Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Huge lock gates discharging water

20 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Huge lock gates in Bremerhaven, Germany discharge large volumes of water, then slowly decrease in intensity until the flow ends and becomes a more ge...

Departures and arrivals: a commute to CDG

20 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This recording captures the vibrant atmosphere of a bustling RER B train ride in Paris, bound for Charles de Gaulle airport. The train is filled with...

Aboard the tram to Jernbanetorget

20 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The tram ride in Oslo, Norway from Kontraskjaeret to Jernbanetorget outside the main station, with beeps, doors opening and closing, track sounds and...

Markfield beam engine

20 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The sounds of a working steam-powered Victorian beam engine, recorded during one of its open-to-the-public steaming days. It’s located in the groun...

RER-B dream state

20 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"Based on a field recording of the Paris to Charles deGaulle train, put through some effects and instrumentation added."Train ride to Charles de Gaul...

Bremerhaven locks

20 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"It was a privilege to work with this huge-sounding field recording of a massive moving body of water. I tried to stay true to it by not adding any i...

Tram ride, whispers, beeps

20 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"I listened to the file once and very quickly I was drawn into the journey. I tried to give "shape," or rather "sound," to what the voices and noises...

On a clear day, you can see Chingford

20 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"I liked the clanky & clunky-ness of this recording, like a slowed down industrial techno track. I used Ableton to convert it to melody, harmony ...

The same sound from two sides

17 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

At the same time as recording the spiral staircase waterfall at Folie number six in La Villette, Paris, we also took a vibrational recording of the s...

The waterfall at Folie number six

17 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Folies were designed by the architect Bernard Tschumi for the Parc de la Villette in Paris. These metal structures are placed around the park, a...

Eulogy for daylight

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"I've long been fascinated by sunsets; no two are alike. Where I live currently (early-2026 as of this writing), we have "The Golden Hour" every even...

Sunset On Koh Mook

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This recording takes place at Charlie Beach on Koh Mook, Thailand during the sunset hour. Listen to the combination of waves hitting the shore, the c...

Delta wind in reeds on the beach

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"For most of my life, I have lived near the sea. The quiet sounds of wind, rustling reeds, and seabirds sit in memory alongside the sound of waves. E...

Wind in the reeds

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Wind blows gently in the reeds on a wild driftwood beach only accessible by boat in the Po Delta, Italy, with periodic bird calls also audible, June ...

Coyotes and rain on the eve of the vernal equinox

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Coyotes howl on the eve of the vernal equinox, joined by a community of dogs. A car passes along the winding road beneath our apartment window. Raind...

Into the twilight

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"Years ago, at Algonquin Provincial Park, we lined up along a dark campground road in total silence along with hundreds of other campers. The Natural...

Being the strength of the air and the grace of the land

10 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Based on a recording made atop the tallest peak in Thailand, Doi Inthanon, this piece evokes the wonder of looking out across the entire country, wit...

The crow that haunts the station

10 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A lively resident crow is the star in this walkthrough of Gare de Lyon in Paris - while we can hear the usual hall reverb, trolley bags, travellers c...

Une madeleine sonique

10 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"Four years in France, regular trips From near Lyon to Paris, via the Gare de Lyon and my familiars — the crows — the track evoked those memories...

The nature sound of Doi Inthanon

10 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Hiking at the Kew Mae Pan trail, Chiang Mai, Thailand. With the perfect view of nature things at the top of the mountain. A little bit tired but it w...

Lamma jamma Hong Kong

09 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"When I received the field recording by Daniel Mackenzie I thought 'what an absolute gift!' All the elements to make a remix are all contained in the...

Yung Shue Wan playground

09 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A recording taken which captures a moment of life away from the intensity that Hong Kong is associated with. Lamma Island is a short boat ride away a...

Mayenne

08 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"The tranquil atmosphere of the field recording, the birdsong and the soft cooing of the pigeons in the background immediately appealed to me."First,...

4.33 in Mayenne

08 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

We can hear the "noises" coming from the garden of the house. This house is located at the entrance to the city, right behind a commercial area.It is...

Maasai tribe: songs of the widows

08 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

| This recording captures the Maasai people living in one of the most remote regions of Kenya, near the invisible borders with Tanzania in the Loita ...

Maasai 94

08 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"The moment I received the sound file, I was pretty assured I knew exactly what I was going to do. While the words of the tribal song change, the mel...

Glint

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"The original sound recording immediately reminded me of peaceful moments spent watching light glinting on the water. I improvised to the birds, the ...

Floating dock on Lake Chiusi

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The recording is from April 7, 2025 and was made at Lake Chiusi located in the Val di Chiana in the province of Siena, Tuscany. A small floating dock...

Tricycle ride to the Castillo fish port

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The day is coming to an end for the small port town of Cabusao, with most bamboo boats securely tied to the seawall bordering the makeshift and cemen...

Cabusao flow

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"The recording I chose was quite full on, noise-wise, but also incredibly evocative. It felt like a travelogue, and inspired by this and an old audio...

Grooky

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"For this project, I've chosen a recording that was - very appropriately- named "Loud morning walkers on quiet street". Between other choices, this w...

