I’ve been collecting field recordings on and off for about ten years now, and doing it in a much more systematic and intensive way over the last year since Cities and Memory launched, and I was reflecting on which locations, over the past year, have given me the most pleasure when looking for great field […]
A new set of sounds from a trip to Auronzo di Cadore in the Italian alps. Church bells – field recording: listen to ‘Church bells, Auronzo di Cadore’ on Audioboo Church bells – processed version: listen to ‘Auronzo di Cadore church bells – remixed’ on Audioboo Bridge over via […]
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"As this wave from memories flows in, the city soaks it up like a sponge and expands. A description of [the city] as it is today should contain all [the city's] past. The city, however, does not tell its past, but contains it like the lines of a hand, written in the corners of the streets, the gratings of the windows, the banisters of the steps, the antennae of the lightning rods, the poles of the bags, every segment marked in turn with scratches, indentations, scrolls."
- Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
Grand Prix winner and Coup de Coeur winner, Académie Charles Cros
