Hidden Notes

SAVE THE DATE!

Happy to announce that Hidden Notes Festival will return for vol.4 on the 21st - 22nd September 2024 💚

We've been heads down over the past few months working on a super exciting lineup which together with our main concerts will include film screenings, DJ sets, exhibitions, talks and Q&As, installations, initimate sessions, breakfast clubs and more all held in churches, record shops, art galleries, halls and art centres spread across the centre of Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK....

The lineup will be announced at the end of February next year together with the first batch of tickets.

Standby for further info....

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Some our favourite releases from this year (might need to make another one...there's been a lot of good 'uns!) - in no particular order:

1. Brìghde Chaimbeul - Carry Them With Us (Glitterbeat Records
2. Claire M Singer - Saor (Touch)
3. Mary Lattimore - Harpist - Goodbye, Hotel Arkada (Ghostly)
4. ØXN - CYRM (Claddagh Records)
5. LANKUM - False Lankum (Rough Trade Records)
6. Suzanne Ciani and Jonathan Fidussi - Golden Apples Of The Sun (Transversales Disques)
7 Colin Stetson - When We Were That What Wept For The Sea
8. THE GASLAMP KILLER meets The Heliocentrics - LEGNA (Cuss Records)
9. Goat - Medicine (Rocket Recordings)
10, Galya Bisengalieva - Polygon (One Little Independent)

HIDDEN NOTES RECORDS:

Super happy to announce that Fran & Flora have joined the Hidden Notes Records family!

The music of multi-award-nominated experimental/contemporary folk string duo Fran & Flora sits in two camps: both steeped in tradition, with material drawn directly from archival recordings, recovered manuscripts and years of study with the masters, whilst simultaneously garnering a contemporary and avant-garde aesthetic, speaking to the more classical and experimental listener. Fran & Flora inject their source material with drones, loops, free improvisation and electronics to create a ‘border-defying’ (Mojo) sound.

As string players Fran & Flora’s collaborations together and separately includes performing with the likes of Tom Skinner, Portico Quartet, Imogen Heap, Riz Ahmed, Sam Lee, Talvin Singh, Jocelyn Pook, Hannah Peel and The Vernon Spring. Within the global Klezmer community they have worked with the likes of Zoe Aqua, London Klezmer Quartet, Sashe Lurje, Craig Judelman, Merlin & Polina Shepherd and Frank London, contributing to ongoing research and revival work, and have taught at Klezmer music camps including at Klezfest London.

Looking forward to releasing their sophomore album in 2024...More info coming soon! 💚

Head to link below for further info
www.hiddennotes.co.uk/fran-flora

Not many left of these mind....

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Huge thanks to Alexa Kruger Reduced Listening for ft Josh Semans Echo Chamber on the latest episode of Classical Focus BBC Sounds 🙏

Listen in link below 👇

BBC Sounds Mixes - Classical Focus, Boost your brain power with two hours of classical music Two hours of energising classical music to supercharge your productivity.

What a weekend.

Still recovering but just wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU🙏 to everyone who made this possible...

HN CREW
Our sound engineering gurus Jerry Collins and Sam Blyhte - lighting wizard Craig Lewis ( ) - artist lookerafters Nat Davis, Penny de Lotz, Guy de Lotz and - keepers of the bar Anna and Mike - screenprint legends Tim and Matt - our snappy snappers .h.styler Dom Thompson () .lemon.thief (.jacob.film.music + ) - HN programme quill bearers

Sean Roe, Tom Berry, Jake Newby, Adam Jones and - and merch Queen

AND
Kirstie Phipps, Nikki Green and Nirvana Warner Hughes, Tom Berry ( ), Sean Roe ( ), ( ), Jennifer Greenshields ( ), Rev. Simon Howell and Jodi Calcutt (St Laurence Church), Jon Kelly ( ), Stephen Hogg/Jack Page/Alex Watts/Wayne Powell and Ayumi Hanano ( ), Greg Pilley ( ), Nathalie Blue ( / ), Neil Walker and Jo Leahy ( ), , , , Stephen Kinsella (Laura Kinsella Foundation), Chris Munton ( ), Rich Watts ( ), Steve Malins ( ), Dan Papps ( ), Hugh Phillimore ( ), and Paul Sands ( ), Noni Morrison ( ), Sasha Lewis ( ), Dom Salter ( ) , Vick Bain ( ), Sherab Lhamo ( ), Gautam ( ), Rachele Parietti ( ), , Tim Spinks, Mark Slater and Peter Darlington ( ), Adam Heron ( ), Sarah Allen, Alan Bearman Music, Bill Brooks,

AND ALL THE ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS AT HIDDEN NOTES VOL.3

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AND ALL OF YOU WHO CAME ALONG. SAME TIME NEXT YEAR?

