A multiverse reimagined
An episode of the Cities and Memory - remixing the world podcast, hosted by Cities and Memory, titled "A multiverse reimagined" was published on December 5, 2025 and runs 9 minutes.
December 5, 2025 ·9m · Cities and Memory - remixing the world
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Episode Description
"After selecting a field recording at random, I immediately researched the location…
Upon looking at photographs of the location and watching a video of the installation in action….
"I wondered; “what if every one of the 142000 pulsing LEDs in Leo Villareal’s light sculpture ‘Multiverse’ were microphones?”
"I then wondered; “what might a field recording sound like if we recorded via these imaginary moving microphones?”
"I set about creating the track:
I chose three 1 minute sections of the original field recording to provide my source audio … one from the beginning/middle/end.
"I looped these three sections of the field recording
Each one processed by a different effect that uses a granular synthesis algorithm, creating individual distinct chaotic patterns:
"Chopping and rearranging little pieces of the audio, simulating the snippets of sound the imaginary microphones might hear as they twinkle and flow through the subterranean space…
"Additional fx channels were used to add some subtle extra depth and texture; these included panning, random gates and glitchy delays and reverbs, all modulated by 6 linked LFOs. - echoing the installation’s constantly evolving waves of lights.
"These were then all mixed into the master channel. The track was recorded in one take. Minor compression and EQing for the final track presented here. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I did creating it!"
Washington DC multiverse installation reimagined by id_23.
Upon looking at photographs of the location and watching a video of the installation in action….
"I wondered; “what if every one of the 142000 pulsing LEDs in Leo Villareal’s light sculpture ‘Multiverse’ were microphones?”
"I then wondered; “what might a field recording sound like if we recorded via these imaginary moving microphones?”
"I set about creating the track:
I chose three 1 minute sections of the original field recording to provide my source audio … one from the beginning/middle/end.
"I looped these three sections of the field recording
Each one processed by a different effect that uses a granular synthesis algorithm, creating individual distinct chaotic patterns:
"Chopping and rearranging little pieces of the audio, simulating the snippets of sound the imaginary microphones might hear as they twinkle and flow through the subterranean space…
"Additional fx channels were used to add some subtle extra depth and texture; these included panning, random gates and glitchy delays and reverbs, all modulated by 6 linked LFOs. - echoing the installation’s constantly evolving waves of lights.
"These were then all mixed into the master channel. The track was recorded in one take. Minor compression and EQing for the final track presented here. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I did creating it!"
Washington DC multiverse installation reimagined by id_23.
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