Loud morning walkers on a quiet street

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The random summer sounds include bird song, dog walkers, a truck, a garden sprinkler and a cough. However, the event (7:28) is the loud Cantonese-spe...

The S-Bahn game (Win 3.1)

02 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"The piece is made up entirely of samples from the field recordings, chopped, filtered and mangled, with the exception of "Game Over". The overall pi...

On the S-Bahn to Hauptbahnhof

02 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

An S-bahn journey from Savignyplatz to the Hauptbahnhof in Berlin - train sounds, doors opening and closing, announcements in German, September 2025....

Ekalecarret

02 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"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 ...

Ambient sounds on a terrace by a lake

02 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Recording of the ambient sounds on a terrace by a lake called "Schulensmeer". Noisy visitors, so almost none of the nature sounds are audible.Recorde...

Mapalecolumbian

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"Taking the original background noise of a Columbian protest and treating it like a drone, but adding reverb and delay on certain higher pitched soun...

Chapinero Alto protest

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Binaural recording of a protest in Bogotá Colombia from my porch. Birds, traffic, protest. Recorded by Seth Power. 

The aftermath of the fish market

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Rialto fish market in Venice is an incredible piece of history, dating back to the 1200s. Sometimes when you're in Venice, it feels like little h...

Unfamiliar states

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The sample of the workmen shovelling the ice to cleanup the market space has this rich, raw, physical and rhythmic texture, and an overall flow from ...

Follow the sun

30 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

 "I began writing this song on the spring equinox, so it felt natural to follow the sun.While writing it, I kept thinking about the whole cycle: win...

Live from Le Duc de Lombards

30 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Live jazz from one of Paris' top night spots, Le Duc des Lombards - the excellent quartet The Hookup (Geraldine Laurent, Noé Huchard, François and ...

Maghrib call to prayer, Koutoubia mosque

29 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The maghrib call to prayer at 6.45pm from the biggest mosque in Marrakesh, the towering Koutoubia mosque. Recorded in Marrakesh, Morocco, January 20...

Drummerrssss by Gilad Ratman, Jewish Museum

29 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

|Drummerrss "connects two operating systems: the idea of land, territory and borders, rooted in the ground, and the idea of a spiritual belief system...

For patience joins time to eternity

29 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"My composition for the Cities & Memory Spring Project, For Patience Joins Time to Eternity, draws on a field recording of the Maghrib call to pr...

As above, so below

29 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"I really liked the reverb of the recording. Hearing the echos of the space and the sound of footsteps as people took in the performance was special....

Aegean waves

29 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A recording of lapping waves from Serifos island, Faros, Greece, by Agapi Zita.

We have an emergency in the building

29 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Attention please! Attention please! The sound of the emergency alarm being tested in an empty shopping centre - shades of post-apocalyptic movies or ...

The organic blur

29 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"By filtering the waves to focus on the deep, rhythmic pulse of the water, I’ve made out a space for the ethereal pad.Its a place where the digital...

The three S's

29 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"he Westgate shopping centre is deserted and subject to an unknown threat that must be dealt with by: seeing, saying and sorting. There is the tickin...

Relaxing ocean

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"In this piece I created an ambient soundscape on top of the initial recording this was to add to the relaxation of the waves slowly crashing against...

A passage to Bamiyan

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"I composed this piece imagining the observational or listening perspective of the field recordist Anders Vinjar in the Bamiyan Valley in Afghanistan...

Buddha Shah Mama

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Peaceful ambient sound from the Bamiyan Valley in Afghanistan, post 45 years of war in Afghanistan. Recordings from top of inside Buddha Shah-Mama, w...

Relaxing night forest

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"In this piece I wanted to make an ambient soundscape layering different textures on top of the recording. To make a composition the listener can jus...

A vastness as a neighbour came

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This beautiful recording of nocturnal crickets in Ghana opened up the night to me - I wanted to create a piece that had something of the warmth of a ...

Nocturnal cricket chorus, Ghana

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Faint cricket chorus at night, Ghana. Subtle night activity of crickets in a suburban community in Ghana. Human movements, voices, autos and texture...

Losing the beat

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"The core of this reimagining lies in the steam engine’s rhythmic inconsistency. I wrote this piece after listening to the sounds of an uneven, mec...

Stationary steam engines

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Stationary steam Eegines at the Coleford Festival of Transport. The stationary steam engines at the Coleford Festival of Transport always attract att...

A Century of Sounds live - conversation panel 2, 27 February 2026

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Artists in conversation with the Pitt Rivers Museum curatorial team at the Century of Sounds launch event in Oxford on 27 February 2026. Featuring: ...

A Century of Sounds live - conversation panel 1, 27 February 2026

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Artists in conversation with the Pitt Rivers Museum curatorial team at the Century of Sounds launch event in Oxford on 27 February 2026. Featuring: ...

A Century of Sounds on Battiti, Rai Radio 3, February 2026

26 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A Century of Sounds feature on the Battiti show on Rai Radio 3 in Italy, broadcast on 26 February 2026. Featuring:- Drawn to the circle by Ana Habes...

