Cities and Memory - remixing the world

So-so

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I drew inspiration for this piece from the serene sounds captured in a field recording done by Ben Gale of life around a river in Ukraine. The tranqu...

Wave

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"All the sounds in this piece were present in the original file. It was a delight to listen again and again to Erick’s recording and find new and su...

Fraga da Pena to the Atlantic Ocean

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"When I think about Portugal the beaches and the Atlantic Ocean come to my mind. When I heard the silent drops of the sample I had the idea to connect...

Paris

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Just having some fun at 96 BPM in Ableton Live."  Protest in Paris reimagined by Hens Zimmerman.

Memories of the calm waters

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Imagine that you are in a boat or canoe on the river, the water goes here and there, it starts in very calm waters, you listen to the birds and float...

Birdsong at St. John River

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Birdsong in a quiet rural spot on St. John River in New Brunswick, Canada. According to Birdnet, the species you can hear include the swamp sparrow, ...

Lumo

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The sonic landscape of this audio recording felt very familiar to me, reminding me of wind chimes in my childhood home, and the many feathery neighbo...

Nesting in an old antenna

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On São Miguel Island in the Azores, there is a decommissioned satellite communication Earth station featuring a 32-metre parabolic antenna. It was on...

Hymn for the holiday rain

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The field recording brought back memories of camping holidays we took in Wales. It always rained (or seemed to). I added additional field recordings ...

Nant-Yr-Onnen

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This recording was captured from the second floor of an open window while it was raining in Wales. The listener can feel the rain drops lick the windo...

Wazirpur industrial

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"My initial listening to the source sound evoked strong feelings of nostalgia, (when I was younger, I spent many months travelling around India and st...

An evening in the Wazirpur industrial area

18 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Wazirpur is one of the 29 industrial areas spread across Delhi – NCR. The place is overrun with hundreds of small-scale factories which have attract...

Spirited away

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I initially wanted to pick a sound from nature to work with, but the Reitaisai Festival grabbed my attention as soon as I came across it. I didn’t ...

Camargue serenade: flamingo nuptial dance

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Immerse yourself in the enchanting soundscape of the Camargue, a region in southern France renowned for its breathtaking landscapes and iconic wildlif...

What grandmother taught

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I used the field recording of the flamingos to inspire my composition. I mimicked their clatter and calls with rattle, whistle and drum. Over the top...

Reitaisai festival, Tokyo

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Reitaisai is an important festival held by Shinto shrines in Japan. People from the town where the shrine is located gather and carry a mikoshi (porta...

Irregular ellipsoid

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The natural sounds were highly rhythmic in a complex almost unsettling way. I pulled key elements from the soundscape and highlighted them as percuss...

Cicadas at the Jellybean Pool

17 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Cicadas at the Jellybean Pool, Blue Mountains, Australia. Recorded by Richard Watts.

The earth and I spring at each other

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The original field recordings is symphonic in its beautiful showcase of nature at its finest, with birds, frogs and insects interweaving in the atmosp...

Terranova

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The soundscape captures the vibrant symphony of a late spring evening. The serene ambiance unfolds with the rhythmic calls of frogs resonating across ...

Wailing Wall, Ha'it al-Buraq

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sound of Jews performing a ritual at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem on a special day during Jewish Easter celebrations. The recording is done in the mi...

Bring them home protest, Jerusalem

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This recording is the intense sound from a "Bring them home"-protest march in Jerusalem, the crowd shouting, chanting,talking, demanding the Netanyahu...

At-Tur, Mount of Olives, Jerusalem

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Recordings of ambience from Aṭ-Ṭūr (Mount of Olives) overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem. The Al Aqsa temple-mount in the distance, the jewish ...

Ubud market morning

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This recording captures the vibrant atmosphere of Ubud's local market, where the sounds, sights, and aromas of Balinese culture come alive. This recor...

Shanghai dreams

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The bees swarming and the sound of footsteps in the old street of Shanghai indicate the entrance into a fantasy world.  "The original field recordi...

