أفضل بودكاسات Cities And Memory Remixing The World (2025)

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Berliner Mauer 13:44

1d ago13:44

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"My composition, titled “Berliner Mauer,” draws inspiration from ambisonics recordings made by Anders Vinjar at the Berlin Wall. "The Berlin Wall, officially known as the Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart, was a fortified concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989. It physically separated West Berlin from East Berlin and the German…

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At the Berlin Wall 10:03

1d ago10:03

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Ambisonics recording at the wall, physically separating Eastern Europe from Western Europe in Berlin during the Cold War in the years 1961 to 1989. This recording 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 Vin…

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Shanghai interlude 1:40

1d ago1:40

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"I liked the space in the recording, and used it to slot in percussive and electronic elements to create a composition where all elements had parity of presence." Sanlin Old Street, Shanghai reimagined by Fergus Kelly.بقلم Cities and Memory

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Nomme 7:54

4d ago7:54

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"Estonian autumns arrive with shortening days, cooler air, and long, unbroken stretches of rain. There is also a particular sound to this small country — quiet, restrained, and deliberate. Voices fall softly; movement slows; even the strings of daily life seem slightly muted. In such an atmosphere, time itself can begin to blur. "This recording, ma…

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Nighttime In Sabah rainforest 12:08

4d ago12:08

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Estimated to be more than 130 million years old, the ancient rainforest of Sabah comes alive in sound as night descends. The air vibrates with the calls of nocturnal creatures, forming a chorus in the darkness. From the steady hum of countless insects to the distant cries of animals hidden, the forest pulses with life. Within this vast wilderness d…

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The ice on Son Kul lake 0:21

4d ago0:21

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The ice on Son Kul lake, Kyrgyzstan melting with spring coming. Recorded by Melissa Aubin.بقلم Cities and Memory

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Nomme's daily fruit and veg market 7:51

4d ago7:51

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At the fruit and veg market in the Nomme district in Tallinn, with shopper buying their weekly groceries on a windswept day. Rain starts midway through the recording and we shelter beneath the canopies and listen to the rain beating down above our heads. Nõmme is a natural district of Tallinn. Some of the most beautiful residences from traditional …

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Rainy traffic noise, Trabzon 3:37

4d ago3:37

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In this recording, traffic sounds increase during thunderstorms and rainy weather. In wet conditions, vehicle engines and tires are more audible. These sounds can be heard as a form of white noise and are sometimes accompanied by thunder. Recorded in Trabzon, Türkiye by Ugur Aslan.بقلم Cities and Memory

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Humidity and haze passing thoughts 4:08

4d ago4:08

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"I kept the original recording and a filtered it a bit and afterwards I added a pad. Humidity & Haze capturing the feeling of the air and the rain-streaked city, while the "Passing Thoughts" introduces the human element (the traffic). The combination of pad with the detached sounds of the rainstorm and traffic creates a feeling of lonely movement o…

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Sabah boreal Borneo radio 5:45

4d ago5:45

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"The original piece had a feeling to me of drifting through the rainforest canopy, so I thought it would be interesting to contrast these sounds with the "jungle" of empty space between radio signals." Borneo rainforest recording reimagined by {AN} EeLبقلم Cities and Memory

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Lake ice meltdown 3:54

4d ago3:54

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"Sitting among the glaciers in the living room, my ears are carried away by the enchanting sound of tectonic movements... my mind floats, my eyes glimpse this sonorous place..." Kyrgyzstan Son Kul ice lake reimagined by Philippe Neau.بقلم Cities and Memory

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A better day will come 5:19

7d ago5:19

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"Listening to the sound of the market in Ramallah just a week before it was attacked and burnt was a powerful experience - but to hear that later after that the market was repaired, regenerated and back in action was an even stronger feeling of the power of resistance. "The beautiful poem "A better day will come" by Afghan poet Hosnia Mohseni seeme…

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Diamond I am 5:09

7d ago5:09

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When I first listened to the recording of the depopulated village in Jerusalem, what really stood out was the bird song sounding like a voice of hope. I decided to use this as my focus as it was in keeping with the Echoes For Palestine Project theme ’hope, healing and a reimagined future’. I wrote the lyrics from the point of view of the village it…

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All lands, one voice 10:44

7d ago10:44

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"All lands, one voice drifts like breath through every place at once. "Choral fragments rise and dissolve inside an ambient field, evoking a world without borders. Robert Lax’s line — “the same moment in every place” — guides this sound: a single moment, stretched to gather all lands in one voice." Jerusalem apartheid wall recording by Anders Vinja…

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Pomegranates and prose 5:37

7d ago5:37

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"It takes Palestinian prayer and thoughts with repeated phrases including 'so hasten to all that is good' whilst encouraging the people of Palestine to march forward despite the conflict. Using loops and samples from recent news reports to build a picture of the current situation against a backdrop of hope." Dubberrookie creates ambient dub sounds …

