Cities and Memory - remixing the world

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...

Up close and personal in the Paris jazz scene

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A lively jazz sextet led by Michel Zenino recorded at the tiny, intimate Paris jazz club Le Baiser Salé.  Michel Zenion Zewoaï: Michel Zenino - c...

Kjærlighetsstien, Utøya

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The recording contains the ambience at "Kjærlighetsstien" at Utøya, close to Oslo, in the morning of 22nd July 2022. Utøya was the site where mass ...

Pryvoz market

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Recording at Privoz market in Odessa was a mix of emotions. The market buzzed with life, as vendors sold goods and people clung to everyday routines d...

Global and local: market place in Odessa

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"This is a lovely field recording of the everyday bustle and chatter. I used a recording of shortwave radio (Web SDR) and a clip from Hat Note (the so...

Utøpya - Osøø

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Ramblings and sound variations with and in the source landscape... dreamy moments... lunar thoughts..." "Kjærlighetsstien" at Utøya reimagined by ...

Sonic Heritage feature, CBC radio, 21 April 2025

27 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A feature on CBC, Canadian national radio, broadcast on 21 April 2025 about the Sonic Heritage project. Features an interview with Cities and Memory f...

BBC Radio 4 Today Programme: Sonic Heritage interview, 18 April 2025

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with Cities and Memory founder Stuart Fowkes on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme on 18 April 2025, introducing the Sonic Heritage project. Feat...

BBC World Service Newshour: Sonic Heritage interview, 18 April 2025

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Interview with Cities and Memory founder Stuart Fowkes on BBC World Service's Newshour programme on 18 April 2025, introducing the Sonic Heritage proj...

The place of greenstone

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"It was fascinating in the course of working on this piece to learn more about the significance of the Te Wahipounamu region to the Māori people, and...

Dawn chorus at Okarito

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is a recording of a dawn chorus after two days of hard rain at Ōkārito. Pīpipi Brown Creepers, Mātata Fernbird, Tauhou Silvereyes, and other ...

Sitting concession

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The overlapping sounds – the drone's gentle pulse, the lingering reverb, the admiring whispers, and the sacred music – create a dreamlike and imm...

Clinch variant

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At the heart of the recording is the simple, almost nostalgic sound of a small stereo playing the Kokiriko bushi melody with its slightly lo-fi qualit...

St. Anthony's relics

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the Basilica di Sant'Antonio in Padova, in which we can hear tourists admiring the amazing church and its incredible frescos, statues and artworks,...

Kokiriko bushi

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The sound recorded is of an exibition of the Kokiriko bushi traditional dance. A man, in traditional clothes, plays a song on a little stereo and danc...

In the metro, Novosibirsk

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Recording from the Novosibirsk metro, Russia.  Recorded by Pavel Lopatin

Resonant protest in Tirana

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Many of Albania’s voices are political, and this recording demonstrates that this remains true today. Captured in Skanderbeg Square, in the heart of...

In metropoliten

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded sounds are synthesised with electronic sounds, creating new timbres and syntheses. Novosibirsk metro, Russia reimagined by Pavel Lopatin. 

Walls that resist

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Protests embody unrest, tension, and hope. They are activities that display these contrasts while effectively utilizing sound. In this interpretation...

Peter and Paul Fortress Carillon

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Peter and Paul Fortress Carillon (i believe it was a rehearsal). I randomly walked into the sound of the bells and made a recording directly under the...

Temple sticks at Ayutthaya

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Temple Sticks at Ayutthaya. Stereo 44kHz 16bit. UNESCO listing: Historic City of Ayutthaya Recorded by Erick Ruiz Arellano. IMAGE: H191, CC BY-SA 4...

Together

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I was attracted to working with a recording from Thailand for personal reasons. I travelled there some years ago, and lived in a border town, where I...

Proton motive force

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"What struck me about this recording was the joyful melancholy of the brass band, a bittersweet, steady march. The constant pulse of life. A warm embr...

Ayasofya in the dark

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"This piece was inspired by a story my father told me about when he was a student in Istanbul. One night as my father was walking through the grounds ...

Traditional bell ringing

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Svetitskhoveli Cathedral is an Orthodox Christian cathedral located in Georgia's oldest city and former capital, Mtskheta. As I passed through the mai...

