Cities and Memory - remixing the world

Names in the air

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"In my composition, I mixed the sound of an air raid siren in Prague, Czechia; the sound of a metronome as a symbol of time’s relentless march and h...

Air raid siren

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The air raid siren in Prague that sounds the first Wednesday of every month, and it is a practice alert as part of the Czech Republic's emergency prep...

Mariachis at Plaza Garibaldi

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Distant Mariachis bands play at Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City. Mono 48kHz 24bit. UNESCO listing: Mariachi, string music, song and trumpet Recorded ...

Ewe Kente weaving in Kpetoe

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Ewe Kente weaving by a group of two weavers in the Kpetoe community in Volta Region, Ghana.  Kente is woven on a horizontal strip loom, which produc...

Piazza San Pietro

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Recording of St Peter square, with people speaking, walking, waiting in line to see the Vatican. Millions of tourists visit this sight every day so th...

Pulse of Yellowstone

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The first National Park in the United States was Yellowstone, and the most recognised attraction is the geyser Old Faithful. Predictions of Old Faith...

In those days

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I was inspired to create a piece reflecting the complex history of this World Heritage Site via the personal recollections of a centenarian with fond...

Clogra

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I originally picked this sample because it reflected my research interest in pedestrianism. Listening back, I was wondering what the volume of conver...

Spice market in Stone Town

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Inside the spice market a seller offers a variety of spices, flavorants and perfumes. UNESCO listing: Stone Town, Zanzibar Recorded by Marg Laing. ...

Rhapsodie d'Serra

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Composed over several weeks using the entire recording used in sections takes the lively street and voices as introduction numerous sounds sampled an...

Snow memory

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Multiple tracks were played on a keyboard, arranged and combined with the audio field recording using midi workstation computer software. "The sound...

Dos caminos

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The field recording I chose was rich with historical resonance, immediately reminding me of another sacred route in Japan—Kumano Kodo, an ancient p...

Water under the snow

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A short recording with an hydrophone. A stream running under the snow, popping sounds of ice melting and pebbles. UNESCO listing: High Coast / Kvarke...

The mechanical clock

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's 9pm in the village of Valldemossa in the Serra Tramuntana, and we hear the bells chime the hour from a clock tower with an interesting mechanical...

Praza das Praterías

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At the core of Santiago de Compostela, Praza das Praterías (Plaza de las Platerías) pulses with the sounds that embody its spiritual and cultural sp...

Ships sail softly

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The sound of waves and voices intertwine in an endless field, creating an immersive experience that echoes through the depths of the Neva River. Fiel...

The soft entrance

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I worked in Edinburgh for 13 years and was part of the team that led on the nomination bid for the Forth Bridge. The sound of The Bridge was importan...

Icthyophaga vocifer

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"This piece was made from a field recording of African Fish Eagles in duet at Djoudj Bird Sanctuary in Senegal. The recording has been processed throu...

El retiro, Madrid (1 February 2025)

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"In recent years, I've developed a field recording based practice of reworking and remixing sounds using small portable speakers, using binaural headp...

Trains crossing the Forth Road Bridge

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Living in Edinburgh, I often forget that I see a UNESCO Heritage site every morning rising above the River Forth. I catch a train across the Forth Roa...

Monk parakeets in Madrid

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Madrid has the greatest population of Monk Parakeets in Europe, many of whom can be seen and heard in the El Retiro park. This park was named a UNESCO...

The national beat

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Tortillas are the food base of rural Mexico, made by female hands in a completely sensory ritual: sound, smell, taste, sight and taste. The sound of ...

The rhythm of cicadas

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The rhythm of cicadas on the backdrop of electronic music has a very tight connection in Japan. That's why I chose this sound and used the cicada sou...

The memory of water

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Thinking of how tourism is now a major industry for Madeira I started with the now, the field recording submitted to the Sonic Heritage project. Alre...

Walking and waiting to pass

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This recording captures my experience walking along a "levada," a traditional water channel originally built to transport water from the north of the ...