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Mount of Olives 6:29

7d ago6:29

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"For this track, I used the field recording made by Anders Vinjar on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. This place has always had a mythical resonance to my ears, it sounds like a place of sacred peace, but obviously it is no longer. "What I tried to express through this piece is how a land of peace gradually transforms into a place of conflict, how…

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Seven days before 7:32

7d ago7:32

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"Built from a field recording by Anders Vinjar of Ramallah’s Al-Hisba market, captured one week before Israeli soldiers set it ablaze, Seven Days Before transforms the market’s voices, footsteps, and ambient bustle into a slow-moving reflection on memory, loss, and the fragile beauty of everyday life via modular synthesis. "The source recording is …

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Echoes at the wall 11:31

7d ago11:31

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"A meditation on life, disrupted by injustice. I listened to the location recordings and was inspired but saddened by the sounds of life as it goes on under conflict. The two field recordings were used both relatively unprocessed, but also through a feedback network of resonant delays. Location recording by Anders Vinjar." Wailing Wall, Jerusalem r…

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Aṭ-Ṭūr, Mount of Olives 7:35

7d ago7:35

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Recordings of ambience from Aṭ-Ṭūr (Mount of Olives) overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem. The Al Aqsa temple-mount in the distance, the jewish graveyard close by, site of important historic and contemporary events. The recording is from April 2024, while the catastrophic war in Gaza was going on full speed. This soundscape-composition is part of …

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Al-Hisba market, Ramallah 10:16

7d ago10:16

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The famous market Al-Hisba in Ramallah. Sounds of busy buying and selling. This Ambisonics recording was done exactly one week before Israeli soldiers lit the whole place on fire, destroying everything. This soundscape-composition is part of the HEYR project, presenting 3-dimensional soundscapes from special locations, connected to special events. …

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Wailing Wall, Ḥā'iṭ al-Burāq 10:01

7d ago10:01

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"The sound of Jews performing a ritual at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem on a special day during Jewish Easter celebrations. The recording is done in the middle of the crowd of bystanders, mostly children and family of the praying men." This soundscape-composition is part of the HEYR project, presenting 3-dimensional soundscapes from special locatio…

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Dreams not realized 5:10

7d ago5:10

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"Dreams Not Realized | 17,000. 17,000 children have died in Gaza since the beginning of the war. Their voices have been silenced. Their dreams will never become realized. Why children? Did they even know why any of this is happening? Why they died? Who will speak for the children? Who will mourn their loss? “The morning birds that sing so sweetly a…

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Echoes of memory and silence 16:52

7d ago16:52

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"The children of Gaza encounter violence, displacement and deprivation every single day of their lives. Sifting through rubble and debris and fallen bodies, while dodging bombs and bullets and witnessing loved ones murdered right before their eyes, has caused enormous emotional distress and relentless mental anguish. These are innocents with no acc…

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The ghosts of Lifta 4:33

7d ago4:33

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"Lifta is a historic Palestinian village located near Jerusalem, notable for being the only Arab village evacuated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war that has not been destroyed or repopulated. It stands as a poignant symbol of the Nakba (the 1948 Palestinian exodus) and a physical reminder of the displacement and loss experienced by Palestinians. Th…

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Threnody of birdsongs 7:58

7d ago7:58

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Foregrounding Anders Vinjars field recordings of Palestine; the hum of birds, street life, voices, and of hymns and calls to prayers - a Threnody for Echoes for Palestine. Golgotha recording from Jerusalem by Anders Vinjar, reimagined by Elissa Goodrich.بقلم Cities and Memory

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Golgotha 10:19

7d ago10:19

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"Ambisonic recordings inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Gholghata, a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The site where they say Jesus was crucified and as well the location of Jesus's empty tomb." Recorded by Anders Vinjar.بقلم Cities and Memory

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1: Lifta, depopulated village 1948 10:01

7d ago10:01

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Ambisonics recordings at ruins of Lifta, outside Jerusalem, a village depopulated and destroyed in 1984 during Israels ethnic cleansing of Palestinian arabs from their land. Recorded by Anders Vinjar.بقلم Cities and Memory

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Cities and Memory interview on ABC Radio Australia, 10.08.25 15:07

2M ago15:07

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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 o…

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The ghosts of protest 5:10

2M ago5:10

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"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…

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Taksim Meydani soundscape 10:05

2M ago10:05

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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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Acrospire 4:59

3M ago4:59

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"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 shoegaz…

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Beer-making inside the Pohjala brewery 8:49

3M ago8:49

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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 Memo…

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Funicular 4:18

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"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 …

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The cable car to San Marino 3:28

3M ago3:28

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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.بقلم Cities and Memory

