Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Cities and Memory - remixing the world

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  • 1774: Steintorplatz
    Hamburg anti-ISIS protest police operation reimagined by Unpaid Intern.
    Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest
    7 min
  • 1772: Colombian teachers' protest
    Recorded by Ryan Cross.
    "The public school teachers have been on strike for the last 34 days. Each day they march in various parts of the cities and pueblos of Colombia pleading their case with the Minister of Education and the President. On June 13 they gathered in the plaza and then marched a few kilometers down a main avenue of the city holding torches as the sun set. They chanted and sang parodies of popular music, making the lyrics about the politicians."
    Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest
    18 min
  • 1771: Those Forgotten
    Syrian protest in Newcastle reimagined by Sue Bowerman.
    "As a radio documentary producer, I work mostly with authentic stories and I was initially drawn to this recording because of the subjectivity, Syria. What I didn’t know would happen was that I would find a piece of writing by a year 4 child who attends my son’s school (School21) (which I saw on his Mother’s Facebook page), in which he shares his personal insights into the Syrian war and how he would like to help.
    The piece samples both the protest speech, which contests the US Air Strikes with excerpts from Panos Booth’s story, set to a hauntingly extraordinary piece of music featuring the Syrian vocalist, Dima Orsho. This ‘edited’ piece of music became the auditory backdrop for the reworking. Challenges were the ‘noise’ and foggy ‘auditory’ nature of the original protest recording and weaving in short excerpts from Panos’s writing to sympathetically enhance the original recording. Panos didn’t want to feature his voice, so he agreed that my son, Obi Nwachukwu, a year 2 student at his school, could do so.
    So I took the parts, which highlighted his incredibly insightful understanding of this war and end with his wishes for people to take action, to welcome Syrian Refugees into the UK with open arms. I was deeply touched by his compassion and generosity and I hope this is conveyed in the piece. The war sounds are taken from original field recordings, recorded in Syria.
    The work was produced entirely in Pro Tools.
    Music Credit:
    Kinan Azmeh & Morgenland Chamber Orchestra
    Published on 21 Dec 2014
    November 22nd
    live at Morgenland Festival Osnabrueck 2014
    Dima Orsho, Vocals
    Manfred Leuchter, Akkordeon
    Conductor: Naci Oezguec
    Camera: Guenter Wallbrecht, Felix Luebbert
    Soundrecording: Florian B. Schmidt
    Editing: Guenter Wallbrecht
    Syrian War SFX:
    Battle of Aleppo 2016 - Fierce Fighting and Firefights Between Rebels and SAA | Syria War"
    Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest
    8 min
  • 1770: No airstrikes in Syria
    Recorded by Jack Corbett.
    "This is a protest I recorded around the time Donald Trump launched strikes on Syria in retaliation for chemical weapons attacks on civilians. It was recorded at Grey’s Monument in Newcastle city centre. The guitar at the start is a busker who was quite irked that he had to stop playing."
    Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest
    4 min
  • 1769: Syrian Voices
    Taksim Square Assad protest reimagined by Ljuba de Angelis.
    "Everything in the piece is taken from the original recording.
    I worked a few sound samples with some tools to evoke the war (airplane and bombs noise) like a backing track for the field recording."
    Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest
    4 min
  • 1768: Against Assad, Istanbul 2011
    Recorded by Pedro Oliveira in Taksim Square, Istanbul.
    "Protest from Syrians, against the regime of Bashar Assad, in September 2011."
    Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest
    2 min
  • 1767: Loops, whistles and chants (Milan)
    Milan protest reimagined by David Henckel.
    "The slow build up of the original file inspired me and I particularly drawn to the whistles, chants and shouts.
    I played around with a few loops and found a section that felt like African chanting, which became one of the main elements of the track.
    I used a fair bit of reverb and some space echo to move the sounds of protest in and out of focus with the idea of multiple protests overlapping each other.
    Some of the sounds I ended up with after a bit of processing felt metallic and like money clinking. I also moved randomly and quickly between duplicates of the same clip with slightly different timings.
    I also tried to go for the sense of a dance or tribal drum submerged in the distance.
    Towards the end I wanted the sounds to start colliding and become more chaotic as though the protest was surrounding you. The original file sits within this chaos.
    I used Ableton to re-edit and mix the track."
    Part of the Protest and Politics project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/protest
    4 min

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