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Russian lake
"I used a recording of ducks on a Russian lake with a plane flying overhead. It was a 6 minute track and I only used about 1 minute which I chopped …
9 hours ago
Ducks on Voronezhskie lakes in Samara
A field recording captured at the Voronezhskie Lakes park in Samara, Russia, around 11:00 AM. The recording features ducks quacking and taking off f…
9 hours ago
Birds nesting in shopping centre scaffolding
Birds nesting in scaffolding at Kroepcke Passage shopping centre, along with street sweeper sounds.
Recorded in Hanover, Germany by Cities and Memor…
1 day, 2 hours ago
Neoclassical birdsong
"After a few false starts, I decided to simply improvise a line for flute in my usual notation software while listening to the birdsong file. I then…
1 day, 2 hours ago
OX1 LN2
"The presence of science is a huge part of Oxford, but one that's often overlooked in favour of the more traditional side of Oxford University and o…
1 month, 1 week ago
Among the far right
On 17 June 2026, the Oxford Union debating society invited extreme right wing agitators Tommy Robinson and Laurence Fox to take part in an inflammat…
1 month, 1 week ago
Tommy ten names
"I listened to the original recording a few times to pick out some focal points I could use, notable the "Tommy Tommy" chant at the beginning and th…
1 month, 1 week ago
The gate opens
Cities and Memory:
"A special recording like this needed special treatment, so I had a collaboration in mind from the outset when starting on the mu…
2 months, 1 week ago
Lions at dusk, Tanzania
The microphones were set metres away from the lions as the light dropped off and the temperature shifted. The lions are close. This is by far the mo…
2 months, 1 week ago
Cities and Memory interview on BBC 6music Cerys Matthews show
Broadcast on BBC 6music, Sunday 26 July 2026. Cerys Matthews talks to Cities and Memory creator Stuart Fowkes about disappearing and obsolete sounds…
2 months, 2 weeks ago