📷 Dom Thompson

THANK YOU 💚

Lots of thank yous, shout outs, photos and more to share soon, but now....
....sleep.

Hidden Notes vol.3 2023 completed.

- Hannah Peel + Midori Takada - photos by James Styler

We've gone done a 100 page book as the programme for this years festival featuring interview w/ Hannah Peel Manchester Collective NYX Akusmi Brìghde Chaimbeul Fran & Flora Sarah Nicolls and Josh Semans + a guide to the other stages/extra events/venues, timetable, venue map and more!

Ah and a crossword.

Available to purchase from the Box Office when you collect your wristbands. Timetable and venue map will also be available on a free print out :)

TONIGHT!

The opening night of Boss Morris first ever exhibition as part of this years Hidden Notes Festival! Lansdown Hall & Gallery
In their hometown 💚

Featuring some of their iconic hand made beasts alongside selected prints, and a series of short films and performance videos. The exhibition will also feature interactive elements and immersive experiences. Expect some weird stuff, some fun stuff and some unexplainable stuff. Miss it at your peril!

EXHIBIITON:
WEDS 20.09 18:30 - 21:00 (Open evening w/ bar by The Fresh Standard Brew Company)
THURS 21.09 - FRI 22.09 - 10:00 - 17:00 (General Public)
SAT 23.09 - SUN 24.09 (HN Ticket holders only)

https://hiddennotes.co.uk/bossmorris

Thinking back to last year's HN vol.2.

What a year that was after such a long wait...

And looking forward to doing it all again this weekend 💚

Photos by James Styler:
1. Jonny Greenwood / 2. Erland Cooper / 3. Poppy Ackroyd / 4. Peter Broderick / 5. Penguin Cafe / 6. Shida Shahabi / 7. Harriet Riley / 8. / 9. James McVinnie / 10. Daniel Inzani

Only a handful of Sunday tickets left...
www.hiddennotes.co.uk

NOT MANY TICKETS LEFT FOR Boss Morris + NYX WORKSHOPS Lansdown Hall & Gallery THIS FRIDAY! 💚

Hidden Notes: Boss Morris - Workshop
Tickets + further info 👉 https://hiddennotes.co.uk/bossmorris

Hidden Notes: NYX - Workshop
Tickets + further info 👉 https://hiddennotes.co.uk/nyx

TONIGHT!
HN + :

- installation at SVA Goods Shed launches tonight using the incredible  Soundscape System...

"A fascinating art-music installation that taps into cutting edge particle physics, interactive musical elements and an immersive space designed to put our own physical interactions with
neutrinos at the heart of a thought provoking sensory experience..."  Issue 100, Sept 2023

Sat 16th 18:00 - 20:00 (Opening/Taster)
Sun 17th 12:00 - 17:00
Thurs 21st - Fri 22nd 16:00 - 20:00
Sat 23rd - Sun 24th 12:00 - 20:00
Tues 26th - Fri 29th Educational Week for School/University Students or by appointment (contact [email protected]

Hidden Notes Festival ticket holders: Free (Sat 23rd/Sun 24th) collect your wristbands from the Box Office at Lansdown Hall (open Sat + Sun from 09:00 - 21:00)

Non-festival ticket holders: Pay what you can on the door - £4/£7/£10

TONIGHT! SVA and Hidden Notes Presents: Particle Shrine
- installation at SVA Goods Shed launches tonight using the incredible d&b audiotechnik Soundscape System...

"A fascinating art-music installation that taps into
cutting edge particle physics, interactive musical elements and an
immersive space designed to put our own physical interactions with
neutrinos at the heart of a thought provoking sensory experience..." mikeflynnbass Good On Paper Issue 100, Sept 2023

https://hiddennotes.co.uk/particleshrine

WANNA CUPPA?

Earlier this year we teamed up with our friends Black Cloud Tea to create Green Note - willed into existence as a unique pairing/listening experience with Live In Toronto; the collaborative EP by Spindle Ensemble and Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan released via our label Hidden Notes Records.

When you buy the tea (15g or 30g) you get a unique download code attached to the packaging allowing you, for free, to download the entire EP...