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The same today (Echoes of the Holocaust) 9:43

3M ago9:43

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"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 …

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Crematorium ovens in Auschwitz 1 9:23

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"The sound is the ambience close to the crematorium ovens in Auschwitz 1, used to exterminate 340 humans per hour. The acoustics is the same today as it was in 1942, when the mass-murder was going full speed. "This soundscape-composition is part of the HEYR project, presenting 3-dimensional soundscapes from special locations, connected to special e…

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Peaceful gardens in historic Mantua 2:02

3M ago2:02

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This recording captures birdsong and locals passing through a quiet public garden in central Mantua. The recording was made on the 29th May 2012, about five minutes after a strong earthquake had struck the Emilia Romagna region, causing significant damage to the UNESCO World Heritage property of the Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande. Record…

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Emilia 4:34

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"In May 2012, two major earthquakes struck Northern Italy, causing 27 deaths and widespread damage. The events are known in Italy as the 2012 Emilia earthquakes, because they mainly affected the Emilia region. "The field recording captured birdsong and locals passing through a quiet public garden in central Mantua, five minutes after the Emilia ear…

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Henal mariacki 4:21

4M ago4:21

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"The transitioning nature of the field recording made for some melodic transitioning in the background. The trumpet call ends abruptly but returns again and again." Krakow trumpet call reimagined by Moray Newlands. IMAGE: Oliszydlowski, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons…

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Hejnal Mariacki 3:59

4M ago3:59

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Probably Poland's most iconic sound, the hejnał mariacki (literally "Saint Mary's dawn") is a trumpet call that sounds every hour on the hour from the highest tower of St Mary's Church in Kraków's rynek glówny (main square). The bugler plays the same call four times, once in each of the cardinal directions. This tradition dates back to medieval tim…

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In concrete corridors 4:29

4M ago4:29

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In March 2025 we made a series of recordings in and around the Barbican Centre, with the idea of those sounds being folded back into the Observatory Station sound installation, so that the sounds of the Barbican itself become part of the stories being told by sound from around the world. This recording is a walkthrough of some of the exterior concr…

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EC2Y 8DS 4:57

4M ago4:57

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"I chose to work with a recording made at the Barbican centre in London. This complex has fascinated me for many years, and I have always been curious to seek out new nooks and crannies there. I took my curiosity about the place into how I approached the work. "The rhythmic footsteps are the core motif of the piece, even though they are not the mos…

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Train tracks 4:15

4M ago4:15

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"In my area of North America, train journeys are relatively rare. Taking a train feels like a special occasion because I only have the opportunity when I’m far from home. I’ve always enjoyed the exploratory feel of train rides: a train journey feels almost like stolen time, where normal responsibilities are paused and you are given freedom to simpl…

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American trains 9:11

4M ago9:11

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This recording features train horns as the trains pass by a level crossing just outside Palo Alto train station. The tonality of the train horns and the level crossing warning alarms are clearly identifiable as North American trains, and the sonic identity of the trains themselves as they pass are typical of Californian trains. Palo Alto is a small…

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Ember 8:01

4M ago8:01

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"Listening to the original field recording, I was engrossed in the dichotomy of the space - the waterfall and open area versus the man-made sounds of jet and helicopter fly overs. In this scenario, the man-made sounds overtaking the environmental quiet have an intentionality to preserve the space of the forest and the livelihood of people within it…

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A landscape in flames 4:22

4M ago4:22

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Captured during the devastating wildfires of September 2024 in Benfeita, Portugal, this recording reflects the dramatic challenge faced annually. The sky vanished behind ash-laden fog as fires erupted from all sides. Near the waterfalls, the relentless hum of helicopters and planes filled the air, battling the flames alongside over 5,000 firefighte…

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Kintsugi 4:14

4M ago4:14

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"“Kintsugi” is field-recording-based piece honouring both the original sample (from the Hill of the Buddha in Japan) as well as a form of Japanese art. Instead of using lacquer and precious metals to mend broken pieces of pottery, I use sound to bind other field recording samples together while still making that sound part of the design. "I use the…

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Hill of the Buddha 0:19

4M ago0:19

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An architectural space of deep spiritual meaning in Sapporo, Japan. Recorded by David Mintom.بقلم Cities and Memory

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Movement amongst the trees 6:35

4M ago6:35

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"A response to a chorus of tree frogs." Frog chorus in Yokohama, Japan reimagined by Alex Vald.بقلم Cities and Memory

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Schlegel's green tree frog 20:00

4M ago20:00

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This is the call of the Schlegel's green frog, a frog endemic to Japan. When one of them starts croaking, a call and response begins. The contrast between stillness and movement is beautiful. Recorded in Yokohama, Japan by Tadamitsu Mizuno.بقلم Cities and Memory

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