I present, first of all, one FO. It is knit from sounds and interviews and recordings and old tapes and meetings with artists and other such things of joy and you can hear it here, or here. I am very pleased with this, the first in a series of four podcasts, commissioned by Sound and […]
The extremely long drive from Cumbria to London and back to Reading on Wednesday was smoothed out massively by a really excellent mixtape that Phillipa sent to me. Rachael and I had our ears filled with rich audio goodness from the lake district to home because of the smart, exuberant selection she included. Listening several […]
At the weekend I was lucky enough to visit with Mark Vernon who is an artist living in Glasgow and producing a lot of interesting work. Mark Vernon’s tapes. Some of the main influences on Mark Vernon’s practise are old, found cassette tapes. For some time now Vernon has made a point of seeking out […]
Genius to fall asleep to your tape last night So warm Sounds go through the muscles These abstract wordless movements They start off cells that haven’t been touched before These cells are virgins Waking up slowly My headphones They saved my life Your tape It lulled me to sleep Nothing will be the same I’m […]