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- 1997: Hantana VillaHantana villa reimagined by David Velez. Image by Stephane Marin."The original recording that I selected for this project were so full of life, depth and compelling elements that I decided to select a raw fragment and work with equalisation and frequencies isolation, as an exercise of hyper realism to make it sound realistic, believable and immersive."7 min
- 1996: Construction ThoughtsSeema Malaka Meditation Centre reimagined by Myroslava Kuts."The recording of constructions itself remind me that there is music tones and rhythms in every human action. Especially in noises. So I took this non-harmony waves and composed into one melody." Image by Stephane Marin.11 min
- 1995: Seema Malaka Meditation Centre, Sri LankaRecorded by and image by Stephane Marin. Rain and construction sounds at the Seema Malaka Meditation Centre.6 min
- 1986: Mysterious drones in Unawatuna, Sri LankaRecorded by Stephane Marin. Image by Nathalie Dona.Mysterious drones, prayer and insect sounds in Unawatuna.20 min
- 1991: "soundart5may2018" - Sri Lanka reimaginingAmbalangoda train station reimagined by Osvaldo Cibilis."'soundart5may2018' is a 20 minutes performance with a loop copy on audio cassette tape of field recording Ambalangado Train Station - Announcement, three electronic sound gadgets Korg Monotron and osvaldo cibils en "el arte de las perillas" (the art of knobs)."20 min
- 1992: 20180516 (Sri Lanka reimagining)Coconutes falling in Sri Lanka, reimagined by Man Barlett. "I used the original field recording (consisting of some men talking, birds chirping and the falling and cutting of coconuts somewhere in Sri Lanka) as the source material for a psychedelic, drone-tastic, meditative journey through the tropics. The first step involved adding digital delays, reverb and filter effects to the source file, which I recorded to cassette. I then played the cassette on an Onde Magnétique OM-1 (similar to a Mellotron), while adding another layer of effects using Empress Effects’ Echosystem. After re-recording digitally I added back in snippets of the original file." Image by Stephane Marin.11 min
- 1991: Flags, mapsKogalla Beach reimagined by Philippe Lamy."While I was listening to the original piece for the first time i was struck by its rhythmic richness and its faculty to create a distinct mental image : a fluttering flag. Afterwards some other images came quickly on top of this first one, like recollections : machines, mechanical clinking, papers or flapping ensigns, … I choose to take on my work making variations from possible changes of scales and spaces, keeping in the background of my mind the other mental image : flags on maps." Image by Stephane Marin.12 min
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- 1989: Ambalangoda train station announcementsAnnouncements in the train station at Ambalangoda train station, Sri Lanka - recorded by Ross Whyte.2 min
- 1988: Ambalangoda Mask Museum, Sri LankaRecorded by Ross Whyte. "This museum is designed to introduce into the richness of the mask tradition of Ambalangoda and to strengthen this cultural heritage."3 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