Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Cities and Memory - remixing the world

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Cities and Memory - remixing the world episodes

  • 3061: Resist the air
    Monterrey, Mexico lockdown sound recorded by Jeimy Marisol Martinez Galaviz.
    "Monterrey, the most polluted city in Mexico, surrounded by cement, glass and steel industries where the noise of the city is made up of machines, trucks, cars and people heading to their jobs very early in the morning, is now a bit of a halt. Waiting to break the stillness that the emergency has caused. 
    "Silence accompanies the birds, which have now appropriated the city center.
    "The air is still polluted, perhaps most industries are dormant, but some pace has subsided. Thus we resist between the particles that affect us, concentrations less than 2.5 microns, now revolted among the virus. But other sounds are heard; perhaps the fact that the birds have not left us is hopeful for those of us who inhabit this chaos. Caring as we can for the green we have left."
    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
  • 3060: Birds vs. LRAD
    Skierniewice, Poland lockdown sound recorded by Bartosz Nowicki.
    "I recorded from my window on the fourth floor. The recording includes street traffic, birds songs and a message about the quarantine in force from a police car from the LRAD system."
    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
  • 3058: Protest - Panelaço Fora Bolsonaro
    Belo Horizonte lockdown sound recorded by Sara Lana.
    "Against Bolsonaro, people bang pans and scream from the windows of their apartments at night in downtown Belo Horizonte.
    "The 15th day of protests in face of the crisis triggered by the Brazilian president after his actions while COVID-19 spreads across the country."
    Recorded on a Zoom H5 Recorder.
    Photo credit: Dudi Polonis
    Playlists with diary Covid protest recordings from Brazil: https://soundcloud.com/sara_lana/sets/panelacos-fora-bolsonaro-covid19  
    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
    11 min
  • 3059: Communication reverberation
    Toronto lockdown sound recorded by Michelle Breslin.
    "It's an interesting effect, sounds are much more prominent.  You really notice lack of planes.  It's not all peace! The birds have something to say.  It feels more connected and community."
    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
  • 3057: Peace
    Brasilia lockdown sound recorded by Ana Carolina Correia Lima Santana.
    "In Brazil I feel that it is difficult to deal with the Corona Virus. On the one hand we have very alarming information from the world media and on the other the President of the Republic with different concepts.
    "Today, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Manaus, are the three capitals with the highest concentration of cases. Amazonian Indians are in danger. In the country's capital, Brasília, we have been in isolation for 30 days, thanks to the Governor, but it is clear that not everyone understood the seriousness of the situation. 
    "Where I live, in Brasília, a city planned by Oscar Niemeyer, it has great sound permeability and this was evident with the stoppage of traffic noise. 
    "Natural sounds echo in the soundscape, the sound of the wind on the dry leaves of palm trees, the sound of birds and the rain hitting the window is constant. We realize that nature mixes with architecture, and people, still going outdoors and respecting each other's space, live in harmony, in a green city."
    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
    9 min
  • 3056: 8pm daily applause to support and show respect for the public health workers
    Bilbao lockdown sound recorded by Quino Pinero Ortiz.
    "8pm daily applause from windows and balconies to support and show respect for the public health workers. This is a soundwalk across Bilbao Zazpi kaleak (Old city quarter) ending in a street where neighbours sing together. Recorded on April 2020 in Bilbao (Euskadi, Spain)."
    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
  • 3055: From silence to sounds
    Paris lockdown sound recorded by Pascale Mons.
    "Friday, April 3, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, just before 8pm.
    I'm listening to the sound of the neighborhood through the open window. It's a very quiet sound like I rarely had the chance to hear at this place and time of the day. 
    "After a while, seagulls, these birds from the sea which have elected place in Paris for a few years now, begin to sing, flying in round circles as if they were giving us the signal : a faint applause comes from far away, growing up and getting closer until each one of us participates,  clapping and making noise for people who takes care of others during the confinment. 
    "At the end, when everybody stops, it sounds like the neighborhood has woken up, being reconnected again with the every day usual sounds."
    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
    6 min
  • 3053: A bench by the duck pond
    Huddersfield lockdown sound recorded by Freya Shaw.
    "I recorded this soundscape of the duckpond in my local park a couple of weeks ago. I live in England and the pandemic has accelerated rapidly here so, in many ways my local area’s soundscape has altered dramatically since the time of the recording. 
    "The area without such a great volume of  vehicles and crowds seems almost more clear and peaceful as far as nature is concerned. Animals and birds can be heard from further away as well as the clocktower which stands near to my home.
    "Naturally there is hardly anyone in town as we can only shop for essentials. However, the number of people who spend time with their families  in the garden has risen so I can often hear music and talking when walking past the gardens in my neighbourhood. 
    "I believe that the pandemic, like most times of crisis, despite social distancing, has brought the community together in a way. I think we appreciate the time spent with family more now. Every Thursday at 8 pm in England we stand on our door steps, balconies and windows and clap and cheer for our NHS which I also believe has strengthened the community. 
    "I used a 3-D microphone to record the duckpond as I often enjoy recording different soundscapes and felt that recording a soundscape around the time of the pandemic would be significant, especially when listening back to it in the future.
    "You may notice that whilst listening to the recording there is a large amount of chatting people but, this has lessened now and when people are seen together in public they are usually walking in couples as at the moment in England people are allowed to do exercise once A day with only one other member of their household.
    "I wish everyone health, safety and sanity throughout this time and I hope my recording can relax you."
    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
    6 min
  • 3052: Montreal, Plateau - day 20 of lockdown
    Montreal lockdown sound by Rachel McCrum.
    "Walking from the sidewalk opposite Parc Jeanne-Mance up Parc on April 1, 2020 - day 20 of our coronavirus lockdown. 
    "Alternating between residential streets, ruelles, and the main throughfares of Parc, St Joseph. More cars than you'd expect: less people. Spring is creeping in slowly, so the birdsong is loud. I find myself flinching at the noises, vie off for quieter paths."
    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
    11 min
  • 3039: Clap for Carers in north-east London
    London lockdown sound recorded by Andy Popperwell.
    "At 2000BST on Thursday 2nd April 2020, people all over the UK joined in with clapping and cheering to thank those working in the UK National Health Service and also those in the other emergency services, carers, supermarket workers and many others.  
    "This event began on Thursday 26th March 2020 and looks set to be a weekly event. This soundwalk in Mulberry Way, London E18 was made using a stereo pair of Rode M5 microphones on a 2-metre boom connected to a Zoom H6 digital recorder. 
    "To observe the two-metre separation requirement, people stood on their doorsteps, at windows or on balconies."
    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

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