Cities and Memory (@citiesandmemory.bsky.social)

Launching today - our biggest ever project! Sonic Heritage explores the sounds of the world’s most famous sights, with 270 UNESCO World Heritage sites and items of intangible heritage, all reimagined by artists to create a new way to experience these incredible spaces 🏛️🎧

Can you help? We’re looking for a female voice to record themselves reading out a short, beautiful poem by an Afghan poet, to be incorporated into a composition based on a field recording from Kabul. DM if you might be interested in helping out as a guest voice. Thank you!

Ever heard a shoegaze ski lift before? 🎸🗻 Soft, gauzy electric guitars blend with the distinctive clacking of a ski lift travelling down its cabled route in this wonderful Spring Project contribution from Annie Smidt.

We’re very proud to be supporting a brand new call, Echoes for Palestine, a global sonic compilation album in solidarity with and raising vital funds for Palestine 🇵🇸 We’re inviting artists to contribute to an act of listening, resistance & remembrance: citiesandmemory.com/2025/06/echoes…

Noise in the news 🎧: More than 110 million people across Europe suffer high levels of health-damaging noise pollution. theguardian.com/environment/20…

ICYMI - join the Cities and Memory artist community on WhatsApp to chat with sound artists, musicians and field recordists from Birmingham to Borneo. Stop by and introduce yourself - it's a great way to connect with like-minded folks: chat.whatsapp.com/IiXUvD7vWof82z…

In our recent survey, the number one thing you asked for was more ways for artists to connect with one another. Today we're excited to share a new Cities and Memory WhatsApp community - all are welcome, so join up to meet sound folks from around the world! chat.whatsapp.com/IiXUvD7vWof82z…

Can you spare ten minutes to help us shape the future of Cities and Memory? 👀 It's time for the 2025 community survey, with a few questions about our sound projects, our website and how we can make the project work better for you. Thank you! 💕 bit.ly/CMsurvey2025

Can you spare ten minutes to help us shape the future of Cities and Memory? 👀 It's time for the 2025 community survey, with a few questions about our sound projects, our website and how we can make the project work better for you. Thank you! 💕 bit.ly/CMsurvey2025

From superblocks in Barcelona to sound-absorbing ridges in the Netherlands, an interesting piece on creating landscapes that enhance natural sounds and reduce noise pollution: theconversation.com/how-to-design-…

Release the birds is a track from the forthcoming Spring Sounds Project by @citiesandmemory This track takes beautiful field recordings from an Afghanistan bird market and uses ciat-lonbarde coco, plumbutter + live tape manipulation music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/1ab11…

Here's the full tracklisting and artist credits: citiesandmemory.com/2025/06/sonic-…

Tune into NTS Radio 2 RIGHT NOW for an hour-long special on our Sonic Heritage project, with field recordings and compositions from across 13 heritage sites worldwide. 1000-1100 UK time, and stream online afterwards: nts.live/shows/guests/e…

📻 Tune into @nts_radio this Thursday at 1000 UK time for an hour-long special on our Sonic Heritage project! The show is a tour around 13 World Heritage sites, with field recordings followed by reimagined compositions. Tune in live or stream online: nts.live/shows/guests/e…