Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Cities and Memory - remixing the world

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  • Pleasure, pain, hope
    San Francisco streetcar reimagined by John Tenney.

    "This piece is deeply personal. I grew up in and around San Francisco, still live less than 15 miles away, and haven’t visited the city for a year. I rode the old streetcars literally hundreds of times. 

    "I have experienced all of the sound you hear, over the same fifty-plus years of the streetcar stops: hippie jam sessions, black rights demonstrations decades before 2020, the cheerful anarchy of St. Stuped’s Day, hardcore disco music, the Lunar New Year parades, local radio commercials. 

    "And then toward the end there is the sense of everything turning dull, colourless, muffled during the long year of the pandemic. Hope keeps us going, which is why our streetcar rider can finally get off at The Embarcadero, San Francisco’s fabled waterfront, and hear life coming back in its full glory."

    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.
    6 min
  • If they pass by
    Jeep radio in Karongwe Reserve reimagined by Tom Thompson.

    "The original recording of a radio communication in Karongwe Reserve, South Africa between  drivers, trackers and their counterparts exchanging sightings and locations of animals.  

    "I imagined the excitement of traveling in such exotic locations and coming into close proximity with wild animals in their native habitat.  As I composed this piece I felt the desire build for venturing out in this familiar, yet new world, free from fear of the pandemic. I am  ready and excited to begin exploring new sights and sounds in 2021."

    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.
    5 min
  • The road to Hoi An
    "This recording was made on the roadside of the National Route 1A after our bus had stopped at a gas station. The 1A is the main route from Hanoi in the north to Ho Chi Minh City in the south."

    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 whole project at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/travel.
    5 min
  • F-Line streetcar tram interior, San Francisco
    "Part of a San Francisco streetcar journey from Beck's Motor Lodge on Market Street to Fisherman's Wharf. Gliding and rattling effortlessly through the afternoon traffic with bright winter sunshine streaming through the windows."

    Recorded by Grey Frequency.

    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.
    9 min
  • Jeep radio in Karongwe Reserve
    "This recording was taken at 08:31 in Karongwe Reserve, South Africa, during an early morning trip to try and spot some of the animals in the reserve. The driver and tracker escorting us would use the radio to communicate with their counterparts in the reserve and exchange sightings and locations of animals."

    Recorded by Jase Warner.

    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.
    1 min
  • Thank you for your attention
    Shinjuku station reimagined by Richard Watts. 

    "I decided to do a more guitar orientated piece this time. The track is based around a journey you take from a station and the rhythm of those travelling through the station. I've tried to create a taiko drum rhythm underneath and then overlaid a driving bass and guitars. I've also used treated samples of the announcers in the original recording."

    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.
    4 min
  • A busy day on Newcastle station past and present
    Newcastle station reimagined by Simon Woods.

    "The piece is built entirely from cutting up the field recording - filtering, reversing, distorting and just generally hacking at it. In the course of these actions, the sound of an old steam train emerges from the past."

    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.
    3 min
  • Am I on my way south?
    "Changing trains at Newcastle, waiting as people and trains go by, various announcements over the tannoy: am I heading away from Dundee or returning? This time I think I am on my way south."

    Recorded by Kate Laity.

    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.
    1 min
  • The world's busiest train station
    Recording from Shinjuku Station, Tokyo, recorded as the world's busiest transport hub by Guinness World Records - with 35 platforms and more than 200 exits.

    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.
    4 min
  • An empty pandemic station
    "Liverpool Street Station one London's busiest known locations, a major connection point and second hub to business, sees thousands of people passing through in a single day. Normally adjourned by commuters, performers and tavern patrons Liverpool Street is all but empty (February 2021)." Recorded by Jon Bender.

    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.
    10 min

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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.