Monthly Archives: October 2025

Longplayer Review – Solastalgia, time, sound and our environment

Visiting Longplayer, at Trinity Buoy Lighthouse in East London, evoked, for me, a sense of ‘solastalgia’ – “the grief of witnessing environmental change in a place you still inhabit”. The feeling that over our lifetimes – just a tiny part … Continue reading →

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The only words I know are “more, more and more” (pt.2)

Le Tigre’s 1999 self titled album (Le Tigre, 1999) used a mix of analog technology: samplers, keyboards, drum machines – as well as MPC and Reason. The ‘glitches’ caused by this technology are in the sound of the record, often … Continue reading →

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The only words I know are “more, more and more”

Andrea Lockwood’s piece ‘Piano Burning’ (1968) was an attempt to “record fire” (Rodgers, 2010). She put a microphone inside the piano and recorded for as long as possible, as long as the microphone lasted. She then wrote a fluxus score … Continue reading →

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Introduction to Sound Arts #2

Keywords to describe my practice. Deep Listening (Soundscape, Improvisation, Composition, Song) – Deep listening (and, in response, composing) to me is how we are able to kind of access a deeper sense of symbiosis with the world and life energies … Continue reading →

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