Phenomenology

PHENOMENOLOGY - is a collection four individual pieces pieces - each based or featuring an event, a sound, a “thing “ - a phenomenon. Learning to Fly - a development of some sound work for an installation of the same name commemorating 100 years since WW1. The piece is based around morse code making the title phrase and as the atmosphere shifts also features the sound a Zeppelin. Hogmanay - I’m a South London Scot and Hogmanay was always a significant evening of intoxication as a way to connect with Scottishness! Last year I stayed in, made some recordings in the back garden and started this piece instead. A Herd of Wrens - yes our tiny bird lives in herds and one herd reside behind a drainpipe right outside my studio. In spring the garden is filled with the complex and piercing song that forms the wings of this piece. Even through the soundproofing from their nest a foot from my monitors they are a part of every mix so this is their feature song. Holmbury Hillfort - In 2016 I was commissioned to create some sound works to accompany walks on five hills in Surrey. This is a development from recordings made on Holmbury - a Bronze Age hill fort , including mountain bikers as well as rain, alongside melodic lines drawn from the shape of the view of the South Downs in the distance.