Southerly: 2011

Listen | Hengistbury Head (06:00)
Listen | Hamble (06:00)
Listen | Winchester Cathedral (06:00)

Southerly are a series of seven soundscapes, commissioned by BBC Radio Solent and made in response to Radio Solent listeners' suggestions of places to visit and explore sonically. The soundscapes were recorded throughout the south west: from Abbotsbury in Dorset to Portsmouth, Yarmouth and Winchester.
The recording process and compositional response, revealed distinct sonic identities for each location: at Hengistbury Head the landscape was emergent and spectral; in Winchester Cathdedral there was a sense of anticipation and acsent; whilst at the river Hamble the soundscape revealed a place where movement felt teathered and hesitant.
A two-minute version of each soundscapes was aired weekly on the Julian Clegg show, whilst six-minute versions were available on BBC on-line. Two thirty-minute documentaries, produced by Steve Harris at Radio Solent, offered an insight into the recording process and reflections upon the sounds recorded.
In August, I wrote a twenty-minute discussion of soundscape, based on my work and it's relationshop with composers such as R. Murray Schafer and John Cage.
Commissioned by Radio 3, the programme was produced in Bristol by Chris Ledgard. The second Radio Solent documnetary, produced by Steve Harris, will be broadcast on Monday 27th August.
I hope to release a CD of the Southerlies later this year.