Sounds of the Year 2018, by Cities and Memory

Sounds of the Year 2018

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1.	Dreaming of Antimatter (Switzerland) 07:51	info
2.	Crosswise I strain me like a Syrian bow (Vatican City) 04:16	info
3.	Falling from the Edge of the World (Saudi Arabia) 07:39	info
4.	Lento Bella Ciao (Italy) 04:58	info
5.	A Cry for Democracy (Egypt) 04:04	info
6.	The Lamenting Engines (Canada) 03:56	info
7.	Vago, Sogno (Italy) 05:07	info
8.	A Kind of Nostalgia (Greece) 02:59	info
9.	Butterfingers (Turkey) 04:32	info
10.	The Thousand Bird Chorus (Thailand) 07:00	info
11.	Death and the Violin: Revenge of the Busker (Italy) 04:28	info
12.	Port Royal (Karhide Non-Techno remix) (France) 02:56	info
13.	The Gods of Yakushima (Japan) 04:08	info
14.	The West Prayer (Saudi Arabia) 04:13	info
15.	Study no.2 for Siren in G minor (Canada) 09:57	info
16.	Birdsong in Stagiates (Greece) 01:58

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This is a compilation of some of the best reimagined sounds from the Cities and Memory project during 2018 - the original field recordings upon which each is based are included as bonus tracks.

Tracks are by Cities and Memory unless otherwise stated.

Explore the full global sound map covering 85 countries at www.citiesandmemory.com

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released December 14, 2018

Cover photo by Giulia Biasibetti.

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Cities and Memory Oxford, UK

Cities and Memory is a global field recording & sound art work that presents both the present reality of a place, but also its imagined, alternative counterpart – remixing the world, one sound at at time.

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