The tea will be available from our merch table over the weekend and in a cup at HN Breakfast Club Klang Tone Records on the Saturday morn...

Yum. Yum.

P.S - weekend and Saturday tickets now gone! Only a few Sunday tickets left...

- Vick Bain The F-List for Music 🙏

Thanks to the F List for also inviting us tp be part of their Doing The Right Thing Network 💚



Hannah Peel / / NYX / Manchester Collective / / Fran & Flora / Brìghde Chaimbeul / Sarah Nicolls / / / Leah Broad
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Weekend tickets - gone! / Saturday tickets - 8 left! / Sunday tickets - nearly gone!

www.hiddennotes.co.uk

WANNA COFFEE?

We've teamed up with our friends Noni's Coffee Roasters to produce a limited edition sustainably sourced Hidden Notes coffee!

Available from our merch table over the weekend and in a cup at HN Breakfast Club Sound Records Stroud on the Sunday morn...

Yum.Yum.

P.S - Weekend tickets now GONE! Ltd day tickets available from link below 👇
www.hiddennotes.co.uk

TICKET WARNING! ONLY x7 WEEKEND TICKETS LEFT!

Day tickets are very close to selling out too so get yours now in link below 👇
www.hiddennotes.co.uk

15 days to go....

Hidden Notes on the Contemplative Podcast!

We had a chat with host Matt Emery on the latest episode of the mighty Contemplative Classical podcast chinwaggin' about Stroud, the history of the festival, artists on this years lineup, artists on previous lineups, releases on Hidden Notes Records , being invitied to join The F-List for Music Doing the Right Thing Network, producing our own Stroud Brewery HN ale and much more...
and of course some music was played in between...

Listen now on Spotify, Apple, Podbean and via link below 👇
https://headphonecommute.com/2023/09/06/hidden-notes/

Huge thanks to Matt, the Contemplative Podcast and Headphone Commute 💚

Tracklist:
1. Josh Semans - In Shafts of Dust and Light
2. Spindle Ensemble + Evergreen Club Contemporary Gamelan - Lucid Living
3. Hannah Peel - Patterned Formation
4. Fran & Flora - Romanian Fantasies
5. Sarah Nicolls - I Find It Hard To Be Hopeful But
6. Akusmi - Fleeting Future
7. Ryuichi Sakamoto - Bibo No Aozora
8. Manu Delago x excuse the mess - Collider
9. Midori Takada - Love Song Of Urfa
10. Jonny Greenwood - Open Spaces

FULL TIMETABLE + VENUE MAP FOR Hidden Notes Vol.3!

Taking place in churches, galleries, halls, art centres and record shops...

Download below 👇
https://hiddennotes.co.uk/hn-2023

Not many tickets left now - weekend and Saturday tickets nearly sold out! 💚

St Laurence: The Future SVA Brunel Goods Shed Lansdown Hall & Gallery Sound Records Stroud Klang Tone Records

This.Is.Going.To.Be.Immense.

www.hiddennotes.co.uk/nyx

NYX Live at Odeon Theatre | Dark M**o 2023 Thursday 15 June 2023Odeon Theatre, TasmaniaDark M**o FestivalProduction CreditsMusic Composition & Production: Sian O’GormanNYX Performers: Alicia Jane Turn...

30 days to go...And heading for another sell out!

w/ Hannah Peel Manchester Collective NYX (+ Q&A w/ Emily Hall) Stone Club Leah Broad (+ Q&A w/ Edith Bowman) Akusmi Brìghde Chaimbeul Fran & Flora Sarah Nicolls Josh Semans Boss Morris (+ Q&A w/ Jane Millichip) CODA Particle Shrine excuse the mess Xanthe Fuller Andrew Heath Phonsonic The Flamenco Thief

In churches, art centres, galleries, record shops and more...

Head to link below 👇 for tickets (be quick mind) and further info...
www.hiddennotes.co.uk

Not. Long. Now.

SVA Lansdown Hall & Gallery Sound Records Stroud Klang Tone Records Tonal Union Bedroom Community Qu Junktions Glitterbeat Records LEITER Faber Books

THIS IS TONIGHT! AND FULLY SOLD OUT!

Doors - 19:00
John Cale and Band - 20:00

Got tickets? See.You.There. 💚

Please note - we advise you not to buy tickets from strangers on social media or comments on this post as most of these are fake, cannot be verified and will not give you entry to the concert.

HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE A SPECIAL DAY OF BOSS MORRIS + NYX WORKSHOPS!

