SEASONING / NOVEMBERISM / SEMI DETACHED SUBURBAN M.R. JAMES

First looked at James and his regiment of terrorised Clergy
when doing the EAR project..that work is still spinning off in various directions and the Seasoning / Novemberism material is the latest...

the whole project is here...http://seasoningbifocals.blogspot.co.uk/

..so it's very good and very appropriate to be revisiting the
Field Trip piece from EAR as part of the Ghost Story event. I'm reading three of my own, and they seem to be full of references to the last couple of year's work. 

A PIECE FOR RADIOPHRENIA FESTIVAL

We are very pleased to have a piece scheduled within Radiophrenia, the international Radio Arts festival, broadcasting out of Glasgow throughout november. There's a link to the festival site here:

http://radiophrenia.scot/listen/

 and we'll put the full schedule up in November.

TYSON, ROSE AND HALL / "Ingredients Serves Twelve"

30 Mins, Recorded composition for broadcast.

Submitted via wetransfer, Sept 23 2017

Description:

November marks the point in the year when the cold and the darkness begin to set in. A time of reflection, of Souling from door to door, prayers exchanged for food, of sacrifice and bargaining,

"Ingredients Serves Twelve" is a composition for broadcast evoking the desperate rituals of the Blood Month. It comprises narration, vinyl cut-ups, original Field recordings, Cassette tape, a collection of BBC in - house Sound Effects discs donated by BBC Radio Cumbria and, as the voice of guest narrator, Broadcaster Jennie Dennett.

A NEW OLYMPIA: ARCADE RECORDINGS ONLINE THANKS TO SCARBOROUGH MUSEUMS TRUST

On Oct 21 Scarborough Museums Trust launch A New Olympia, an exhibition that looks at the plans for the Art Deco redevelopment of Scarborough in the 1930's. 
Bill Bartlett and me  have been doing a bit of R and D at the Olympia Leisure Arcade and we are very chuffed to be have a few of our recordings included on the Museum's site..

http://www.scarboroughmuseumstrust.com/the-sounds-of-olympia/

Big thanks to Sarah Steele at the Museum for giving us this space , its great to be involved in what looks like a really interesting exhibition.

https://www.facebook.com/scarboroughmuseums/

SCARBOROUGH OLYMPIA LEISURE PROJECT ON COAST AND COUNTY RADIO

Cross-platform info sharing....this, below, is the Seasoning project blogpage. I'm drawing your attention to the R and D me and Sound Recordist Bill Bartlett are currently undertaking in Scarborough at Olympia Leisure Arcade and Scarborough Museum at Woodend. 

http://seasoningbifocals.blogspot.co.uk/2017/

By way of a shortcut, here's my interview with Jerry Scott on Coast And County Radio last week, recorded on cassette and with some sound from the project.

https://soundcloud.com/user-628037322/coast-and-county-gerry-scott-sept-27-2017

HUMAN ORGANS AT MERZBARN

A Human Organs performance at the Kurt Schwitters Merzbarn in Elterwater. This is the first appearance of the Four Person line up, so left to right you'll see Neil Wade, Jo Wade, me, and Jamie McPhie..these two videos from Alex record two chunks of what may evolve into some sort of offgrid ritual trance thing, in which we were joined by Trombonist Carolyn Francis and the Lakeland Fiddlers, who played some great tunes outside the Merzbarn earlier in the day and at the church in the morning. . We've been wondering about wether / how to augment the organs, and this points a way or two.. there are some great moments here, thank you Carolyn and co, and thank you Ian and Celia from Littoral.

https://vimeo.com/223425494  for the first number, and Carolyn's first intervention.

 https://vimeo.com/223438261    with Carolyn and the Lakes Fiddlers.

For more about the event and about the rest of the Seasoning Project ..

click here...http://seasoningbifocals.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/merzbarn-human-organs-carolyn-francis.html

REHEARSALS: BARROW DOCK MUSEUM SHOW APRIL 20th.

 Organising and rehearsing under the benign gaze of Kurt Schwitters at PVH with Damo Rose for the Dock Museum gig...this one will draw on the BBC Sound Effects vinyl kindly donated by BBC Radio Cumbria, Damo's Field Recordings from around Barrow and some slices of vinyl from the local Charity shops and the quieter corners of Pepperland Collect,  Barrow In Furness's excellent pop culture Zone.
Looking forward to a sesh with Ste this week, lots of new stuff to nudge into the mix. 

RESEARCH, RECORDING AND A NICE REVIEW

 Gently nudging a new Bifocals project into action with a nice pint and a natter about books and his new record with Tom James Scott, a visit to Cecil Sharp House in March to look at their journals and articles, and planning a performance of sorts  with DJ Ste Tyson and Sound recordist / musician Damo Rose at Barrow Dock Museum in April.  

Bob Fisher and Alex Blackmore are working on the  Human Organs which will be making appearances throughout the year. And the Walney Sound Calendar project with Natural England and South Walney Infants is up and running too.  Meanwhile, there's a great review of the "Four Short Guitar Tunes .." 45 from Byron Coley in March's  WIRE mag. Cheers a fellow up no end, this. Doubly so as I bash around on dulcimer and plastic keyboard towards some ideas for  another record...looking forward to  tomorrow morning's recording with Cumbrian Traditional musician and songwriter Mike Willoughby.  Good piece on  Aine O'Dwyer in there too, Aine was outstanding at FON in Barrow 2 years ago, and it's an interesting account of where she's been and where she's at.