Leidseplein, Amsterdam: the lonely busker
From our recent trip to Amsterdam, the sounds of the bustling Leidseplein’s crowds, trams and buskers – here transformed into a plaintive piano-led lament among the dislocated ebb and flow of the city.
The 21 best tools for sound design
We asked some of our contributors to reveal all and tell us about some of their favourite tools for sound design, music and sonic manipulation. Read on for some serious sonic inspiration.
Out today! Free Utopia sounds album!
After a month of exploring some fascinating sonic approaches to Utopia, our journey has finally come to a close. To mark the occasion, today we’re launching a FREE ALBUM of Utopia sounds. We’ve chosen twelve highlights that we think flow together as an album and a listening experience, as well as representing some of the many approaches taken to imagining Utopia in sound.
Utopia D4: bridges and monasteries
“”In Utopia, bridges are used in the expected way: to cross major rivers like the Anider, to travel from one part of the island to another, and to aid shipping and commerce. Social interactions on a bridge take place on the go. Thus these bridges become a metaphor for Utopia itself.”
World Listening Day – Sound Waves composition
As part of our overall Sound Waves project, 38 sound artists from around the world have submitted a field recording and reimagining of water somewhere in the world: ocean, river, lake, stream, swimming pool, boiling kettle, splash of a puddle – anything in which water is the defining sound. These reimagined sounds have been recomposed and re-edited by Cities and Memory into this 30-minute mixed sound piece incorporating many of the sounds in a new context.