Episodios

  • Cities and Memory interview on ABC Radio Australia, 10.08.25

    Cities and Memory interview on ABC Radio Australia, 10.08.25
    Aug 11 2025
    Interview with Cities and Memory creator Stuart Fowkes on the Nightlife show on ABC Australia, diving into Sonic Heritage as well as the ten-year history of the project.

    "They say a picture tells a thousand stories, but how far does audio go?

    That is exactly what Stuart Fowkes has set out to achieve over the last decade involving the contribution of more than 2,000 artists who are putting together sounds from all over the world.

    He shares with Suzanne Hill about how the project came to be and why do the sounds of heritage sites matter."
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    15 m
  • The ghosts of protest

    The ghosts of protest
    Aug 5 2025
    "Taksim Square in Istanbul has a history of protests and social activism, most notably the Gezi Park 2013 protests, in which 22 people were killed and more than 8,000 were injured, many critically.

    "Listening to the soundscape from Taksim Square, life is going on as normal, with bustling crowds, but periodically we hear a police siren, which echoes through the square almost like a spectral reminder of the police brutality, protest and suffering that the space has been witness to in the past.

    "The siren swirls through the composition like a phantasm, reminding us never to forget the social context of the spaces in which we inhabit, while the music is intended to evoke a slightly unsettling sense as it loops, repeats, and builds."

    Taksim Square soundscape reimagined by Cities and Memory.

    Original recording by Anders Vinjar.
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    5 m
  • Taksim Meydani soundscape

    Taksim Meydani soundscape
    Aug 5 2025
    Ambisonics recording at Taksim Meydani, site of the Gezi Park protests in 2013, a very busy city square, people jazzing around.

    This soundscape-composition is part of the HEYR project, presenting 3-dimensional soundscapes from special locations, connected to special events. Find out more by visiting https://www.heyr.no

    Recorded by Anders Vinjar.
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    10 m
  • Acrospire

    Acrospire
    Jul 16 2025
    "This track started with an idea to use the title converted to Morse code and then to MIDI, using an online tool I wrote (https://constantpool.co.uk/morse-code-to-midi/). The raw field recording, captured inside the Pohjala brewery, was then chopped up and layered with effects to build a "wall of sound," which was all structured to create a shoegaze/alt-rock style track."

    Pohjala brewery, Tallinn reimagined by Karhide.
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    5 m
  • Beer-making inside the Pohjala brewery

    Beer-making inside the Pohjala brewery
    Jul 16 2025
    On a visit to the Pohjala artisan brewery in Tallinn, Estonia, we were invited behind the scenes into the brewery itself to record the sounds of beer being made. This soundscape records the beer-making process, with loud industrial noises, drones and hisses coming from large brewing tanks and machinery.

    Recorded in September 2024 by Cities and Memory.
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    9 m
  • Funicular

    Funicular
    Jul 4 2025
    "My field recording was a cable car journey to the top of an old town. In amongst the hubbub of voices there was snatches of music played on a telephone. I decided to use the duration of the cable car journey as a start and end point, placing the listener in the environment, and planting the melodies and rhythms as if caught almost out of ear shot on phones around the space.

    "The human ums, aahs, stamps and claps are the sounds of real depth, the passengers perhaps? As the journey ends we escape into the open air and our song is allowed to escape in full fidelity."

    San Marino cable car reimagined by Douglas Barelegs.
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    4 m
  • The cable car to San Marino

    The cable car to San Marino
    Jul 4 2025
    The cable car is the only sensible way to travel up to the precipitous heights of the old town in San Marino, which today is hosting a ComicCon-style festival for lovers of all things sci-fi and fantasy.

    Recorded by Cities and Memory.
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    3 m
  • The same today (Echoes of the Holocaust)

    The same today (Echoes of the Holocaust)
    Jul 4 2025
    "The piece opens with Anders Vinjar’s recording of the stark ambiance outside Auschwitz's crematoriums. A voice notes a chilling continuity: "the acoustics are the same today as it was in 1942".

    Holocaust survivors then share their stories, interwoven with supporting music. Abrupt cuts jolt listeners back to the haunting recording at Auschwitz. As the piece progresses, survivors' warnings blend with news clips and commentary, reflecting humanity's failure of "never again".

    Vocals and music become increasingly echoed and distorted, mirroring the terrible echoes of history that continue to repeat today.

    The piece closes with a plea from a survivor: ending hate and intolerance starts with each of us.

    Auschwitz recording by Anders Vinjar reimagined by Music for Sea Monsters.
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    10 m