Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Bamboos and their leaves in the wind of the tropical forest, recorded by Tilla Baudiniere.

Part of the Sounding Nature project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/sounding-nature

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Bamboo in the wind reimagined by Jason Lee. 

"Dawn: The tail end of a storm. Two brothers wash ashore. One died a couple of days before. They enter a village." - Field Recordings around West Cork with Zoom H6 & iPhone. Edits done with FCPX. - My approach: Seafaring Myths and Legends."

Part of the Sounding Nature project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/sounding-nature

Photo by Spencer Thompson on Unsplash

Reimagined by Kieran Mahon.

"I have always had a very close connection to the English countryside and I got a strong feeling of recognition and resonance from the field recording. I decided not to edit or rearrange the field recording, but to provide an accompaniment to it. I wanted to marry sounds that are digital with the organic sounds of nature - so even though the melodies were written on guitar I chose to use far less natural sounding synth plugins when it came to recording. This was a simple, but hopefully effective way of conveying a modern sense of connection (or perhaps even disconnection depending on the mindset/taste of the listener) with the natural world."

Part of the Sounding Nature project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/sounding-nature

Photo by Andrew Gloor on Unsplash.

Recorded by Denes Dobai.

"Overnight recording while camping outside of Whitwell Hall/Reepham during the Wildeye / Introduction to Wildlife Film Making Course. These are my three favourite wild(life) sound: A single cricket chirp the soothing sound of trees and a male tawny owl in the background and something I can't identify... possibly a hedgehog or small rodent."

Part of the Sounding Nature project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/sounding-nature

Photo by Andrew Gloor on Unsplash.

Reimagined by Shankara Andy Bole.

The piece started by using the sound file itself, the sound of Continuous Cicadas, Male cicadas have loud buzzing songs that are produced by special organs called “tymbals,” located on the first segment of the abdomen. The Sound of the timbal was slowed down and manipulated and brought to mind the sound of the Gamelan which inspired the sounds used in the latter half of the piece."

Part of the Sounding Nature project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/sounding-nature

Photo by Krzysztof Niewolny on Unsplash

Recording of Corsican cicadas, singing continuously, with breaks. Very constant sound, like static. Recorded by Noé Mignard.

Part of the Sounding Nature project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/sounding-nature

Photo by Krzysztof Niewolny on Unsplash

Reimagined by John Barber.

"Dogs Bark Faraway samples the recording by Noé Mignard of dogs barking in a forest in the Rhone-Alpes region of southern France. On first listening, this recording inspired me as a liminal listening between two worlds. I wanted to explore the idea of liminal moments and listening further, specifically within a day-in-the-life context. The opening sonic sequence of this work represents sleep and dreams, themselves liminal moments, often unsettling, and including sound. At the moment between waking and dreaming, ascending from the sub-conscious of sleep, the dogs are heard barking. I used other soundscapes and field recordings to represent the movement throughout one's day, from the relative quiet peace of early morning, through the increased noise associated with work and a busy day, and concluded with coming of evening and the returning prominence of the natural soundscape. Throughout, dogs are heard barking faraway."

Part of the Sounding Nature project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/sounding-nature

Photo by Richard Horne on Unsplash

Three dogs enclosed are barking from very far away; their barks are reverberated in the forest. a lot of wind and birds singing are present.

Recorded by Noé Mignard.

Part of the Sounding Nature project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/sounding-nature

Photo by Richard Horne on Unsplash

Reimagined by John Wiggins.

"There was an unknown to me sound throughout, an animal but I don’t what. As I granulated and pitched this animal’s cry, more and more recognizable sounds emerged. Almost human at times, I decided to make a “conversation” in this discovered language."

Part of the Sounding Nature project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/sounding-nature

Early morning rural ambience with farm animals in Ferlo, Senegal, recorded by George Vlad.

Part of the Sounding Nature project - for more information, see http://www.citiesandmemory.com/sounding-nature