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- 2765: Boats and buskers in VeniceVenice is the spiritual home of Cities and Memory, and one of our favourite places to record - the soundscapes are so pure and traffic-free, and Venice sounds like nowhere else.Here we're facing out towards the Giudecca, and tuning in to the sounds of passing boats and an accordion busker off to our left. Recorded by Cities and Memory.Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities5 min
- 2764: Bell dreamBells in the Padova botanic gardens reimagined by Michelle Breslin/Lostworldsounds."The Bells drew me in and the waterfall followed. A city stopped in time."Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities5 min
- 2763: Bells and waterfall in PadovaWalking through the botanic gardens of Padova, we walk beneath a constructed waterfall at the same time as cathedral bells ring beneath us - an unusual confluence of water and bell sounds. Recorded by Cities and Memory.Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities3 min
- 2762: FutilitySounds of Krakow rainfall reimagined by O. Johnson."The original field recording I chose was sounds of rainfall in the urban Krakow by Michael Gatonska."Many of my tracks are based on memories and things I see and a memory came to mind when listening to the rainfall. It reminded me of the sounds made by several moths caught in an ornamental lamp shade."Their wings were hitting the side of the shade, in ever increasing panic, trying to escape."The track consists of several processed sections of the original rain recording, firstly to create a tinkling sound representing the smaller moth fluttering and then also a track emulating the sounds of the wings banging against the sides of the shade."I then used several electronic sounds to try and create an assortment of moths, where their movements become more frenetic but where escape is ultimately futile. "Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities5 min
- 2761: Sounds of rainfall in the Krakow cityscapeSoundscape of early morning medium-to-light rainfall on a small street (ul. Syrokomli) in Krakow, Poland. Rainfall sounds were amplified by sectioned glass and metal seat below window pane.Recorded by Michael Gatonska.Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities8 min
- 2760: A Japanese journeyMount Kurama train line reimagined by Nick St. George."The year has closedWhile still I wear my sandalsAnd my pilgrim's hat- Bashō (trans. Basil Hall Chamberlain)"The 17th century Japanese poet, Bashō, spent much of his time travelling. Presented with a recording of a Japanese train journey, an audio journey seemed an obvious structure."So the piece takes us through two contrasting sides of Japanese life - manic/contemplative, noisy/peaceful, brash/cultured, modern/traditional and so on..."With thanks to Free Music Box for the taiko drums, Librivox for the Basho readings and Freesound for the Japanese cicadas and wind chimes."Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities9 min
- 2759: Aboard the train to Mount KuramaHeading north on the train to Mount Kurama - a stunning view of trees turning red in the autumn, and the peaceful suburbs of Kyoto, far from the bustle of the city.A tranquil, scenic train journey - what is life like in the tranquil outskirts of Kyoto close to the mountains?Recorded by Giulia Biasibetti.Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities4 min
- 2758: Urban nature walkKyoto railway station walkway reimagined by David Leith."When I first listened to the field recording I kept being reminded of the sounds of nature, especially birds being interwoven within the ambient urban soundscape."The reimagined space then became a walk through different urban spaces. The droning part soundscape was derived from a MIDI translation of the pitches from the original recording."This was edited, played back and granulated using a Tasty Chips GR-1. This was layered with various versions of the original recording. Finally a melody was added to a few different sections again using pitches from the original recording."Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities10 min
- 2757: Trilling Kyoto walkwayInside Kyoto's impressive train station, we hear the end of an escalator trilling every time someone exits it, while in the meantime airport announcements punctuate the air and we hear the general bustle of a typical major station.Recorded by Giulia Biasibetti.Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities3 min
- 2755: Daily market life in UgandaAmbience recording at the Kitoro daily market in Entebbe, Uganda - recorded by Colin Hunter.Part of the Future Cities project - find out more at https://www.citiesandmemory.com/future-cities3 min
About Cities and Memory - remixing the world
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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.
The project presents an amazingly-diverse array of field recordings from all over the world, but also reimagined, recomposed versions of those recordings as we go on a mission to remix the world.
What you'll hear in the podcast are our latest sounds - either a field recording from somewhere in the world, or a remixed new composition based solely on those sounds. Each podcast description tells you more about what you're hearing, and where it came from.
There are more than 8,000 sounds featured on our sound map, spread over more than 140 countries and territories. The sounds cover parts of the world as diverse as the hubbub of San Francisco’s main station, traditional fishing women’s songs at Lake Turkana, the sound of computer data centres in Birmingham, spiritual temple chanting in New Taipei City or the hum of the vaporetto engines in Venice. You can explore the project in full at www.citiesandmemory.com