Projects in Development
SONIC JOURNEYS
In an age where music can be experienced anywhere, Sonic Journeys will connect music with the timeless inspiration of the British landscape, presenting a pastoral music for the modern age.
sounduk wants to commission John Surman and Gavin Bryars to respond to a stretch of the London to west of England and London to north of England railway journeys. The works will be recorded and then ‘performed’ to passengers whilst travelling through the relevant stretch of the journey via personal headphones.
Sonic Journeys draws on a powerful source of inspiration for creating new music as well as an innovative and inclusive way of experiencing it. The project will harness the talent of two of the UK’s most creative artists enabling them to respond to specific stretches of the UK countryside to create the first of what we hope will be a new collection of contemporary aural landscapes. Presenting these new works to passengers whilst they are moving through the landscapes themselves, both enhances their musical experience and makes contemporary British music accessible to a new and diverse audience. We very much hope that Sonic Journeys will have an impact in terms of the works created but also the potential to inspire similar projects across transport networks.
Canal Music – Summer 2009
Tracing what was once a thriving trade route from Birmingham to London, Canal Music explores the alternative transport, communities and surroundings of Britain’s longest single stretch of canal.
Featuring Lisa Knapp and Leafcutter John, Canal Music will present six performances of new and existing music, a contemporary celebration of the rich history of canal life. The performances will take place the along the canal’s route; both from the boat itself and in different site specific locations.
Confirmed stops:
Birmingham
Stoke Bruerne
Milton Keynes
London
Please contact us for further information
Resonances – Autumn 2009
A special event which takes the music that resonated through the halls of the period houses, and manipulates it into to a contemporary sound and visual event.
Resonances combines acoustic instruments and classical repertoire with cutting edge electronics to create a beautiful sound world which will re-interpret the musical life these historic properties.
Artists: Natalie Clein & Simon Fisher Turner
The Others
The Others brings together contemporary circus and music in a dark and surreal tale of the bewitching exoticism of outsiders.
Following a pilot performance this summer, sounduk will be fundraising to support the creation of a 60 minute show.
Musicians: Evelina Petrova & Alexander Balanescu
Aerialists: Alex Harvey, Charlotte Mooney & Tina Koch