Religious procession in Lima

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Religious procession in Lima. Stereo 48kHz 24bit. UNESCO listing: Historic Centre of Lima Recorded by Erick Ruiz Arellano. ——————— T...

Inside the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Binaural recording of a walk around the mosque, November 2015. UNESCO listing: Historic Areas of Istanbul Recorded by David Webb. ——————...

Morning birds in Apoala

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Morning birds in Santiago Apoala. Stereo 48kHz 24bit. UNESCO listing: Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley: originary habitat of Mesoamerica Recorded by Eric...

Ponte de Dom Luís I

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Spanning the Douro River, the Dom Luís I Bridge in Porto provides a unique moment of calm in the early hours of the day. The recording captures the p...

Birds of Apoala

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"This piece reflects the birds of Apoala sounding at first light. After 30 seconds there are sounds of music, representing the unique sonic relationsh...

Rust

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 "I grew up close to one of the biggest Catholic pilgrimage destinations in the world - I could never escape bells. I love the way they sound, the se...

Morning pass

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I wanted to create the sense of multiple trains passing over time by breaking up the sounds into component parts with distortion and delay but also i...

The life of Winston Churchill

29 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Blenheim Palace was the birthplace of Britain's most famous Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, and throughout the property there are plenty of reminde...

I loved riding

29 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"To start with I was mostly interested in seeing if I could extract the typewriter and morse code sounds and use those rhythms to trigger snippets of ...

Campanas de la Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México

29 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On Palm Sunday during Holy Week, all the cathedral bells are rung. It is a unique moment throughout the year. UNESCO listing: Historic Centre of Mexi...

Bell fall

29 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I love this recording by Leonardo Santiago of the cathedral bells in Mexico City. I was working with a mix of voice, song and sound elements taken fr...

Naja nostalgia

29 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

 "The world is not this world when heard through the auditory spectrum of a snake. It follows, then, that history itself might also shift if perceive...

Jaguar head instrument at Teotihuacan Pyramids

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Juan imitates the sound of a jaguar with an ancient instrument at Teotihuacan Pyramids. Stereo 48kHz 24bit. UNESCO listing: Pre-Hispanic City of Teot...

The ancient and the new

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This recording was captured in Fanal, a vast forested area with an enchanting atmosphere and ancient-looking trees that are part of the indigenous Lau...

Transformation

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The field recording I worked with was of a 'Jaguar Whistle', an instrument designed to replicate the sound of a jaguar. My understanding is that in M...

Misty transmutes

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I got inspired of the original recording’s “rough” essence - the windy and rainy weather was dominant, along the noise of the people. For me, i...

Heritage simulacrum

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I approached the word 'heritage' from two directions; there is what we receive, 'inherit', (and what we in turn leave) - an imperative to consider ho...

Day of the Dead at Xoxo

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Day of the Death at Xoxocotlán cemetery. Families gather around thumbs. Stereo 48kHz 24bit. UNESCO listing: Indigenous festivity dedicated to the de...

Skara Brae

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"After carefully listening to my chosen field recording; Skara Brae, I refreshed my memory and researched the Neolithic site in Orkney.  "I liked ho...

Skara Brae tourism

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Skara Brae, Europe's most remarkably preserved Neolithic village, offers a profound connection to the distant past. In this recording, the wind carrie...

Does it drive you crazy too?

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I liked how the field recording sounded messy and not put together 100% and I incorporated that in my production style. I also liked the raw sounding...

Delos, from Egypt to modern day

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Upon listening to the in field recording, I instantly had the idea of doing something involving synthesis and tying that to the idea of time travel. ...

Soul of Italy

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The opera singing within the field recording sounded soul-like, which inspired us to pull inspiration from 90s hip hop, such as the Wu-Tang Clan, who...

Wieża

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

""Wieża" considers themes of change, stasis, motion, stillness, and meditation, as suggested by the original field recording. The footsteps that expl...

Wieża Ratuszowa

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From the height of Kraków’s Town Hall Tower, this recording transports you to the heart of the Old Town, where the echoes of history are intertwine...

Hagar Qim, Il-Genna Mitlufa (Hagar Qim, Paradise Lost)

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Hagar Qim, on the south western edge of Malta, is one of the oldest built structures in the world. Over 5000 years old, this megalithic temple overlo...

Walking back into Hagar Qim, neolithic temples

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Footsteps on the stony path, hundreds of sparrows, the sound changing when entering under the canopy that covers the temples, other birds, insects buz...