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Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Cities and Memory
Cities and Memory - remixing the world
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    Clocks, pigeons, song, automata

    2026/05/15 | 6 mins.
    "In the spirit of the original piece I combined it with my recordings of clocks and automata and music boxes, my daughter singing with pigeons, and an evening birdsong chorus in Aldeburgh to create a synthesis of the mechanical and the environment."
    Museum of Automata, Lyon reimagined by Mary Hooper.
    IMAGE: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 FR <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/fr/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons
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    The future champion

    2026/05/15 | 3 mins.
    A recording from Number One Court at the famous Wimbledon tennis championship as Barbora Krecjikova plays against Danielle Collins in a tense match. 
    Krecjikova would go on not only to win this match, but to be crowned Wimbledon champion just a few days after this match. 
    Collins 1-5 Krecjikova, second set, 8 July 2024 recorded by Cities and Memory.
  • Cities and Memory - remixing the world

    As the ball bounces

    2026/05/15 | 4 mins.
    "I composed this piece using guitar and effects pedals plus Ipad instruments to create metaphorical sounds of bouncing, spinning, sliding tennis balls.
    "The bouncing beats support the progress of the match even during the quieter moments as the players steady their nerves. The musical notes represent tennis balls hit with topspin, deftly dropped, lobbed or craftily sliced with varied pace all before an appreciative audience."
    Wimbledon ladies' singles match reimagined by Tom Thompson.
  • Cities and Memory - remixing the world

    Archive of a wander through the Museum of Automata

    2026/05/15 | 8 mins.
    An archive of a Wander through the Museum of Automata, Lyon, before its closure in 2022.
    Among the ticking gears and rehearsed gestures, a choreography of mechanisms unfolds — echoes of human rhythm, routine, and repetition.
    Each automaton moves with precision, yet without pulse. Their silent labor mirrors our own patterns, written like a musical score of society.
    A dance of cold bodies, turning endlessly, until the movement stops.
    Recorded by Florent Picollet.
    IMAGE: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 FR <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/fr/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons
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    Distant songs

    2026/05/15 | 5 mins.
    "“Distant Songs” was inspired by the field recording “Archive of a Wander through the Museum of Automata, Lyon” by Florent Picollet. I began my process by eq’ing and editing the field recording into three overlapping sections. The new track was stretched using Paul’s Extreme Sound Stretch and then processed and performed in Ableton. Lastly, Casio tones were added. "
    Museum of Automata, Lyon reimagined by Edward Ruchalski.
    IMAGE: Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 FR <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/fr/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons
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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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