Living Symphonies
Epic project, composed and realised by James Bulley and Daniel Jones.
Recording at Goldsmiths UoL
Living Symphonies is a musical composition and installation that grows in the same way as a forest ecosystem. Each species found in the forest is depicted by a unique set of musical motifs, and for this installation composers James Bulley and Daniel Jones invited me to record parts they had written depicting grass, butterfly and falcon. You can hear it 20- 28 July via a network of speakers hidden in the forest near Chingford Plain.
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Here’s a video from a similar installation James and Daniel did a few year’s ago.
Living Symphonies is taking place in Epping Forest as part of London National Park City Festival and Waltham Forest Borough of Culture.
It is completely free to visit, and is open from 11am to 8pm, from 20-28 July.
It is located within the Chingford Plain region of the forest, at the below map location. 51°38’25.9″N 0°00’54.7″E
Nearest station is Chingford on the Overground. There are also a number of forest carparks.
Music video for Halyard
Video for my single Halyard.
My mate David Lefeber has created this atmospheric video for my single Halyard. We filmed boats, sea, lobster pots and some dead things in Hastings last year.
Halyard was written, performed and recorded by me in Imogen Holst's Cottage in Aldeburgh on a very dark and rainy day - I reckon you can hear some of that gloominess in the music!
Here’s some photos from the day of filming:
Nice words about Halyard …
‘... in a very short time she creates a wonderful arch and line of sound. Saving a little surprise towards the end - a beautifully poised and composed work combining electronics, violin & bass’ Errollyn Wallen, BBC Radio 3
‘A really haunting piece ... there’s a real sense of place’ Sean Rafferty BBC Radio 3 In Tune