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For my psychology project I need to find some music that sounds like the city (cars, industrial sounds and the like) while still having some kind of musical structure to it. If any songs come to mind then post them here, it would be much appreciated.

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― Seth, Thursday, 2 December 2004 10:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Jon Hassell's 'Voiceprint' has a structure but it's pretty batshit insane to the point of annoyance.

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Thursday, 2 December 2004 10:43 (twenty-one years ago)

art of noise - close the the edit
age of chance - this is crush collision.

car noises and general city ambience.

― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 2 December 2004 10:45 (twenty-one years ago)

The Art of Noise track is a little *too* musical. Unfortuantely I can't find the others. I thought Monstertruckdriver, but I'm not sure if it's 'city' enough. Argh, this is tricky.

― Seth, Thursday, 2 December 2004 11:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe some Cab Voltaire...

― Seth, Thursday, 2 December 2004 11:15 (twenty-one years ago)

lots of city noise on David Holmes 'Let's Get Killed' album

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Thursday, 2 December 2004 11:17 (twenty-one years ago)

There's an old DJ Spooky mix cd called Necropolis: The Dialogic Project which has lots of illbient style sloooow beats and city sounds mixed in.

Either that or Steve Reich's City Life.

― mzui (mzui), Thursday, 2 December 2004 11:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Edgard Varese's 'Ionisation'? First composition to feature sirens I think, but there are probably a lot of better examples (for your purposes anyhow) lurking about in the realms of modernist composition (someone who knows what they're talking about to thread!).

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 2 December 2004 11:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Louis Andriessen might be worth checking out.

― mzui (mzui), Thursday, 2 December 2004 11:30 (twenty-one years ago)

that fire engine song off smile

― lukey (Lukey G), Thursday, 2 December 2004 11:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Thanks a lot for all your suggestions, I'll get on the case. The best I've got on cd is Cabaret Voltaire's 'Diskono Alternate'

― Seth, Thursday, 2 December 2004 11:44 (twenty-one years ago)

seth .. will sort out a sendit of a WMA file for Crush Collision (age of chance) if you like ? its a beatbox type of track with lots of city noise. .. damn fine stuff.

― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 2 December 2004 11:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Wendy Mae Chambers & her Car Horn Organ - New York, New York???

― emil.y (emil.y), Thursday, 2 December 2004 11:53 (twenty-one years ago)

That would be ace! Hurry though as I have to leg it soon (post it up anyway even if you can't hurry and I'll get back to it).

― Seth, Thursday, 2 December 2004 11:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Air's 'People In The City' is drenched in city noise.

― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 2 December 2004 12:01 (twenty-one years ago)

The Close the Edit track bought a smile to my face.

― Seth, Thursday, 2 December 2004 12:02 (twenty-one years ago)

DJ Shadow: Mashin' On The Motorway
for cars, at least

― Jay-Kid (Jay-Kid), Thursday, 2 December 2004 12:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Rakim 'New York'

― Baaderonixxx le Jeune (Fabfunk), Thursday, 2 December 2004 12:37 (twenty-one years ago)

on its way .. i only have a lossless WMA file on my machine and so its v.large .. will advise on the yousendit url when i know it ..

― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 2 December 2004 13:14 (twenty-one years ago)

finished.

age of chance - This is Crush Collision :

http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=8CFD441E54C96A7029B857F2C5E58608

beware : 32Mb

and hear the source for the looped sample track that Janet Jackson/Jam/Lewis nicked for Rhythm Nation track ..

― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 2 December 2004 13:17 (twenty-one years ago)

oh.

and this track was finished/released prior to MARRS/Coldcut.

so the appearance of the 'pump up the volume' line aint a ripoff idea.

oh so i've been told.

― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 2 December 2004 13:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Blue Nile's "Automobile Noise" off their first - listen to the Real Audio here. There's also their b-side "The Wires are Down". Been a while since I've heard it - it might not be what you're after.

Any Philip Glass fit the bill?

― binky, Thursday, 2 December 2004 19:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Mark, you are the man! That would work perfectly. I'll check out the rest still to see if it can be bettered. Love to you all.

― Seth, Thursday, 2 December 2004 20:09 (twenty-one years ago)

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