"It was strange and daunting to select a church service as my starting point, but I was drawn to it. My main focus thematically was on struggle and renewal, and how we try to explain the inexplicable."

Oslo Domkirke reimagined by Eulipion Corps.

A liturgy service in Norwegian, taking place in Oslo's Domkirke cathedral, featuring service readings, hymns sung by the congregation and passages of organ playing. This service takes place at 5pm every Friday afternoon.

Recorded in September 2025 by Cities and Memory.

In late December, the Christmas season in Venice is in full flow. Mass bells peal out in a backstreet next to the excellent Marco Polo bookshop in the Dorsoduro district, with occasional passing footsteps ringing out into the crisp evening air.

Recorded in December 2025 by Cities and Memory.

Aboard the Oslo inner fjord ferry from Lindoya island to Gressholmen, with engine sounds and Norwegian announcements.

Recorded in September 2025 by Cities and Memory.

"I used recordings from Norwegian ferry and ferries in Bainbridge Island and the San Juan Islands. I have been in love with ferries and the sea since childhood. I used harmonics from wind sound through metal guardrails in boat for base harmonies and synthesizers to build in these harmonies and accentuate movement on the water and the cabin of the ferry."

Grssholmen ferry, Oslo reimagined by Robert Dansby.

"Quartet is composed of the City of Venice and its mass bells from the original field recording. Memory rises not only of the Sea that surrounds me on the island where I live, but also of visiting Venice; the sound of water, church bells mingled here with the Bells of the island and my overlapping Memory of playing piano from an early age."

Bells in Venice reimagined by Steph Shipley.

I usually play jazz piano, but on this particular day I was camping with my family — my wife, our two-year-old son, and our two medium-sized Japanese dogs. When I woke up, the scenery and the birdsong were so beautiful that I felt compelled to record the soundscape, and I naturally began playing piano along with it.

Birdsong in Suwa District, Japan reimagined by Daisuke Matsubara.

This sound is the call of a bird we heard while camping with our family in the morning.
It comes from a region that is usually covered in snow, but this was recorded during the pleasant climate of May in Japan.

Recorded by Daisuke Matsubara.