Open call – join our project Music for Sleep
Today we’re excited to launch the first stage of our new global project, Music for Sleep – and we’d love you to
REMIXING THE WORLD, ONE SOUND AT A TIME
Cities and Memory is one of the world’s biggest sound projects, a global, collaborative sound art and field recording programme with the aim of remixing the world, one sound at a time. It covers more than 110 countries and territories with 5,500+ sounds and more than 1,400 contributing artists.
Thousands of field recordings, recomposed and reimagined by artists around the world to create a new, alternative world of sound – you can explore the sounds via the global sound map or by subscribing to our podcast.
TODAY’S FEATURED SOUND
Hit the "next" button to hear the reimagined version of the original field recording (where there is one).
EXPLORE CITIES AND MEMORY
Music for Sleep: join our latest project to build a world of sounds created to help you sleep
Well-Being Cities: exploring sustainability through sound
#StayHomeSounds: sounds from the global Covid-19 lockdowns
Polar Sounds: the world’s biggest collection of Arctic and Antarctic sounds
Cities and Memory radio: an infinite stream of sounds from around the world
HOW TO LISTEN
You can tune into the latest sounds from Cities and Memory via our global sound map, or subscribe to our field recording podcast wherever you get your on-demand audio.
Subscribe now:
- Google Podcasts: Subscribe to the podcast
- RadioPublic: Subscribe
- TuneIn: Subscribe
- Podcast Republic: Subscribe
- Stitcher: Subscribe
- Global sound map: Explore the sound map
Our latest sounds
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Happy World Piano Day! To mark this wonderful annual celebration of such an important instrument, we’ve compiled a few highlights from Cities
Spring Project – help us remix the world
Twice per year, we unlock the Cities and Memory vaults and invite you inside to help us remix the world, one sound