Bali market

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I jumped at the chance to use audio from a market, thinking that humans gathering together at market must be nearly as old as civilization itself. Th...

And it rains

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The subject of the original recording gave me pause. My overwhelming reaction was one of sadness at how little humanity changes, and how painful and ...

Pray now

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The original field recording is called ‘Jerusalem Palestine Prayer’ and we selected this because of the unity and energy of the voices. These voi...

Echoes of the wall

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"“Echoes of the Wall” is a haunting and deeply evocative musical composition built around a field recording taken at the Wailing Wall (Western Wal...

A corner of Sanlin old street, Shanghai

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Stepping on leaves, old man sneezing, birds singing, kids' laughter, water flowing, dog gasping, people talking, scooter siren, sparrow calling, wind ...

Good question

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I listened to the Barcelona Auction by Ferran Destemple and I knew that I could do something interesting with the auctioneer's voice. I wanted to cre...

Els encants de Barcelona

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This recording captures the auction at the "flea market" of the "Encants" in Barcelona.  The auction takes place every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday...

When the grass was taller

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The field recording from Perugia, Italy instantly reminded me of long summer days lying in the grass looking at clouds. I decided to keep as much of ...

The memory of the countryside

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The recording is from April 16, 2025 at 16:27 and was made at the Parco della Pescaia, a small park located in the south-west area of the city of Peru...

Osanpo

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"This sound was all recorded and played, composed by me/the last parts with Mubilla  my mother. A field recording from a walk at Mt. Mitake is mainly...

Scraping the bottom

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I took a small segment of the snapping shrimps and slowed this down significantly by differing amounts then layered these new files. A recording of s...

Chorus of insects, frogs and bats in Ghana

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Insect calls in distinctive stereo fields and frogs singing and calling in the background. Subtle Church music can be heard in the background.  This...

Snapping shrimps on the Florida Atlantic coast

13 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is the sound of thousands of snapping shrimps recorded with a hydrophone on a very dark night near New Smyrna Beach in Florida. The moment my hyd...

Call of the gibbons, Cat Tien Park

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Someone once told me that the sound of gibbons is a sound designer’s wet dream — and they were right. But recording them? That was a journey. I ha...

Call of the gibbons

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Hearing gibbons in the wild is a magical experience. Their language is dynamic and haunting. My intention was to provide a mood and additional atmosp...

Koko and the strange bird

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Every place has a heartbeat, a beat all its own. As a songwriter, I try to echo the beauty and mystery which already exits.  "For the Koruse Beach ...

The duck attack

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This recording, made in 2024 on the beach of Kõruse village in Saaremaa, Estonia, captures an unfiltered moment of nature in spring, when bird activi...

Dawn at Fivebough

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Murrumbidgee River catchment extends from the Snowy Mountains to beyond the dusty plains of Hay and includes numerous permanent and temporary wetl...

Glooop

11 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I tried to play along with sounds of the swamp using a mix of analogue and digital electronic devices, which was a rewarding challenge, even if natur...

Dance of the spring sprites

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I loved the sound of the running water. As I was listening I was imagining a fantasy world with magical sprites flying around the banks of a stream, ...

Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This recording features a hydrophone capture from the Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park in Abruzzo, Italy. While exploring the area, I dis...

Windrush

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"First you hear the river, flowing, splashing. Then, when you listen closer, subtler sounds emerge, pebbles rolling, bubbles fizzing. In response to t...

Under the old stone bridge

10 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a cold February afternoon in Oxfordshire, England, we record the sounds of the River Windrush flowing under an old English stone bridge, with the s...

For Oliver's travels

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"This beautiful recording of waves washing over tumbling stones captured my imagination immediately. The waves are infinitely soul soothing and the st...

Wild waves, Puerto de Valldemossa

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Heavy waves dragging large stones back and forth on a wild beach at the harbour of Puerto de Valldemossa in the UNESCO-listed Serra de Tramuntana in M...

Oh! Nightingale

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I have used the original recording throughout . The deer hooves act as percussion in some parts, the nightingale brings rhythm to sections and there ...

