Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Cities and Memory - remixing the world

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  • 1524: Sister Versions (Totnes)
    Part of the Sacred Spaces project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/sacredspaces
    Reimagined by Matt Harding.
    "I chose the Totness file because of old personal links i have to that area, my partner and i were registered to marry there, and once i had a landlady who talked about Totness all the time!
    The way i approached developing the piece was to simplify how i heard the original , a kind of reductive listening, to 4 elements, like 4 characters in a narrative, bells, footsteps, bird song and a closing door. I then used these four elements to imagine new spaces to pass through, Sister spaces and a sacredness that comes more from sense of place and convergence with new surroundings "
    5 min
  • 1519: The Sorting Office (Bristol)
    Part of the Sacred Spaces project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/sacredspaces
    Reimagined by Simon Le Boggit.
    "I chose this recording due to the clarity of its bells. It strikes me that church bells not only summon church-goers to worship, they also intrude upon the lives of any non- church-goers who happen to be within earshot – a relentless reminder of the simple notion that some dead people get to ascend to heaven, whereas the rest descend into hell. I have attempted to inject that simplistic mindset into the audio itself, by bending the pitch of each bell upwards or downwards."
    5 min
  • 1518: Furto de tu Vientre, Mexico
    Part of the Sacred Spaces project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/sacredspaces
    Reimagined by Stefana Fratila.
    "I chose this field recording from Mexico City because I am fascinated by death rituals and how people choose to commemorate their dead. I approached reimagining the sound of women praying and chanting by placing these sounds in context with what was played on radio stations in Mexico City during the first week of Donald Trump taking office. I did this partially to suggest that life and death go on in Mexico, despite the political rupture and international attention the country is experiencing at this time. I also wanted to layer the kinds of sounds one might hear from within their homes while mourning their loved ones: different radio hosts, genres of music, and melodies. "
    11 min
  • 1517: Vocal memories (Montreal)
    Part of the Sacred Spaces project - find out more at http://www.citiesandmemory.com/sacredspaces
    Reimagined by Angel Muniz.
    "I chose this (Paperman & Sons Jewish Funeral Home) recording, because it reminded me of listening to my father sing in church when I was a child. It brought back some fond memories. Also, I just liked the idea of working with vocals and really looked forward to making something totally different out of the source sound.
    My approach/process:
    Right away I knew I wanted to create something using only the recording as the source. So, I started using some granular synthesis techniques but I wasn't satisfied with the results. So, I ended up taking a more simple approach by sampling a few small sections of the source sound and making rhythmic patterns with the voice. After a lot of experimenting, the result was a killer sub bass(created using a snippet of singing, which was pitched down, distorted, and EQ'd/Limited) accompanied by some odd panned vocal percussive bits(source sound pitched up and time stretched with tremolo and panning modulation). I also tried making a decent kick out of the source sound, turned out not too shabby. My DAW of choice was Reaper and I relied mostly on stock plugins and freeware. Again, no other sounds were used besides the source recording(084)."
    2 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.