Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Cities and Memory - remixing the world

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  • 3168: Ato che coronavirus
    Italian lockdown sound recorded by Luca Castaldo.
    "What I hear outside my home door in south Italy, in country side. It's possible to hear church bells, children play, a lot of birds and a man in background speaking of 'coronavirus' literally he is sayng 'ato che corona virus", that means 'more than coronavirus'".
    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
    4 min
  • 3165: Life from the bedroom windown, Buffalo
    Buffalo, USA lockdown sound recorded by Connor Orrico.
    "The birds outside my window this morning told me something along the lines of “Had I known how listening is superior to speaking, I would not have wasted my life preaching.” (Farid al-Din Attar, The Conference of the Birds)."
    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
    5 min
  • 3166: Birds on a rainy day in the country
    Haut Valromey, France lockdown sound recorded by Fabienne Marie.
    "Walking in the rain in the country, listening to the birds. It seems to me they are more talkative than before the lockdown..."
    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
    1 min
  • 3171: Clap for NHS, key workers and Captain Tom Moore
    Penzance, UK lockdown sound recorded by Timothy Crowley and Kate Ogley.
    "Field recording of Lockdown in Penzance capturing ambulance siren, church bells, hungry seagulls and clapping for the NHS, key workers and Captain Tom (30th April 2020)."
    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
    4 min
  • 3170: Plastic packaging being washed
    Rio de Janeiro lockdown sound recorded by Paul Collett. 
    "Here in Rio, as in most cities around the world most of use are staying home and self isolating. 
    "We are lucky enough to have our groceries delivered and therein lies the task of washing and disinfecting the delivery. In this recording you hear the sound of a bag of dried pasta (essential go-to stay home food) being washed."
    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
    1 min
  • 3169: Hollywood frogs
    Hollywood, USA lockdown sound recorded by Charles Previtire.
    "I think what is happening in the US is probably big news around the world. Lots of uncertainty here and even more suspicion and distrust. It's a shame that, even in the midst of a pandemic, people ignore facts and science and follow conspiracy and gut feelings."
    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
    8 min
  • 3173: Singing on a rainy night in Alessandria
    Alessandria, Italy lockdown sound recorded by Lucia Rosini.
    "I'm going through quarantine alone with my cat, my city is heavily affected by the virus, today for me, it's one of the most tiring days since the beginning of the pandemic. Today I feel so far away from all that my life was until two months ago. I start to miss my friends and all the people I love a lot.
    "In these 50 days of isolation I discovered that looking out of my terrace, you have almost the same acoustics as a theatre, so I started singing. I do it on evenings like this, where the weight of all this is stronger and in those where, despite everything, I can be happy. It's my way of feeling like I'm still part of a whole, to cancel the distances, to embrace with my mind and heart all the people I love."
    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
    3 min
  • 3165: Cat in lockdown slumber
    Chicago lockdown sound recorded by Jeanne Warsaw.
    "While we are quarantined at home, we sat quietly reading books, and our cat Wally was sound asleep on my arm. 
    "All of a sudden he began to snore like a human. Needless to say, we tried not to wake him but burst into laughter, and ultimately woke him from his slumber."
    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
    2 min
  • 3164: Albert Memorial Clock, Belfast
    Belfast, Northern Ireland lockdown sound recorded by Georgios Varoutsos.
    “In the midst of a global pandemic, countries and cities have become literal ghost towns. Once flustered with sounds from human activities, this has now been overtaken from the subtle industrial, mechanical, and natural environment sounds. On Friday March 27, 2020, the 5th day of the official lockdown in the UK, I used my one daily activity of walking around the city of Belfast and quickly recorded various local or touristic points of interests with aid of VisitBelfast’s (https://s3.visitbelfast.com/app/uploads/2019/09/VB_VisitorMap.pdf) visitor map. Each of the soundscapes last two minutes because of the strict lockdown measurements set by the government, only allowing us to be outside for limited periods of time for essential grocery shopping, a daily activity, work, or health related.”
    "The leaning clock of Belfast which would have passers from the Lagan River or the City Centre, had very few people completing their government approved daily activity. There were more cars and buses than there were people."
    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
    2 min
  • 3163: Arthur Square, Belfast
    Belfast, Northern Ireland lockdown sound recorded by Georgios Varoutsos.
    “In the midst of a global pandemic, countries and cities have become literal ghost towns. Once flustered with sounds from human activities, this has now been overtaken from the subtle industrial, mechanical, and natural environment sounds. On Friday March 27, 2020, the 5th day of the official lockdown in the UK, I used my one daily activity of walking around the city of Belfast and quickly recorded various local or touristic points of interests with aid of VisitBelfast’s (https://s3.visitbelfast.com/app/uploads/2019/09/VB_VisitorMap.pdf) visitor map. Each of the soundscapes last two minutes because of the strict lockdown measurements set by the government, only allowing us to be outside for limited periods of time for essential grocery shopping, a daily activity, work, or health related.”
    "Looking at the Spirit of Belfast, you will know you’re at a local stop for shopping. Most of the times there will be a performer or musician in this circle, grabbing the attention of shoppers, there will be your fast walkers, your slow walkers, those who zoom past you with their bicycle. On this day, nothing. Only a few instances of signs of civilisation."
    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
    2 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.