FRIDAY 22.09.23
LANSDOWN HALL

Boss Morris Workshop:
As part of their first ever exhibition held at Lansdown Gallery for Hidden Notes festival, Boss Morris will be hosting a special workshop upstairs in Lansdown Hall. If you’ve never picked up a pair of hankies and bells this is for you! Come and learn a traditional Cotswold Morris Dance. They guarantee in 90 minutes you’ll feel like a fully fledged hopper. They’ll teach you the basics, just bring your spring. From 10 years and above wear trainers and comfy clothing...
16:00 - 17:30 www.hiddennotes.co.uk/bossmorris
Hidden Notes: Boss Morris - Workshop

NYX Workshop:
Prior to their performance at this year’s Hidden Notes Festival the collaborative drone choir NYX will be at Lansdown Hall for a unique one off workshop. NYX’s work is rooted in a practice of vocal embodiment, deep listening and self-empowerment led by NYX music director Sian O’Gorman and NYX performers. Explore what it means to move and be heard, to be subsumed and supported by the collective voice, and to create and belong inside our sounding bodies. Workshops are designed for singers and non-singers of all ages.
13:30 - 15:00 www.hiddennotes.co.uk/nyx
Hidden Notes: NYX - Workshop
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Please note these workshops take place on Friday 22nd Sept and are not included in HN weekend or day tickets. Head to artists pages on the HN website ☝️ to book! And be quick mind...

Images
Boss Morris by Aloha Bonser-Shaw for Ffern
NYX by El Hardwick

You can now also pre-order Josh Semans new album To Will A Space Into Being (15.09.23 Hidden Notes Records) via Rough Trade
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https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/product/josh-semans/to-will-a-space-into-being

OUT NOW!

In Shafts Of Dust & Light - the first single from Josh Semans forthcoming album To Will A Space Into Being - out 15.09.23 via Hidden Notes Records...

Josh Semans - In Shafts of Dust & Light (Official Video) Pre-order "To Will a Space Into Being" on limited edition 180g transparent vinyl, or as a digital download, here - https://www.joshsemans.bandcamp.comSpotify...

ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT!

Happy to announce that our friend Edith Bowman will be chairing the Q&A with Leah Broad at this years festival!

HN VOL.3
LEAH BROAD - QUARTET CHAIRED BY EDITH BOWMAN
24.09.23
SVA

The lives, loves, adventures and trailblazing musical careers of four extraordinary women from a stunning debut biographer.

Ethel Smyth (b.1858): Famed for her operas, this trailblazing q***r Victorian composer was a larger-than-life socialite, intrepid traveller and committed Suffragette.

Rebecca Clarke (b.1886): This talented violist and Pre-Raphaelite beauty was one of the first women ever hired by a professional orchestra, later celebrated for her modernist experimentation.

Dorothy Howell (b.1898): A prodigy who shot to fame at the 1919 Proms, her reputation as the ‘English Strauss’ never dented her modesty; on retirement, she tended Elgar’s grave alone.

Doreen Carwithen (b.1922): One of Britain’s first woman film composers who scored Elizabeth II’s coronation film, her success hid a 20-year affair with her married composition tutor.

In their time, these women were celebrities. They composed some of the century’s most popular music and pioneered creative careers; but today, they are ghostly presences, surviving only as muses and footnotes to male contemporaries like Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Britten – until now.

Leah Broad’s magnificent group biography resurrects these forgotten voices, recounting lives of rebellion, heartbreak and ambition, and celebrating their musical masterpieces. Lighting up a panoramic sweep of British history over two World Wars, Quartet revolutionises the canon forever.

www.hiddennotes.co.uk/leahbroad

Faber Books

AND THERES MORE!

ANNOUNCING BREAKFAST CLUB + RECORD SHOP SESSIONS AT Klang Tone Records + Sound Records Stroud!

BREAKFAST CLUB
23.09 Klang Tone Records Andrew Heath
24.09 Sound Records Phonsonic
The start of a new series at Hidden Notes! Breakfast Club. Early morning ambient/soundscape music sessions in two of Stroud’s independent record shops paired with local tea and coffee wizards Black Cloud Tea (Klang Tone Records) and Noni's Coffee Roasters (Sound Records) plus fresh pastries from Salt bakehouse.
Live music, records, tea, coffee, pastries - a great way to kickstart each day at Hidden Notes Festival…

RECORD SHOP SESSIONS
23.09 Klang Tone Records The Flamenco Thief
24.09 Sound Records Tudor Acid
Intimate afternoon live music sessions amidst a plethora of records, neon signs, music books and magazines...

