools rush in Shall I stay Like a river flows surely to the sea Darling so it goes Some things are meant to be "I imagined a dialogue between two generations, discussing how they imagined, a...
5m Sep 25, 2020
5m
The orange garden
The recording, made on 1 June 2017, opens with jet fighters from the famous acrobatic group the Frecce Tricolori (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Frecce_Tricolori) flying over the skies of Rome, preparing their manoeuvres for the 2 June Festa della Repubblica (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Festa_della_Repubblica) celebrations (you can see what the resulting parade was like here (https://www.youtube.c...
6m Sep 25, 2020
6m
Quiet, please
Ocean City boardwalk reimagined by Joe Winkler. "The field recording made me think about an increasingly noisy world and I tried to create a soundscape about how one might have to escape such noise in the near future." Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities
7m Sep 25, 2020
7m
Ocean City Funland
Our walk takes us along the boardwalk in downtown Ocean City, MD. We start hearing the calming sound of a busking violin player on the boardwalk playing for fun and money.  The ambience is light and contrasts the overwhelming remainder of the recording, when we enter the arcade Fun City. Here we hear the sound effects of many video games and ticket-winning challenges overlapping, despite being...
2m Sep 25, 2020
2m
Electromagnetic trains
Electromagnetic recording of Shanghai Maglev train from Longyang Rd. Station to Pudong Airport station.  Recorded by Simon James. Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities
8m Sep 25, 2020
8m
Rione Monti
Rione Monti: one of the oldest district in Rome. In ancient Rome it was named "suburra", sub-urban, and was already in those days populated only by the poorest ones. The people of the Rione Monti in middle age and renaissance developed a strong identity a talked a slightly different roman dialect, and sometimes had fights with romans of other "important" districts (e.g. Trastevere). Until 50 ye...
5m Sep 25, 2020
5m
Shanghai train to the airport
Shanghai train reimagined by Barkode/Martin de Korte. "Most of the manipulating and composing of the new sound layers for this remix was done with a setup of the Moog Grandmother, Moog Dfam and 2 Moog Mother 32s, besides several eurorack modules and Akai Tape recorders. "The original version was filtered and sampled thru eurorack modular filtering modules such as Mutable Instruments Clouds an...
8m Sep 25, 2020
8m
Unfrozen Neva
At this time of January the Neva river in St. Petersburg is usually frozen. The 2020 winter was extremely warm. The sound was recorded on the bank of the Peter and Paul Fortress. You can hear the waves and some sounds from under the stone arch wave echoes. Recorded by Masha Sha. Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities
8m Sep 25, 2020
8m
Rione reimagined
Rione Monti reimagined by Emiliano Venanzini. "Based on a recording taken in Rione Monti, Rome. The raw recording is divided in 3 moments, in the first we can hear cars, birds and people working (hammering  far): though there are some city sounds it has somehow a calm atmosphere. Second moment consists mostly in different people talking various problems in a very crowded square (piazza degli z...
6m Sep 25, 2020
6m
Our future cities and homes
Neva river reimagined by Hayley Suviste. "The Neva River would usually be frozen by this point in winter, however the river remains unfrozen. This work traces the sound of the Nera River from its frozen form to its fluid.  "The world is warming. The ice is melting. The sea levels are rising. Our future cities and homes may be lost." Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https:...
4m Sep 25, 2020
4m
Cochlear Nerve
Malaysian ferry reimagined by Miranda Taylor. "The ferry horn being the focus of this sound, it is imposing and grumbly. The pitch and tempo differences construct a state of urgency, however this concentrates more on the ferry rather than the transit." Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities
1m Sep 25, 2020
1m
Cross-strait transit
This is a passenger's journey on "Pulau Undan", the name of ferry as part of the oldest ferry operation in Malaysia. This recording depicts a cross-strait transit from Butterworth to George Town on the upper deck, at the moment when the ferry approached the terminal. Recorded by O.W. Chow. Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities
4m Sep 25, 2020
4m
Un tuffo al cuore
Porta Portese market reimagined by Clelia Ciardulli. "In hearing the sound of people in the Porta Portese Market in Rome, I felt my heart skip (un tuffo al cuore): the sound of my father's accent, an accent that embodies his attitudes, his mannerism... my dad's world.   "It sparked a series of memories, vignettes, the stories of his family, of the Roman character, and my longing for him.   "...
3m Sep 25, 2020
3m
Porta Portese market, Rome
Porta Portese is Rome's largest flea market that is held every Sunday in the Trastevere area. This soundwalk captures the very lively atmosphere. Recorded by Colin Hunter. Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities
2m Sep 25, 2020
2m
Mercato Centrale, Florence
Recorded by Valerio Orlandini. "The Mercato Centrale (central market) is a big indoor market existing in this form since the XIX century. In Mercato Centrale there are many sellers of typical Tuscan food, and it is appealing both to tourists, who can enjoy a very peculiar experience, and to locals, who can buy quality food at good prices. The soundscape is dense and chaotic, and changes from o...
