My part in the Sounds For An Empty House project by Plas Bodfa.
"Sounds for an Empty House is a project in two phases.
The first was a 24-hour livestream, inviting 24 sound artists and groups to live-mix, augment and manipulate sounds created by Plas Bodfa, a currently empty manor house in North Wales. Each hour was recorded and unleashed into the world as source material for an open call for new audio compositions.
Part 2 is the culmination of all these creative efforts, a collection of works reimagining ways that sound can connect people to place, illuminating minute details of a specific location through a unique audio experience. 44 artists have contributed to the three albums, creatives from Wales, UK, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, Italy, Portugal, the Channel Islands, Turkey and the United States.
Each track is a unique and innovative remix, using only recordings from the 24-hour livestream as source material. The tracks are as varied as the artists, but the sounds created by the house itself serve as unifying elements, guiding listeners through the soundscapes - gusty winds through exposed drainpipes, a crackly panel breathing with the airflow, water dripping, a seagull on the slate roofing tiles."
More on the whole project here:
www.plasbodfa.com/sounds-for-an-empty-house
My piece purely uses sounds extracted from Katherine Betteridge's exploration of the house. Samples of her voice, violin and tuning fork have been tuned and used to create new unique instruments. The new music is set against extracts of the ambient nature recordings from the site, taken once again from Katherine's time in the house.
released November 1, 2021
Original audio recordings used as the source material for this track: Katherine Betteridge and Plas Bodfa.