Explore the programme/find out more about the artists in link below 👇
https://hiddennotes.co.uk/hn-2023

HN VOL.3
ALEXANDRA HAMILTON-AYRES
24.09.23
ST LAURENCE CHURCH

Award-winning film composer and multi-instrumentalist Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres blends sound worlds with her love for the piano, orchestrated into a rich palette of electronica and classical music described by Mary Anne Hobbs (BBC Radio 6) as “hauntingly beautiful”.

In 2022 she won Best Original Feature Film Score in the Music and Sound Awards for BAFTA Scotland-winning duo Melt The Fly celebrated by Mark Kermode as an “evocative score” in Empire Magazine working with MRI machine sounds and Her Ensemble on strings. Other film score credits include her score for The Oil Machine by BAFTA Scotland-winning director Emma Davie, using archive recordings of an oil rig being deconstructed as inspiration.

Hamilton-Ayres’ latest album Play Echoes was recorded with Her Ensemble in Berlin’s iconic Funkhaus and out now via Nils Frahm’s label LEITER

Manners McDade

HIDDEN NOTES RECORDS

NEW RELEASE: To Will A Space Into Being by Josh Semans

Pre-order the new album on limited edition transparent 180g vinyl today via bandcamp
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Following his debut album and two EPs, Hidden Notes Records are proud to announce the release of Josh Semans’ sophomore full-length album; To Will A Space Into Being.

Released on September 15th 2023, the album comprises ondes Martenot, Juno 6, and a string quartet, represented visually by manipulated AI imagery.

For his latest project, Josh has created a world that is entirely his own; combining the retro-futuristic sound of the vintage Juno 6 synthesiser; the classically-coded string quartet; and the otherworldly ondes Martenot - one of the earliest electronic instruments, born in the trenches of the First World War.

The artwork for this album has been created by Miriam Bean as part of her ‘These Places Do Not Exist’ project. Working collaboratively with artificial intelligence, she carefully prompts imagery into existence to then be curated and manipulated using a variety of digital and manual techniques. Almost 300 versions of the album artwork were made, and carefully examined before a selection was made to be worked-on.

Adam Hinks’ (graphic designer and Hidden Notes co-founder) graphical contributions to the vinyl packaging utilise similar techniques; digital text made physical, distorted by hand on the way back into the computer....

Pre-order plus further info 👇
www.hiddennotes.co.uk/josh-semans

HN VOL.3
NYX
23.09.23
ST LAURENCE CHURCH

NYX is a collaborative drone choir, re-embodying live electronics and extended vocal techniques. With visceral arrangements and original compositions by Sian O’Gorman, NYX looks to reshape the role of the traditional female choir, testing the limits of organic and synthetic modulation to explore the entire spectrum of collective voice as an instrument.

Their approach to post-digital performance and composition is influenced Pauline Oliveros’s Deep Listening process, Meredith Monk’s extended vocal technique, Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares’ charged harmonics, the electronic and acoustic body manipulations of Holly Herndon and the viscerality of Sunn 0)))’s ecstatic noise experiences.

NYX are a self-managed collective and independent record label that have created and performed in popular music-led interdisciplinary experiences for reputable spaces such as Hyde Park, London Design Festival, London Fashion Week, Pompidou Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Kings Place, Barbican.

With collaboration at the heart of process, NYX has made projects with musicians such as Gazelle Twin, Vessel, Holy Other, Laura Misch, Hatis Noit, Iona Fortune, LCY and designers such as Dan Tobin Smith, Rosie Hastings and Hannah Quinlin, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Imogen Knight, Chloe Lamford, Tom Scutt and Jonathan Barnbrook.

www.hiddennotes.co.uk/nyx

SOLD OUT!

Hidden Notes and The Subscription Rooms Presents: John Cale and Band at the Sub Rooms in Stroud on the 23.08.23 is now sold out!

If you have tickets? See.You.There.

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HN VOL.3
FRAN & FLORA
23.09.23
ST LAURENCE CHURCH

Multi-award-nominated duo Fran & Flora captivate audiences with world class performances of music from across eastern-Europe and beyond. Comprising of Francesca Ter-Berg (cello / vox) and Flora Curzon (violin / vox), this ever-evolving collaboration is born out of a deep friendship, musical bond and shared interests in traditional music, improvisation and a sense of adventure. Their compositions and arrangements stem from the modes and melodies of Klezmer, Transylvanian, Romanian, Greek and Armenian music, as well as their deep dives into archival recordings and live electronics.

