Meet Portugal-via-London sound artist and field recordist Rafael Diogo, who has contributed both amazing recordings from remote places and fantastic ambient compositions to the project.
This field recording comes from Alexandria, Egypt, and forms part of the Cities and Memory Alexandra city sound guide by Rafael Diogo, which you can explore in full here. Rafael writes: “The Zanket El Setat night market is a night market in Alexandria, Egypt, where vendors and street food stalls come together to create a […]
It’s time to explore the stunning city of Sarajevo in sound – you can already read our Sarajevo city guide by Rafael Diogo, but as an extra treat today we have two brilliant compositions built from the sounds of the city.
Lisbon is a stunning city – and some of its transportation is among the most iconic in Europe, most notably its famous tram system. On our sonic tour of Lisbon, our first stop is aboard the tram network, as recorded first by Luís Antero, who writes: “This is a trip on the famous and old […]
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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
