Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Cities and Memory - remixing the world

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  • 3222: I.A.
    Dubbo, Australia lockdown sounds reimagined by Luca Castaldo.
    "My piece is called I.A.That in Italian means the same as A.I.(artificial intelligence)and it's just a name. In this work i enjoyed overturning the perspective of a natural, good word opposed to a bad artificial world and create an alien planet in which artificial sounds live together with planet earth natural sounds.
    "An imaginary forest where birds sings syncopates melodies and the wind blows relaxing atmospheres.
    "To do that I basically used birds singing and some background artificial noise  put  into a sampler, together with some real concrete sounds used as fills."
    Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds
    4 min
  • 3221: To Save Paris in a Day
    Paris lockdown sound reimagined by Vlad Suppish. 
    "When first heard this field recording I was inclined to make some intricate rhythms with those claps. 
    "Main source of inspiration were konnakol rhythms of India, which are made often with claps. Also I was inspired by Coil - 'Red Birds Will Fly Out of the East and Destroy Paris in a Night'. 
    "But the name of my composition is sort of an antithesis to it. Every day and every moment counts. And every effort in a fight against the disease is priceless. An applause every evening and my instrumental piece is the least we can do to express our gratitude."
    Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds
    8 min
  • 3219: Big friendly giant
    Helsinki lockdown sound (storytelling for socially-distanced children) reimagined by WHΛLTHISИEY.
    "A good spoken word piece always inspires me."
    Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds
    8 min
  • 3220: A guitar in the snow
    Swedish lockdown sound reimagined by Nick St. George. 
    "A rare piece for me, in that there is no spoken word and no narrative! I was inspired by the field recording to simply create an adventure in sound. Maybe this was because the original audio was 'musical'... I did add some blizzard FX to reflect its Swedish wintry origins, but much of the piece is the original audio plus treated versions thereof. Best wishes to our C&M friends in Strömsbruk!"
    Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds
    5 min
  • 3218: Wind is free energy
    Oxford lockdown sound reimagined by Eva Mansson.
    "Without air, we cannot breathe. 
    "The wind, unlike so many other sources of energy, is free and never ending.
    "Combining the drone of a wind turbine in Oxford with my own whistling (breath), two sounds in all, my re-mix is an attempt to capture some of the essence of this energy we all take for granted, but that a virus is doing it’s best to take away from us;
    Our breath.
    "Software used: Fieldscaper and Audacity"
    Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds
    7 min
  • 3217: Alfama_soundwalk {AN} EeL remix)
    Lisbon lockdown sound reimagined by {AN} EeL.
    "It was interesting to me hearing some of the patterns in the recording, and in my mix I was wanting to place emphasis (albeit subtly so) on some of the repeated patterns that I heard."
    Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds
    5 min
  • 3216: Covid Station
    Grand Central, New York lockdown sound reimagined by Ariel Mioduser.
    "I found this sound so appealing because Grand Central station represents in a way such an opposite to the situation we’re going through now – one of social distancing, almost complete closure of the city and the cultural life, and limited freedom of movement.
    "In addition, the sound and content of the Covid announcements that replace the usual ones about leaving trains and directions, manage to make palpable this dystopian situation and illustrate it in a very concise way.
    "As for the creative approach, I tried to bridge the gap between those opposed realities through the use of sound. For example, by recreating the trains sound through the manipulation of the crowd voices, or by emphasizing the human voices, laughs and calls in a situation where they are much more absent than in regular times.
    "In addition I tried to illustrate the atmosphere of alienation and distancing through the use of bass guitar and synthesizer sounds.
    The piece ends with an ascending Shepard Tone effect that uses as its source the crowd voices. It is at the same time a somewhat terrifying and scaling up optimistic sound – much as this confusing and unclear period."
    Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds
    7 min
  • 3215: Three Quarantine Mirages
    Californian lockdown sound reimagined by John Roach.
    "At first I was drawn to these sounds, recorded by Nathan Moody, because they were captured in Northern California where I grew up, geographically and mentally far away from Queens NY, the Covid capital of the USA, where I reside now.  Doing some research I learned that the recordist is also a hiker and so I've imagined an early evening trek in which the lone protagonist loses his way. Voices emerge. Auditory Mirages. 
    "Side note: the field recordings of insects were recorded in 2015 in Brescia (Pontevico) the hard-hit Covid capital of Italy."
    Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds
    14 min
  • 3214: 808 Take
    Mexican lockdown sound reimagined by Bassling.
    "It was fascinating to hear the trumpet and drum beat traveling around the city. There are only a few times of the year when you'd hear a musical performance on the streets in my town. I enjoyed the sense that musicians were connecting people and sharing their energy.
    "That sense of energy was something I wanted to amplify and I thought the sound of a drum on the street should be an 808. Otherwise all of the parts come from the original recording, using Live's Sampler to isolate and manipulate a few notes to create a bigger horn section."
    Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting and reimagining the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds
    3 min
  • 3213: Slow-moving freight train
    New York lockdown sound recorded by John Roach.
    "Traffic - that's what you usually hear when you record in NYC. I decided to use this Covid traffic-lull to go out and capture sounds. The irony is that this is just a different kind of car: a very slow moving freight train in Glendale Queens, NY. Listen for all of the textures as the train comes to a stop and then starts up again. Followed by a bird song and airplane duet."
    Part of the #StayHomeSounds project, documenting the sounds of the global coronavirus lockdown around the world - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/covid19-sounds
    7 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.