Deer and Japanese nightingales in Nara

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We can hear the roar of deer and the chirps of birds (such as the Japanese nightingales). This recording signify the soundscape of Japan's forest. Th...

Sounds of the sea at Heywoods Beach, Barbados

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Here is a 7 minute and 25 second recording of the sea, at Heywoods Beach in Barbados one warm and sunny evening in August of 2015. As someone with a ...

Backyard rain, Skopje

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A summer rain falls over the backyard, drumming softly against the leaves and pooling in the grass. Distant rumbles of thunder roll through the sky, b...

The child that summoned the sea

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I have never been to Barbados, but hearing the recording immediately summoned back memories of the first time I took my daughter to the ocean, and sh...

Indifferent rain over Skopje

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"It does not care about the 6000-year-old human history of Skopje. It does not care what language is spoken or what religion is practised. It cares no...

Release the birds

07 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Various ciat lonbarde wooden synths guide the original field recording which I re-recorded onto cassette and manipulated live by hand to create a woo...

Ka Faroshi bird market, Kabul

07 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Intense sounds of birds and people inside Kabul's famous Ka Faroshi bird market, people doing their business as usual, post 45 years of traumatic war....

Yamanashi bus stop

07 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I know I’m not alone in having many experiences of waiting for the bus. Sometimes anxiety-ridden and isolating, other times sweetened by the compan...

Children awaiting the school bus

07 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Autumn of 2024. An hour before sunset. In front of Kofu Station, the capital of Yamanashi-ken, Japan, a group of elementary school students (shougakus...

Kailaya Vathiyam in Shivan Temple

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this recording, you can hear Kailaya Vathiyam in Shivan Temple. People are crowding into the temple, and you can feel the Tamil Nadu temple ambienc...

Kailash

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The sound recording is from a ceremony celebrating Shiva. Kailash is the home of Shiva, the god of destruction and renewal and considered the centre ...

The future pasts of the Rotterdam Bridge

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this recording, the mechanical vibrations of Rotterdam’s iconic bridge,echoing the city’s maritime heritage and constant motion—blend with th...

Rotterdam dystopia

06 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Jamie House's field recording, Rotterdam Bridge, reflects the impact of civilisation. There are endless noises of traffic in different tonalities and...

Hannover relentless

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The composition is a series of relentless sequences played over the field recording of the chanting. The sequences change over the course of the piece...

The Hannover 96 ultras in full voice

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At Hannover 96 vs. Greuther Fuerth, 11 May 2025 (final score: 1-1). Songs and chanting from the Hannover ultras throughout a significant chunk of the ...

Come of age

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I spend a lot of time walking in the Scottish hills and associate certain sounds with my experiences of the landscape. There is one specific sound wh...

Red deer rut, Orleans Forest

03 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This recording captures the Red Deer Rut (Brame de Cerf) recorded in the heart of the Orleans Forest, the largest forest in France. This was the secon...

Walking under the Thames

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A walk along the Greenwich foot tunnel right underneath the River Thames. We descend in the lift, hearing the announcements, and walk the length of th...

Underground one

02 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Taking the underground announcements and creating the echoing effects that you often hear in the tunnels of the underground using dub techniques." G...

Beaver splash and the crater lake band

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the summer of 2019, while sitting beside a small unnamed lake/pond, which friends and I called Crater Lake (because it looked like a crater), I was...

Two forests one museum

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"We travel through many sonic landscapes. Lately, I’ve been flying back and forth from Massachusetts to Wisconsin to help my elderly parents. I sele...

False awakening on a Mediterranean island

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"This piece is a personal journey through the experiences of being born and growing up on an island with complex cultural, political, and historical r...

Medina workmen, hammering

28 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This was recorded in Fez Medina in Morocco in 2008, I feel that this sound sums up not only the sense of place that one feels when inside the Medina, ...

Isha call to prayer in Nabeul

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This recording captures the "Isha" call to prayer in the medina of Nabeul, Tunisia. "Isha" is the night prayer, and is announced after dark.  Nabeul...