Cicadas and tourists in the citadel

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

While on an excursion to the citadel, you can hear the sound space that is now the main one for this place. The centuries-old history has transformed ...

Stare Miasto

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This soundscape from Kraków’s Old Town reveals the heartbeat of a city steeped in history and animated by modern energy. Formerly Poland’s royal ...

Tortillas made at Michoacan

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Traditional home made tortillas process. Stereo 48kHz 24bit. UNESCO listing: Traditional Mexican cuisine - ancestral, ongoing community culture, the ...

Dark hours

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The sound of the bells playing in the background created an eerie feeling that I wanted to expand on. I used effects such as chorus and reverb to mak...

Keep on running

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Originally I had my heart set on making a more upbeat track, but me and my mate came up with a more mellow chord progression and then it all came tog...

The trek to Machu Picchu

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

My journey to Machu Picchu was a grueling five-day trek through some of the most challenging yet breathtaking terrain in the Andes. Descending from th...

Machu Picchu paces

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Machu Picchu Paces is inspired by my own trek along the Inca Trail in 2024, a journey of beauty, grandeur, and mystical setting culminating in Machu ...

Horses at Machu Picchu

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After days of trekking through the Andes, the sight of Machu Picchu is unforgettable. Nearby, the horses that carried supplies for the arduous journey...

Dawn at Machu Picchu

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As dawn breaks over Machu Picchu, the ancient Inca citadel is bathed in ethereal light. Before the rush of tourists, the sacred site is alive with the...

Guinea pigs at Machu Picchu

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the traditional mountain homes surrounding Machu Picchu, guinea pigs are an integral part of life. Their soft chirping fills the air, a domestic me...

Recollecting

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"As I listen to the captured birdsongs of Machu Picchu, I wonder how the sonic landscape has changed over the course of 500+ years. Would these calls ...

Cuy

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The guinea pigs were so musical on their own, and I imagined them kept in a peaceful, quiet village. I didn't add any other sound sources beyond the ...

For horses, insects, birds, and pedal steel

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"This recording from Machu Picchu was very beautiful on its own, with the resonant sound of hoof beats, and the sounds of birds and insects seeming to...

Jagged and unrestrained

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The tension in the knife sharpening, and the repeated voice, shouting instruction, morphs into a state of freedom, floating in a beautiful state. Fam...

Raising giants

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

" was inspired by the human presence, so transient and passing in relation to the constant swirl of the sea and wind. I liked the sound of the natural...

Bus ticket vendors, Cuzco

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the heart of Cusco, the voices of bus ticket vendors create an impromptu symphony. Their melodic calls, each vying for attention, blend into a capt...

A droning memory

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"Browsing through the audio files and listening to a few, I came across a recording that caught my ear. The sounds of different insects formed an afte...

Distant but close

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The field recording, sounds of individuals selling bus tickets in Peru, reminded me of similar sonic experiences I have had in San Francisco and New ...

Knife sharpeners at Arequipa

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Knife sharpeners at Arequipa. Stereo 48kHz 24bit UNESCO listing: Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa Recorded by Erick Ruiz Arellano. ———...

Clochán an Aifir

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The last time that Felicia Barr and I had a "real" vacation was just before the pandemic. We travelled to Ireland in September of 2019 and one of our ...

Desert insects at Paquime

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Desert hum wind and quiet insects at the Archaeological Zone of Paquimé. Stereo 48khz 24Bit. UNESCO listing: Archaeological Zone of Paquimé, Casas ...

Self possession

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The field recording that I chose was of temple bells in a Buddhist Temple in Myanmar. The bells represent calmness and meditation and symbolises the ...

Agave

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The piece is based on a field recording of workers cutting agave near Tequila, Mexico. The rhythmic, percussive sounds immediately captured my attent...

Jimadores cutting agave at Tequila

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jimadores cutting agave at Tequila. Stereo 48kHz 24bit. UNESCO listing: Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila Recorded by Eri...

Temporal resonance: choirs of modulation

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"When I first listened to the field recording, I was drawn to its spatial rendering, which made me curious to learn more about the place and its surro...