We sing together

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When I first heard this recording of men gathered around a guitar, singing fragments of traditional songs and inventing lyrics on the spot, with wome...

Nothing changes (a begging I will go)

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This piece is built around a field recording from the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum of Berber beggars singing for charity.Listening to ...

Sapeh (three-stringed boat lute)

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"Sapeh (type of three-stringed boat lute) being played": the instrument was recorded in Sarawak by collector Leslie Bennett.From the sound collection...

Beggars singing for charity

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a collection of reel-to-reel tape recordings of Berber (Ait Ha...

Afternoon beneath a palm shelter

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a large collection of cassette tape and digital audio tape rec...

To the land of the hornbills

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

I listened to the piece and researched any historical links between Plymouth, my home town and Sarawak, were the original recording by Leslie Bennet ...

The rainforest

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The field recording that inspired this composition features a Bayaka musician playing the geedal, an instrument whose sound is deeply connected to th...

Duet for conch shell and synthesisers

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The recording I worked with was pure beauty. A simple, pure sound of a conch shell being played - according to my further research, these conches can...

Mwana wevhu

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This project is inspired by a 1958 field recording of a Bamum girl singing a religious song in Fumban, West Region, Cameroon, recorded by Lois Mitchs...

Balonyona playing the geedal (bow harp)

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

.From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a large collection of cassette tape and digital audio tape re...

Natar (song) on conch and musket

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Natar (song) with Markany Lei on conch and Wani on musket.From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a la...

Bamum girl singing religious song

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a collection of reel-to-reel tape recordings of songs and musi...

Drawn to the circle

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Drawn to the Circle began with a field recording of a boar tusk horn calling people into a full circle. The sound comes from Malekula Island in Vanua...

Broken

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

When I first heard "Mekana discussing a case of adultery", I really wanted to know more about the background to the recording. My research led me a t...

The hills remember

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

“The Hills Remember” is a concept piece on the “domination paradigm” — a cultural logic shared across systems of oppression. The work explo...

Sound weaver's incantation (for capturing and preserving the sounds of life)

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

I selected the recording of a night forest in the Central African Republic without looking at the description, simply because it sounded magical. I u...

Talea

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A talea is both faithful and transformed. It remains genetically identical to the source, yet grows into something new through a different environmen...

Likimbi forest camp late at night

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a large collection of cassette tape and digital audio tape rec...

For the sun

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Researching this sound and the U’wa people gave me an opportunity to scratch the surface of their deeply complex seasonal customs, involving dance,...

Geedal in the forest with male voices

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Geedal (bow harp) played in the forest with male voices accompanying.From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, bein...

Lozorüü - Angami Naga love song

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"Lozorüü" (tune: "Hoiyi Olle"): an Angami Naga love song performed by two men and two young women ("Though the villages are separated the herds gra...

Mekana discussing a case of adultery

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Spoken word recording of Mekana discussing a case of adultery.From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from ...

Merer Pake: nDavu trumpet signal

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"Merer Pake": an nDavu trumpet signal for a full circle tusked boar.From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being...

U'wa drones

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

U'wa drones from the Andes in north-east Colombia.From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a collection...

A Vanuata hymn

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

I heard the piece, which is a Vanuata hymn called 'You say you no want ’im married long me,' and connected with it immediately. Despite not knowing...

On the tide

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

I haven’t sung professionally in over 21 years and had long stopped writing and recording music. I am trying to return to it but these things are e...

Narel

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The song "Narel" made me think about the power of separate and unique voices working together. The name Narel in Hebrew also mean "singing". I was in...

Narel (song)

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Narel (song) performed by Peter, Sali and Mal Sekini.From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a large c...

"You say you no want 'im married long me"

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"You say you no want 'im married long me" (song performed by men, women and children).From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, Universit...

Woman singing with harmonium

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a collection of cassette tape recordings of songs and instrume...

Int. exteriors (day)

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The field recording that I worked with was a wax cylinder recording of a Zande funeral song. One of the things that really struck me when I first lis...

Forever lost

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

I saw this recording before I heard it. At the Pitt Rivers Museum at the start of the project. The physical object: an original Edison wax phonograph...

We dance, we dream, we love (for Timon Beri)

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This has been the most difficult piece I have ever written for Cities and Memory. What could I add to a recording made by Patti Langton of a young Mo...

Zande funeral song for a woman

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a collection of wax cylinder recordings of Zande songs, dances...

Ishi no ghi sholu: agricultural work song

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

"Ishi no ghi sholu": an agricultural work song performed by a group of Sümi Naga male singers.From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, ...

Sanza (lamellophone) music

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Sanza (lamellophone) music performed by young Moru man Timon Beri.From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being f...

The land is our mother

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Land is Our Mother is based on a collection of field recordings of digeridoos made for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies from the ar...

How I learnt to live with ghosts

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

I chose this recording - an orchestral Korean recording from Seoul, 1972 - after initially earmarking another sound, but this one spoke to me with it...

Nip nap

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The sound that I was allocated for this track was described as a Zande drinking song, from a collection of wax cylinder recordings of Zande songs, da...