By the Kukkia lake

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The recording is made sitting on a pier by the Kukkia lake. One can hear waves under the pier and sounds coming across the lake but also insects. The ...

Knocking upon the unanswered door

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The piece was about seeking answers or at least a response and receiving silence. There is a resignation or even frustration that is represented with...

Blossoming wake

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Blossoming Wake was inspired by the field recording “By The Kukkia Lake” by Sirpa Jokinen. I was drawn to this field recording, which was made wi...

Hydrophone recording of photosynthesis activity

18 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hydrophones at the bottom of a seasonal pond, in the ecologically rich Orchard St Marsh and Forest which is threatened by a developer who wants to bui...

Wetland time

18 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Like so many other areas, time is running out for the wetlands at Orchard Street Marsh, Canada. Development decisions are under review. To reflect th...

Electrical storm, Perth

17 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This recording captures the sferic sounds from an electrical storm that occurred on 30.03.2025. The fizzes, crackles and zaps are from natural electri...

Roar of the wild, hum of the machine

17 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the Chocó jungle near Capurganá, Colombia, the natural soundscape is interrupted by the hum of generators. This recording captures the morning in...

Choleric cemetery

17 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The selected recording was made at a roadside metal cross surrounded by a fence, marking the burial place of cholera epidemic victims. Behind the cros...

Distant proximity

17 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"What grabbed me about the original rainforest recording from Colombia was hearing two opposites collide – the raw, wild roars of howler monkeys and...

Skala

17 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"My composition “Skała” (which means rock) is based on a field recording from the Skała Choleric Jewish Cemetery in Pabianice, Poland. One might...

Static down under

17 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"This composition is built entirely from a field recording of an electrical storm, whose raw energy and unpredictable structure inspired the form of t...

Old town walkthrough

17 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I live on the Danish island of Bornholm, which is in the western end of the Baltic Sea. People here share a long, rich history with the Baltic countr...

A medieval walkthrough in the rain

17 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Walkthrough of Tallinn's medieval Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage site, on a morning with pouring rain. The streets are quite empty compared to the ...

Brindisi, al porto

17 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The port of Brindisi, end of the Appian Way at five in the afternoon, along the steps at the foot of the Roman columns. "Two stretches of still and ...

Brindisi port

17 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The port of Brindisi, end of the Appian Way at five in the afternoon, along the steps at the foot of the Roman columns. Two stretches of still and si...

Radio France Sonic Heritage feature, May 2025 (French language)

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Feature on French national radio station Radio France on Sonic Heritage, broadcast on 9 May 2025 - French language only. "Une bibliothèque où sont...

Ancient Waorani Icaro

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This recording captures the early morning sounds of an ancient Waorani warrior in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Staying with him in his traditional palm-that...

Cantar

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The original field recording is awesome so I wanted to keep as much of that as I could in the new piece. The background rhythm is created from a smal...

Jarv

03 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The original recording reminded me of woozy days listening to my children play when they were young. The music I've added intentionally loses focus /...

Swimming in Mooste

03 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It was beautiful summer day in 2013 August and I was staying at the artist residency in Mooste. I wanted to record some local sounds and went to the s...

Crashing waves on Elgol beach

03 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Waves crash onto a rocky beach in Elgol, with the close sound of water smacking against the hard rocks of the beach. One boat passes by into the harbo...

The link of generations

03 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I recorded and reinterpreted this sound myself. Our common bond, apart from kinship, is playing the guitar." Cemetery in  Kemerovo, Russia reimagin...

The sound of the cemetery in May

03 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The sound is in good weather at the cemetery, near my great-grandmother's grave. It's a bright place, despite the sadness. On the recording, you can h...

Isle of Skye ( {AN} EeL Versio )

03 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"A dense re-mix for the Cities and Memory project." Waves on Elgol beach reimagined by {AN} EeL.

Paris jazz club

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The composition is made samples cut from the original field recording, with a little additions, looped and rearranged. It finishes with a nod to a Pa...