Ultimo sueño

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The bells of Morelia Cathedral ring out from a beautiful baroque building of pink stone. The deep, rich sounds of these bells was the first inspirati...

Efimero

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I have never experienced Día de los Muertos in Oaxaca firsthand, but I have always been inspired by the spirit of this ritualistic celebration. A da...

Hospicio Cabañas at Guadalajara

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Interior of Hospicio Cabañas, tourist voices with long acoustic reverb. Stereo 48kHz 24bit. UNESCO listing: Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara Recorded...

Cathedral bells at Morelia

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Cathedral bells at Morelia. Stereo 48kHz 24bit. UNESCO listing: Historic Centre of Morelia Recorded by Erick Ruiz Arellano. ——————— ...

Day of the dead at Oaxaca cemetery

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Day of the death at Panteón General cemetery at Oaxaca. Stereo 48kHz 24bit. UNESCO listing: Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Mon...

Echoes of Petra

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The creation of this piece began with a binaural recording from Petra, Jordan—a place steeped in history, where the whispers of the past still reso...

Hagerty incident

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The source field recording is combined with found sounds and field recordings made at a 1965 Hiroshima anti-nuclear protest, a 1968 Tokyo student pro...

Butterfly effect: weeping and flying; llorando y volando: mariposas monarcas

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The butterfly effect: weeping and flying; llorando y volando: mariposas monarcas "What is the sound of butterflies? What is the sound of butterflies...

Tobata Gion Yamagasa festival

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a warm summer evening crowds line the streets to watch the opening ceremony of the Tobata Gion lantern festival. Several floats can be heard passin...

Petra anamnetic (binaural)

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Petra Anamnetic presents a stratophonic acoustic mapping of the Petra world heritage archaeological site, located in southern Jordan. This locale has ...

Monarch butterfly sanctuary

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Monarch butterfly sanctuary, El Rosario. Stereo 48kHz 24bit. UNESCO listing: Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve Recorded by Erick Ruiz Arellano. —...

Forest bathing in Kasugayama Primeval Forest

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hike a little beyond the main section of Nara Park in Japan, and you enter the Kasugayama Primeval Forest – also part of the Historic Monuments of A...

Soundwalk through Siena

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This soundwalk was recorded in and around the streets of Siena in Tuscany. We begin in the narrow streets and end at the famous Piazza del Campo, the ...

Migrations of people and birds

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The field recording reminds me to listen to the world around in nature and juxtaposed with the sounds of diaspora and migration, it captures the spir...

Barrels

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The sound in my piece is made by striking the inside of an empty prosecco tank in an Italian winery. I created this piece using Ableton and wanted to...

Eavesdropping

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The field recording was interesting to me as it revealed more after several listens. It was a combination of louder, more dynamic voices/human/enviro...

Rattling chairlift on a hot afternoon

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The "seggiovia" chairlift up to a rifugio in Pescul, in the Dolomites on a hot summer afternoon. The sound of the clicking, whirring chairlift interru...

Sunset in Naqsh-e Jahan Square

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the heart of Isfahan, Iran, the beauty of Naqsh-e Jahan Square comes alive at sunset, where the fountain glimmers under the fading light, accompani...

Green parrots at Khajuraho

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Green parrots at Khajuraho. Stereo 44kHz 24bit. UNESCO listing: Khajuraho Group of Monuments Recorded by Erick Ruiz Arellano. ———————...

Inside the Taj Mahal

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tourists in the Taj Mahal interior. Stereo 48kHz 24bit. UNESCO listing: Taj Mahal Recorded by Erick Ruiz Arellano. ——————— This soun...

(re)membering and mending

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I was born in Bolzano, Alto Adige, by the Dolomites, and lived there for the first 11 years of my life. The first breath I took was from the air corr...

Green parrot lament

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"If you have never been in/around/under a large flock of singing, squawking, vocalising and flying birds you have missed an incredible immersive exper...

Nowruz in Isfahan

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I have long been inspired by Iranian culture and particularly its music and poetry.  Much to my surprise, my response to the field recording of the ...

