Touraco (bird) and distant thunder

An episode of the Cities and Memory - remixing the world podcast, hosted by Cities and Memory, titled "Touraco (bird) and distant thunder" was published on February 22, 2026 and runs 5 minutes.

February 22, 2026 ·5m · Cities and Memory - remixing the world

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Forest sounds with touraco (bird) and distant thunder.

From the sound collections of the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, being from a large collection of cassette tape and digital audio tape recordings of Bayaka music and soundscapes made by ethnomusicologist Louis Sarno mainly in the Central African Republic (and the Republic of Congo) between 1986 and 2009.

Recorded by Louis Sarno.

Copyright Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.

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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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