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Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Cities and Memory
Cities and Memory - remixing the world
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    Bridge work (2018)

    2026/2/09 | 3 mins.
    As a student during the early 00s I lived close to Hammersmith Bridge and would often spend time there along the river. The architecture of the bridge and particularly the sound of crossing traffic was always fascinating to me; during a visit to London in 2018 I made field recordings, and soon after made this composition with it. 
    Hammersmith Bridge, London reimagined by Toby Kaufmann-Buhler.
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    Underneath Hammersmith Bridge

    2026/2/09 | 2 mins.
    This was recorded in June 2018 on the Lower Mall path under Hammersmith Bridge, London, during a busy time for pedestrian traffic; this was less than a year before the bridge completely closed for extensive repairs. 
    Recorded by Toby Kaufmann-Buhler.
  • Cities and Memory - remixing the world

    Every form of transport at once

    2026/1/26 | 7 mins.
    An interesting spot in central Berlin at Gontardstrasse - an intersection with passing trams and buses from two sides, while trains pass overhead to our right. As an added bonus, we stand between two pedestrian crossing boxes, with a stereo effect as they exchange pulses on either side of us. 
    Recorded by Cities and Memory, September 2025.
  • Cities and Memory - remixing the world

    Every form of transport and voices (stereo effect)

    2026/1/26 | 4 mins.
    I was especially inspired by the rhythmic, stereo qualities of the traffic sounds. Their sound texture gave me new inspiration every time I listened to them.
    The reimagined piece is nostalgic and dreamy. I was really focused on the storytelling aspect, in a kind of post-cinematographic way. The composition is built partly from « tape music » using the original recording, then layered with two modular parts and a drum kit for the “heavy” section.
    The clicks of the pedestrian crossing are rhythmically inspiring, and the sounds of the tram doors feel like classical instruments, almost like violins. It was a real joy to play over them.
    My modular noise part is played with a strong focus on improvisation and co-creation with the instrument. I had a lot of joy working on this piece.
    Berlin transportation soundscape reimagined by Yimèr.
  • Cities and Memory - remixing the world

    Indonesian reverie

    2026/1/21 | 4 mins.
    "This recording felt introspective, reflective and meditative and the Indonesian chant took me back to Bali, where I had just been in April 2025. I used some recordings I took in Bali such as a dawn chorus and placed birds and rustles in the wider stereo field. I recorded myself playing the flute, basing the melody on the chant, which is woven throughout the piece."
     reimagined by Sarah McRuvie.

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About Cities and Memory - remixing the world

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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