New tool/toy owing much to Peter Chilvers. 3 random tracks from the archive played together. Each triggering another random track at its end. Looping option. Rewind option. Record & catalogue option. Subdirectory option. Individual channel refresh option. A Godsend for the archive and an endless generative surprise
Expressing The Earth, a film by Glenda Rome on Geopoetics and the work of Kenneth White, will be shown on Earth Day at the Filmhouse, Edinburgh. April 22nd, 20:15
I made soundscapes for the film, and I’m happy to have contributed to this fascinating portrait of this extraordinary man
TICKETS NOW ON SALE for a unique evening in Edinburgh on June 27th - join us! Music, song, video and poetry inspired by James Hutton’s insights regarding deep time and Earth’s processes with performances from leading Scottish performers. @karinepolwart and @thedavemilligan have featured the song ‘Siccar Point’ on their most recent album and will close the concert with a headline set inspired by the Earth. @olivia_rafferty will sing songs from her album ‘Typical Forever’ which is entirely about geology. East Lothian ambient composer @omnempathy includes Deep Time and accompanies atmospheric video from Glenda Rome which will also be shown as excerpts from the film ‘Expressing the Earth’. There will be poetry featuring Siccar Point and Arthur’s Seat by Patrick Corbett, @jackcooper0696 , Colin Will and Alexander McCall Smith. I am delighted to produce this event for Edinburgh Geological Society on a voluntary basis. The next day you can the creative team involved in the Hutton 300 concert for a coach tour to Siccar Point, to explore the new Deep Time Trail and creative responses to James Hutton’s ideas.
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1 Sediment deposited in Devonian desert (~400 million years ago).
2 Burial and lithification into sandstone.
3 Tectonic stress causing fracturing.
4 Groundwater flowing through cracks, depositing quartz/calcite.
5 Wave polishing
6 Picked up and brought home by me
Gullane, weather and air quality. A combination of data composition and visualisation using MaxMSP, Touch Designer, two way OSC and live APIs. Sounds and visual agitations arising from weather conditions, ozone, carbon dioxide, and particulate matter.
LANDSCAPE POSTCARD No. 8: Detaille Island, Antarctica
As Musician in Residence to the Friends of the Scott Polar Research Institute I was still finding my feet on the ice when they dropped me here. Who knew there would be so much birdsong at the end of the world?
LANDSCAPE POSTCARD No. 7: Reaching Aberlady Bay
There is a fault line somewhere between the neighbourhood and Aberlady Bay. Its what I imagine the transition into eternity to be like.
