Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Cities and Memory - remixing the world

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  • 2461: No.1 Rocket Kicker
    Rocket engine test reimagined by Andy Billington.
    " I took the original audio and turned it into midi file information trying to find some form of hidden melody or structure. These random notes were put into a DAW piano role where over the course of a few weeks a melody started to appear. Tape delay and reverb lent themselves well to the project adding space and movement. The simple 6 note refrain loops around on itself and collapses. Fragments of jet engine slide in and out of focus in the background. Time sort of stands still as fuel is used up and future space debris cools down..."
    Part of the Space is the Place project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/space
    11 min
  • 2461: Flowing Waves
    Sounds of Saturn reimagined by Stephanie Merchak.
    "As soon as I heard this recording of plasma waves from Saturn, I wanted to work with it, because I knew I could transform it into what sounds like an eerie science-fiction movie soundtrack, which is what space always inspires me.
    "Using time stretching and an iOS app called GliderVerb, I processed this recording in a few different ways, creating the basic material for my re-imagined sound. This sound material was then brought into Ableton Live and further processed using pitch shift, delay, reverb and eq then mixed and mastered. Every sound you hear is derived from the original recording."
    Part of the Space is the Place project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/space
    5 min
  • 2460: In memory of the grand Rosetta
    Rosetta mission sounds reimagined by Millie Wissar.
    "The piece is inspired by the great distances the Rosetta spacecraft had to travel to arrive at comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P). I aim to explore the idea that Rosetta’s presence still exists somewhere in space and that the last communication would still be stored in Rosetta’s memory, waiting for someone to listen to it. This piece is how I imagine it would sound like. The abrupt edits and use of delays represent the distance and loss of signal. The mechanical sounds that oscillate evoke the spacecraft, panned in different directions to represent Rosetta’s body orbiting through space. Because time, as we know it on Earth, isn’t the same as what it would be in space, the piece has long “silent” moments as a way to entrain the listener into the feeling of floating through space."
    Part of the Space is the Place project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/space
    15 min
  • 2459: Huygens
    Huygens audio data reimagined by Roberta Fidora. 
    "Huygens is named after the Dutch astronomer and physicist Christiaan Huygens. It is perhaps an interesting juxtaposition to hear the chaotic sonic discoveries captured by a craft named in honour of his studies around Saturn and its moon Titan, rhythmically tethered to the Earthly time constraints of his most famous invention: the pendulum clock. A jittery signal of alien weather condition, gated, processed and remapped to conform to the system of measurement by which we try to organise our journeys across the universe."
    Part of the Space is the Place project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/space
    4 min
  • 2458: Machine Futures
    Spacecraft testing reimagined by Scott Wilson.
    "Inspired by J. G Ballard, and the fact that the original sound arrived with a clear beginning, middle and end, I sought to highlight the irony of machines testing machines in order to realise a human desire to escape the planet. To that end, I used a series of simple freeware tools to manipulate the sound (machines testing machines) to arrive at a result that might reflect my desires, but which now exists apart from them and, like the objects we send into space, will outlast me."
    Part of the Space is the Place project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/space
    16 min
  • 2456: One small step
    On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 crew successfully completed the national goal set by President John F. Kennedy eight years prior: to perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth.
    Crew: Neil Armstrong, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Michael Collins
    Launch: July 16, 1969; 9:32 a.m. EST
    Landing: July 24, 1969; 12:50 p.m. EST
    Part of the Space is the Place project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/space
    1 min
  • 2455: Apollo 13 - Houston we've had a problem
    Apollo 13 was to be the third lunar landing attempt, but the mission was aborted after a rupture of the service module oxygen tank. The crew was rescued resulting in a "successful failure."
    Crew: James A. Lovell Jr., Fred W. Haise Jr., John L. Swigert Jr.
    Launch: Apr. 11, 1970; 2:13 p.m. EST
    Landing: Apr. 17, 1970
    Recording by NASA. 
    Part of the Space is the Place project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/space
    1 min
  • 2454: Spooky Saturn transmissions
    Saturn is a source of intense radio emissions, which were monitored by our Cassini spacecraft. The radio waves are closely related to the auroras near the poles of the planet. These auroras are similar to Earth's northern and southern lights. This is an audio file of radio emissions from Saturn.
    Recording by NASA. 
    Part of the Space is the Place project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/space
    1 min
  • 2453: Sputnik beep
    One of the iconic sounds of space exploration. News reports at the time pointed out that "anyone possessing a short wave receiver can hear the new Russian earth satellite as it hurtles over this area of the globe".[67] Directions, provided by the American Radio Relay League were to "Tune in 20 megacycles sharply, by the time signals, given on that frequency. Then tune to slightly higher frequencies. The 'beep, beep' sound of the satellite can be heard each time it rounds the globe." Recording by NASA. 
    Part of the Space is the Place project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/space
    1 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.