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- 2332: Journey to LeHardy RapidsSinging lake reimagined by Chris Ray (Enisle)."I used the lake singing recording in quite a few ways (some listed below).Opening "steam" sound."Violin" sound.303 bassline sound."Bouncing ball" sound."Spring reverb drop" sound."Part of the Yellowstone project - see www.citiesandmemory.com/yellowstone for more.Photo by Dmitry Sovyak on Unsplash5 min
- 2331: Singing lake, YellowstoneRecorded by National Park Service.Listen to the rare, wintertime song of Yellowstone Lake as the ice reacts to changing temperatures.Part of the Yellowstone project - see www.citiesandmemory.com/yellowstone for more.Photo by Dmitry Sovyak on Unsplash3 min
- 2330: You say geyser, I say gyserVixen geyser reimagined by Nick St. George."I decided on this occasion to get 'back to basics', and the bulk of the piece comprises just the original field recording of the geyser and various treatments thereof. For a change, I've kept the spoken word elements to a minimum and the work is more an experiment in pure sound than any attempt at story-telling.The title came from a conversation I had with my American-born wife on the different ways of pronouncing 'geyser'. The UK and the USA are, after all, "two nations divided by a common language"."Part of the Yellowstone project - see www.citiesandmemory.com/yellowstone for more.8 min
- 2329: Vixen geyser, YellowstoneRecorded by National Park Service.Vixen geyser in Norris Geyser Basin has a rhythmic, punchy eruption that lasts about four minutes (and the end offers a sonic surprise).Part of the Yellowstone project - see www.citiesandmemory.com/yellowstone for more.4 min
- 2328: The CallCoyotes howling reimagined by Richard Watts."I wanted to get a sense of wide open spaces and the cold of the night so I use a drone background and a repeated note to represent this. The coyote calls in the original recording build up from single calls to what sounds like a melee so I included that in the piece too."Part of the Yellowstone project - see www.citiesandmemory.com/yellowstone for more.Photo by Ban Yido on Unsplash4 min
- 2327: Coyotes howling in YellowstoneRecorded by National Park Service.A coyote group howl echoes in the night near Blacktail Pond.Part of the Yellowstone project - see www.citiesandmemory.com/yellowstone for more.Photo by Ban Yido on Unsplash2 min
- 2326: Whispers near the riverBirds in Yellowstone reimagined by Stephanie Merchak."Birds singing give me a sense of calm and tranquillity.I wanted to create a piece that translated this as well as a feeling of communion with nature.I did that in Ableton Live.I created a background pad using the original recording that I time-stretched and transposed then processed with chorus, a couple of resonators, delay and reverb.I added to that a few sparse notes played on glockenspiel, marimba, bowed vibraphone and wind bells instruments, all of which went through delay and reverb to create a lush sound.You can also hear the original recording of the dipper and geese, processed with delay and reverb here and there throughout the piece."Photo by Jeffrey Hamilton on UnsplashPart of the Yellowstone project - see www.citiesandmemory.com/yellowstone for more.6 min
- 1: American Dipper and Canada geese, YellowstoneRecorded by National Park Service.In a quiet moment along the Firehole River, an American dipper sings along with some honking Canada geese.Photo by Jeffrey Hamilton on UnsplashPart of the Yellowstone project - see www.citiesandmemory.com/yellowstone for more.1 min
- 2324: Chorus of wolvesWolves in Yellowstone Park reimagined by Karhide."The aim of the track was to create droning synth sounds that matched the pitch of the howl of the wolves making a very dark remix that was then slowed down. The midi parts were generated using the Audio to Midi feature in Ableton Live and then edited before layering the multiple virtual synths. The whole remix mainly used the stock plugins that are available in Live Suite 10 and then mastered in Ozone."Part of the Yellowstone project - see www.citiesandmemory.com/yellowstone for more.Photo by Michael LaRosa on Unsplash.4 min
- 2323: Wolves howling in Yellowstone ParkA pack of wolves howl during the evening while near an elk kill at Soda Butte. A Black-billed magpie flies by (1:00).Recorded by National Parks Service.Part of the Yellowstone project - see www.citiesandmemory.com/yellowstone for more.Photo by Michael LaRosa on Unsplash.2 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