8m Sep 25, 2020
8m
Shibuya dreamtime
Shibuya crossing reimagined by Narcosislabs. "What do the dreams of the streetlamps at the Shibuya crossing sound like after the last train and everyone has gone home? " Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities
8m Sep 25, 2020
8m
Concrete Island
Minneapolis interstate bridge reimagined by JP Guerrier. "The piece is a reflection on concrete, water, and the pace of travel in today's society. I was inspired by the juxtaposition of natural and man made elements in the original recording; I was interested in representing the contrast between relaxed pace of nature and the rush of people and city life - I used a combination of frenetic drum...
6m Sep 25, 2020
6m
Underneath an interstate bridge, by the creek
Minneapolis interstate bridge recorded by Katharine Horowitz. "The sounds of traffic from underneath the I35 bridge over Minnehaha Creek. A bit eerie, interspersed with metal pings as the cars hit the joint between the road and the bridge, underlaid the whole time with the creek." Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities
4m Sep 25, 2020
4m
Florence, Italy, 2030
Florence market reimagined by Michael Competielle. "Florence Italy in 2030 along with most of the planet have reduced our forests and wildlife to near extinction. Artificial intelligence has rendered most humans obsolete as the world's governments pay people to be consumers in the post industrialized economy.  "Bees and birds have disappeared from existence replaced by drones. Artificial Inte...
9m Sep 25, 2020
9m
Shibuya Crossing
Recorded by Keisuke Oki.  The world famous Shibuya crossing. https://en.japantravel.com/tokyo/shibuya-crossing/3016  Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities
3m Sep 25, 2020
3m
Echo
Echo Park reimagined by Jessie Brewer. "In the original field recording - captured in Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA - it's clear that both man-made and natural sounds are occupying space.  "According to the Future Cities info page, "More than two-thirds of us are predicted to be living in cities by 2030." This piece is a reflection on how human population growth, potential overcrowding, and our ...
1m Sep 24, 2020
1m
Botanic drone
Penang Botanic Gardens reimagined by Studier.  "This piece is an experimental augmentation of the recorder’s experience while listening to this event.  The slowing of pitch and tempo– time– of the recording was chosen to highlight qualities such as omnipresence that the recorder noted in a description of listening to the ‘hypnotic drone’ of the cicadas and orioles, as well as to highlight the ...
20m Sep 24, 2020
20m
Nostalgia
Lisbon trams reimagined by Rafael Diogo. "Nostalgia is a visceral urban soundscape of Lisbon in the near future. The sounds and vocal manifestos were inspired in the poems of the great Fernando Pessoa and tend to reflect a society that tends to neglect nature in order for capitalism culture.  "The soundscape itself can raise emotions such as loneliness, anxiety and depression which naturally ...
7m Sep 24, 2020
7m
Act as if the house is on fire
Chiang Mai children's parade reimagined by Rebekah Ford. "I didn't know where this was going to go except that it would be very loud. I cut up many parts of the original track and processed them several times to create what started to sound like a very formidable battle march.  "Layer upon layer later, I kept processing through Cecilia and Logic until I got to where it is now. I think it refl...
4m Sep 24, 2020
4m
Fauna symphony
Penang Botanic Gardens, the oldest of its kind in Penang Island, is the home for faunas such as cicadas and orioles. And they make music, too: the hypnotic drone by the insects is omnipresent while melodies by the birds are occasional.  Recorded by O.W. Chow. Part of the Future Cities project.
3m Sep 24, 2020
3m
Aboard the famous Lisbon trams
The icons of Lisbon - we listen to the trams passing by in the Portuguese city.  Recorded by Marcel Gnauk. Part of the Future Cities project.
2m Sep 24, 2020
2m
Kids' street parade, Chiang Mai
Parade music with drums and xylophones, Chiang Mai, Thailand - recorded by Marcel Gnauk.
5m Sep 24, 2020
5m
A day in Echo Park
Birdsong and the hum of the city in Echo Park, LA, recorded by Marcel Gnauk. Part of the Future Cities project.
5m Sep 24, 2020
5m
Rush
German traffic reimagined by Patrick Bridge. "I've been working on pieces which incorporate found sound and my own improvised music to create soundscapes.  "I responded to the initial piece of recording and played around with the sounds and added my own in a relatively open way.  "I had in mind the layers of sound we hear in cities and especially in busier areas where transport dominates. " ...
6m Sep 24, 2020
6m
I imagined myself a cat
Ecuador fish market reimagined by Amy Liou. "I love the smell and vigor in a fish market. There is abundant of rhythms of people talking, negotiating, chopping, frying, eating, and there's always a cat sitting under the display of the fish. Text extracted from Carmen Maria Machado <The Resident>." Part of the Future Cities project.
