Broadcast from a broken time machine
An episode of the Cities and Memory - remixing the world podcast, hosted by Cities and Memory, titled "Broadcast from a broken time machine" was published on February 22, 2026 and runs 2 minutes.
February 22, 2026 ·2m · Cities and Memory - remixing the world
Episode Description
I was attracted to the age and broken nature of this recording and wanted to use the noise as a feature. All the sounds featured originate from the original, however mangled they have become. One could could hear all the layers of noise to be the 100+ years that have past since the recording was captured - with the original sounds still trying to break through.
Balangi (xylophone) duet reimagined by Alex Vald.
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Part of the project A Century of Sounds, reimagining 100 sounds covering 100 years from the collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford. Explore the full project at citiesandmemory.com/century-sounds
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