"The piece is made up entirely of samples from the field recordings, chopped, filtered and mangled, with the exception of "Game Over". The overall piece sounded like a retro computer game. Further research revealed that the dashboard software on S-Bahn trains is Windows 3.11!" S-Bahn trip in Berlin reimagined by Simon Woods.
On the S-Bahn to Hauptbahnhof
2026/04/02 | 6 mins.
An S-bahn journey from Savignyplatz to the Hauptbahnhof in Berlin - train sounds, doors opening and closing, announcements in German, September 2025. Recorded by Cities and Memory.
Ekalecarret
2026/04/02 | 3 mins.
"I transformed the original field recording into a more dronish soundscape and added some subtle guitar layers over it. The result feels like a warm atmospheric cinematic piece. I think the edit of this field recording offers further opportunities for more (de)compositions..." Lake terrace in Lummen, Belgium reimagined by Marco Vanoppen.
Ambient sounds on a terrace by a lake
2026/04/02 | 3 mins.
Recording of the ambient sounds on a terrace by a lake called "Schulensmeer". Noisy visitors, so almost none of the nature sounds are audible. Recorded by Lummen, Belgium by Marco Vanoppen.
Mapalecolumbian
2026/03/31 | 7 mins.
"Taking the original background noise of a Columbian protest and treating it like a drone, but adding reverb and delay on certain higher pitched sounds within it, I built a reggae bass loop and drums with some dub effects, building to a more dance 4/4 track. The piece then progressing to bring in brass to reflect the carnival vibe of South America." Protest in Bogotá reimagined by Dubberrookie.
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
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