1m Sep 24, 2020
1m
See you later - or maybe not
Funicular in Vietnam reimagined by Raymond Delepierre. "The traces of chaos and historical invasions will make Vietnam a country of hope. "I used the funicular steel cable as a metaphor, as a memory, as a timeline to extract the sounds leaking into it. "I used the original sound by only listening as an autonomous body. From this point of view, I created a dense and musical sound disorganizat...
10m Sep 24, 2020
10m
Climbing the funicular railway
Riding the metallic, clanking funicular railway in Vietnam.  Recorded by Marcel Gnauk. Part of the Future Cities project.
9m Sep 24, 2020
9m
The fish market, Ecuador
The central market of Esmeraldas of city is a usually crowded place full of vendors who are selling their fish (so they talk out-loud among each other and with clients) while cleaning it and breaking the big fishes into pieces with small hammers. It is located nearby very crowded streets so you can also hear the cars. Recorded by Maria Gabriela Lopez Yanez. Part of the Future Cities project.
2m Sep 24, 2020
2m
German rush hour
Hectic, heavy traffic in Munich recorded by Marcel Gnauk. Part of the Future Cities project.
6m Sep 24, 2020
6m
Covid-19 train announcements, northern Italy
Aboard the Trenitalia service to Venice, we listen to the Covid-19 safety announcements in Italian and English, September 2020. There are warnings to wear a face mask over the mouth and nose, maintain space between passengers, and details about hygiene practices and cleaning on the train service. A sound truly reflective of this exact moment in our history. Recorded by Cities and Memory. Part ...
4m Sep 24, 2020
4m
Campagna del Trentino - montagna di drone
Dolomite cow bells reimagined by Andy Billington. "I took the original field recording and fed it into a Bastl Microgranny sampler chopping up the bells and adding movement.  "Next, I took the original recording and in my DAW split into 4 bar sections. I then randomly added in the revised samples of bells stretched and manipulated and finally added a number of improvised organ parts. The song...
9m Sep 23, 2020
9m
Cow bell feeding frenzy
In a pasture high up in the Dolomites in Trentino, Italy, we walk into the middle of a group of feeding cows, all wearing the traditional mountain cow bells. In this recording, you can hear the bells on all sides as the cows carry on with their day, oblivious to our presence. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
3m Sep 23, 2020
3m
Journey within
Tuk tuk ride in Bangkok reimagined by June Lopez. "I find that exploring sounds like this opens up my creativity and allows me to composed to different environments that is free, spontaneous and also captures the emotional side of that journey.  The sound of the truck ride reminded me of my experience with cancer and my journey towards recovery.  I embraced its presences and it was the constan...
6m Sep 19, 2020
6m
Race 55a
Singapore street car racing reimagined by David Henckel. "Bass line duet with the sounds of racing cars in the distance. I wanted to move from being separate from the car to a feeling of being inside the car in the race."
4m Sep 19, 2020
4m
New Singapore
Singapore skate park reimagine by Luis Antero. "I live in the countryside, in the interior of Portugal, in an area we call Beira Serra, located between the mountains of Estrela and Açor. As a sound artist, I am used to working with hi-fi sounds, that is, where we can distinguish sounds very easily, unlike cities where the sound is presented to us as lo-fi, an amalgamation of sounds that even b...
8m Sep 19, 2020
8m
Riding a Chiang Mai tuk tuk
A daytime ride on a tuk tuk, Thailand's iconic - and in no way unsafe - way of getting around the city. Recorded by Marcel Gnauk.
6m Sep 19, 2020
6m
Ferrari 488 challenge
Racing car trials taking place around the streets of Singapore past the Hotel Marina Mandarin - high-speed car flypasts are the order of the day. Recorded by Marcel Gnauk.
4m Sep 19, 2020
4m
Tangled wire
Singapore racing trials reimagined by Ollie Campbell. "To start off with, I chopped out some of the car passes. I knew that I wanted to use binaural panning to make them sound like they were passing in front of the listener. I originally intended to create a kind of soundscape based on the original recording, but pitching down the original sounded kind of sinister and post-apocalyptic, which t...
1m Sep 19, 2020
1m
Fireworks and racing cars, Singapore
A unique recording capturing the sounds of both high-performance racing cars zipping around a circuit in Singapore, followed by a large-scale fireworks display. Recorded by Marcel Gnauk.
5m Sep 19, 2020
5m
East Coast skate park, Singapore
The sound of skateboarders practising and performing tricks at a Singapore skate park. Recorded by Marcel Gnauk.
4m Sep 19, 2020
4m
A High Line ambience
High Line reimagined by Colette Aliman. "This soundscape was very familiar to me, as I have walked the High Line many times. When strolling, I would feel a need to coalesce the numerous sound events in context with the location.  "The sonic information was conflicting, nature vs. machine, for the ideas of tranquility and escape that was initially implemented for the High Line experience. Thus...
8m Sep 18, 2020
8m