Tomb song

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The field recording begins with a chant that sounds like the ones the Taj Mahal’s mausoleum guards sing to demonstrate the Taj Mahal’s acoustics....

The last shepherd

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is our friend Vasilis, the last shepherd in Mikro Papingo, and Iannis, his Albanan helper shearing goats. Mikro Papingo is one of the numerous st...

Street hockey at Les Invalides

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On some unused areas of tarmac close to Les Invalides and the grand boulevards that surround it, by the banks of the Seine, there are frequent games o...

Seven seconds

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I firstly loved the sound of the piece and the atmosphere of the Cathedral - the original sound is included fully, but buried in amongst the sounds o...

Players

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"On first listening to the sound recording, the sound of the hockey puck being hit placed me inside a life size pinball machine. I felt drawn to creat...

Springcraft

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"This track is inspired by both the sheep shearing clipper sounds and the season in which shearing usually occurs. During my first listen of the field...

Tallinn town square by night

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A binaural recording made at 10pm in Raekoja Square at the heart of Tallinn's Old Town - we hear passers-by on all sides, restaurants and bars closing...

Live medieval musick

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Inside the popular medieval Olde Hansa restaurant, which specialises in serving original medieval recipes, a group of three musicians performs with re...

Westminster Cathedral crowd presence

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This soundscape explores the quiet stillness of Westminster Cathedral - the sound of slight whispers and occasional footsteps echo amongst the airy sp...

The bell of Reval

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The otherworldly voices and the haunting church bells drew me in…. I wished to be there, standing in the square on a cold Baltic night like a scene...

Fingers on fire

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The music heard mingling with voices suggests music for dancing, but there is nothing here to see. If this recording is found in an archive many year...

Echoic object 40

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The information age has produced huge leaps in the gathering and documentation of data. Someone who has never been to Westminster Abbey no longer rel...

Morning worship, Christmas Eve

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This audio recording, captured in front of the church in Christiansfeld, Southern Denmark on the morning of Christmas Eve 2024, documents congregants ...

Intangible waters

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I. Ocean furrows II. The liquid skin of story  III. Island protecting waves "What are the living sonic expressions inherited from our ancestors? Thi...

El botín de cada día

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Imagine a sound canvas where tradition, life and nature are intertwined in a vibrant auditory tapestry. The Fisherman's Wharf in Santa Cruz, Galapagos...

Talking with the Tower ravens

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The ravens are one of the most famous features of the Tower of London. Their presence is traditionally believed to protect the Crown and the Tower; a ...

Call of bells

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The original filed recording by Robert Cole Rizzi is for the most part a rather minimalist recording. We hear a faint breeze, the small rustles of pe...

Conspiracy of ravens

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I came across a legend about the ravens in the Tower of London, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The story says that if the ravens leave, the tower fall...

Noisy morning song

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The first thing that stood out to me about this field recording is that there is no real melodic information. It’s all street noise, most of it not...

Flavours

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I tuned into the soundmarks of place, the culturally significant sounds that if heard elsewhere might trigger memories of Obispo Market Havana for th...

The space between the eras

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"The silence and absence was what inspired me deeply, like the resonance of air in space. It led me to some points where I was feeling the empty space...

On the streets of Dubrovnik

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

There is a little window, in the attic of a Dalmatian villa from the early middle ages, overlooking the dreamy cascade landscape of downtown Dubrovnik...

Nea Pafos

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The absence of noise becomes as striking as the sounds themselves. The deep silence within the remains and caves offers a rare moment of solitude - on...

Obispo market

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Market soundscape from Obispo in Old Havana.  UNESCO listing: Old Havana and its Fortification System Recorded by Jack Hyde. IMAGE: Paul Mannix, C...

China syndrome

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I based my composition upon the 5 note motif from the original field recording incorporated at the beginning of the piece and repeated throughout usi...

Dark bamboo

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"I enjoy feeling disorientated sometimes; being exposed to sound worlds which don’t reveal their inner logic. The bamboo recording felt like one of ...

A modern reverence

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

"By integrating electronic elements with the historic sound of the cathedral organ, the piece highlights the tension and synergy between the old and t...