New release

I'm pleased to announce that i have a new album out on UK based record label Touch.

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Over the last 12 months, the Greater London Authority has granted me unrestricted access to The Millennium Mills, a vast and decaying derelict mill site in London's docklands. The mills were decommissioned over 30 years ago and have since been left to decay and decompose, while all around it has been the focus of extensive urban regeneration. The building has long been a personal fascination for me, not only because of the field recording opportunities that such an epic scale of crumbling industrial architecture offers, but also as it stands as such an emotive statement on decay and regeneration in society.

The project focuses on taking a series of field recordings within the mills, then using these recordings in post-composition to create a series of sound pieces. Traditional air mics were used, alongside more experimental recording techniques and equipment such as contact mics, geophones and hydrophones. This allowed harmonics, patterns, textures and resonances in the building and structural foundations to be revealed that wouldn't ordinarily be heard by the ear.

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In addition to the field recordings, large PA rigs were installed in various locations throughout the mills and vocal harmonies from two collaborators were extensively recorded for later processing. Banks of pure sine tones were also played back within the vast halls and in the process of recording both, a focus was made on using the natural reverb, echos and harmonics of the building. This allowed me to use the spaces and silos as 'instruments' which could be played and tuned live, in harmony with the vocals and sine tones.

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The release is available from the Touch website as a digital download and is accompanied with a 17 page booklet of text and photographs, which explores the context and approach in detail.

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