Their debut album Unfurl was released in February 2019. Incorporating tunes and songs collected on their travels, the album was the culmination of three years studio work with producer Sam Beste (The Vernon Spring / Hejira) where they explored their aesthetic, experimenting with interweaving textures and layers, electronics and analogue processing. In June 2020 a 5-track remix EP was released celebrating tracks from Unfurl. Remix artists included Portico Quartet, Deep Throat Choir, Dylan Henner, Enhang Ha (Berlin), The Yellow House and Dylan Henner which was championed by Mary-Anne Hobbs (BBC 6 Music). They are currently in the process of finishing their second album.

www.hiddennotes.co.uk

HN VOL.3
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO
24.09.23
LANSDOWN HALL

One of the most important artists of our era, Ryuichi Sakamoto had a prolific career spanning over four decades, from techno-pop stardom to Oscar-winning film composer. The evolution of his music coincided with his life journeys. Following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Sakamoto became an iconic figure in Japan’s social movement against nuclear power. As Sakamoto returned to music following a battle with cancer, his haunting awareness of life crisis led to a resounding new masterpiece. Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda is an intimate portrait of both the artist and the man.

"Art is long, life is short." Ryuichi Sakamoto

RIP Maestro 💚

Huge thanks to Stephen Nomura Schible and Modern Films 🙏

HN VOL.3
MANCHESTER COLLECTIVE
24.09.23
ST LAURENCE CHURCH

Known for their experimental programming and daring collaborations, the work of Manchester Collective has expanded at breakneck speed since their formation in 2016. They now play in concert halls, gig venues and factory spaces across Europe and the UK, performing a combination of cutting edge contemporary music, classical masterpieces, and staged work to a hungry, new audience.

New music is of vital importance to the Collective – in recent years, they have commissioned major works by artists including Edmund Finnis, Hannah Peel, Lyra Pramuk, and Laurence Osborn. Highlights include their Royal Albert Hall debut as part of the 2021 BBC Proms Festival; the creation of Dark Days, Luminous Nights, a daring audio-visual installation made under lockdown with Blackhaine and Simon Buckley; and Sirocco, the international sensation featuring South African cellist Abel Selaocoe.

Manchester Collective record for the Icelandic label Bedroom Community. Their second album NEON was released on the 23rd June 2023.

For Hidden Notes vol.3 Manchester Collective will be performing Steve Reich’s cult masterpiece ‘Different Trains’ – an exploration of speech, history, and memory performed as a string quartet and live electronics.

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HN VOL.3
PARTICLE SHRINE
16-17.09.23/21-24.09.23
SVA GOODS SHED

Invisible messengers from deep in the universe surround us.
These messengers are known as cosmic rays, and billions shower Earth every second, in a random way currently beyond human comprehension.
These subatomic particles are passing through you at this very moment…blazing close to the speed of light, blasted from supernovae and other astrophysical phenomena far beyond our galaxy.
By learning about them, we can learn about our origins.
Particle Shrine makes these invisible forces, visible.
Utilising new creative technologies, this installation transforms the never ending stream of cosmic ray energy into various outputs - generative 360 compositions, (powered by d&b audiotechnik’s soundscape system) vibrating surfaces, projections and lighting design.
These outputs are controlled in real-time by 5 bespoke cosmic ray detectors inside the installation, as well as by live readings from a neutrino observatory in Japan called Super Kamiokande.
The result is an experience like no other.
Particle Shrine creates an environment that’s unique each time you step inside,
a place where you could ponder these curious forces, and hopefully,
experience a sense of connection to the cosmos in the process.

Particle Shrine was created by composer and musician Christo Squier in collaboration with experimental particle physicist Teppei Katori and creative technologist Chris Ball. It was originally commissioned by the Science Gallery London in September 2022 and developed as part of artist-residences at King's College London (2021-22) and Snape Maltings / Britten Pears Arts (2021).

Presented with d&b audiotechnik soundscape

The installation is free entry for HN festival ticket holders. Tickets to non-festival ticket holders on sale soon!

Click link below for a recent article/Short Wave podcast about Particle Shrine on NPR 👇
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/02/1179781431/super-k-cosmic-ray-neutrino-data-art-installation

SVA Brunel Goods Shed d&b audiotechnik