Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Field recording from the London Underground by Cities and Memory.

Part of our project The Next Station, reimagining the sounds of the London Underground and creating the first ever tube sound map. August 2016 - for more information see www.citiesandmemory.com/thenextstation

King's Cross reimagined by Nick St. George.

""t's difficult to pinpoint the origin of these pipes - given the somewhat (shall we say) lively acoustic of the London Underground. But I've taken a punt and assumed that they are of the Scottish variety (the player may well be appealing to already homesick Scots getting off the London train at Kings Cross). As a result, and given what was going on politically in the UK when this project was unveiled, I though about doing something about Brexit and a possible second referendum on Scottish independence. But this would probably date every quickly, so I set politics aside and went for a more literary approach (although the way the sounds slip and slide around, it's possible to interpret this as some sort of search for identity...) I found a ""rap"" of a Burns poem by Celtic Seamus aka Shamoozey (with thanks for granting permission; find him at www.celticseamus.com) and wove that in and around the treated field recording. Add a few other bits and bobs and it's turned into something that is probably more Scotland than London reimagined..."

Part of our project The Next Station, reimagining the sounds of the London Underground and creating the first ever tube sound map. August 2016 - for more information see www.citiesandmemory.com/thenextstation

Field recording from the London Underground by London Sound Survey.

Part of our project The Next Station, reimagining the sounds of the London Underground and creating the first ever tube sound map. August 2016 - for more information see www.citiesandmemory.com/thenextstation

King's Cross reimagined by Nick St. George.

""t's difficult to pinpoint the origin of these pipes - given the somewhat (shall we say) lively acoustic of the London Underground. But I've taken a punt and assumed that they are of the Scottish variety (the player may well be appealing to already homesick Scots getting off the London train at Kings Cross). As a result, and given what was going on politically in the UK when this project was unveiled, I though about doing something about Brexit and a possible second referendum on Scottish independence. But this would probably date every quickly, so I set politics aside and went for a more literary approach (although the way the sounds slip and slide around, it's possible to interpret this as some sort of search for identity...) I found a ""rap"" of a Burns poem by Celtic Seamus aka Shamoozey (with thanks for granting permission; find him at www.celticseamus.com) and wove that in and around the treated field recording. Add a few other bits and bobs and it's turned into something that is probably more Scotland than London reimagined..."

Part of our project The Next Station, reimagining the sounds of the London Underground and creating the first ever tube sound map. August 2016 - for more information see www.citiesandmemory.com/thenextstation

Field recording from the London Underground by The London Sound Surveyim.

Part of our project The Next Station, reimagining the sounds of the London Underground and creating the first ever tube sound map. August 2016 - for more information see www.citiesandmemory.com/thenextstation

Reimagined version of Stamford Brook by Maria Papadomanolaki.

"Stamford Brook is my local station. I emphasised the points on the recording that are the most resonant to me such as the arrival/departure of trains on the platform and the whistle of the Piccadilly line trains about to pass-through. The human and calm ambience of the station is counter-balanced by the mechanical fast pace, marking an ever-evolving departure."

Part of our project The Next Station, reimagining the sounds of the London Underground and creating the first ever tube sound map. August 2016 - for more information see www.citiesandmemory.com/thenextstation

Reimagined Stamford Brook sound by Ed Osborn.

"I wanted to blend the source recording with a more impressionistic reworking of it. Pieces of the recording were processed using delays and granularizers, and these were blended with the source recordings to allow listening into both kinds of acoustic spaces."

Part of our project The Next Station, reimagining the sounds of the London Underground and creating the first ever tube sound map. August 2016 - for more information see www.citiesandmemory.com/thenextstation

Tottenham Court Road reimagined by Marco Maril.

"I've tried to convert the soundscape of a London Underground station in a danceable and dynamic Pop song. My challenge was to use only the sounds of the Underground Station recording, there is nothing added. All sounds have come from there, treated for the occasion."

Part of our project The Next Station, reimagining the sounds of the London Underground and creating the first ever tube sound map. August 2016 - for more information see www.citiesandmemory.com/thenextstation

Reimagined piece by sp3ct3rs.

"‘The woodwind ghosts of bank tube station' was developed using the classic cut-up technique found in literature, harnessing the existing real-time field recording and twisting it to produce a glitched and bent other-world sound. Several versions of this track were created expressing a variety of pitches as well as reverb levels with some delay, then disassembled and reassembled at different volumes to affect a ghostly auditory presence. This produces a sense of real-world movement while creating a horror soundtrack feeling. The track was conceived after reading about ghosts in the tubes and was inspired in part by the tale of the black nun."

Part of our project The Next Station, reimagining the sounds of the London Underground and creating the first ever tube sound map. August 2016 - for more information see www.citiesandmemory.com/thenextstation

Reimagined piece by Alex Hehir.

"I'm really interested in the electrical sounds and general ambience of the underground network and used this as my inspiration for the piece. The rhythmic elements of the piece are made from electrical noises and sub bass tones. I decided to write a fast , at times random arpeggiated synthesised patterns to reflect the hectic pace of this subterranean world.I used much of the original recording including a mutated version of the classic 'Mind the gap' public announcement."

Part of our project The Next Station, reimagining the sounds of the London Underground and creating the first ever tube sound map. August 2016 - for more information see www.citiesandmemory.com/thenextstation