Inspired by the story of eminent Edwardian scientist, radio pioneer and spiritualist, Oliver Lodge, The Etherizer is a 3 minute piece which invites the listener to tune in to the transmissions of a man being driven into oblivion by grief and separation.

Oliver Lodge was at the forefront of scientific discovery of radio, a contemporary of Hertz and Marconi. After his son’s death in WW1, Lodge became increasing involved in spiritualism, believing that spirits existed within and could communicate via, the ether. He spent the latter part of his life trying to prove it. 

This piece is inspired by the Lodge story, but doesn't attempt to retell it. Instead the focus is on the theme of wanting desperately to contact someone, and the emotional grind of things left unsaid.

The Etherizer

Sample field and nature recordings that were created and used as part of the audio production Bodies of Water

Hengistbury Reeds Soundwalk Webmix

Hengistbury Groynes Ambi Webmix

A mixture of river, sea and rain field recordings with EQ harmonics filter gives a weird droney spangly musical sound 


Sample field and nature recordings that were created and used as part of the audio production Bodies of Water

Harmonic Waters Webmix

Field recording made at Browns Creek, Colorado.

Sample field and nature recordings that were created and used as part of the audio production Bodies of Water

Colorado Browns Creek River Recording Webmix

Recording of weird crackly night time sounds as the tide goes out of Christchurch Harbour


Sample field and nature recordings that were created and used as part of the audio production Bodies of Water

Christchurch Harbour Night Tide Trickle And Crabs Webmix

Recording of night swimming in sea at Boscombe. Made possible by bolting a portable recorder to a crash helmet.

Sample field and nature recordings that were created and used as part of the audio production Bodies of Water

Beach Hat Sea Swimming Ambi Webmix

Norfolk and Chance
The Unexpected Proposal (2017 Radio Race)

Lead Team Member (Laura Irving)
Team Member 2 (Becky Hougham)
Team Member 3 (Matt Francis)
Team Member 4 (Alf Lee)

Norfolk and Chance: The Unexpected Proposal (2017 Radio race)

Excerpt from the underwater bit of Bodies of Water. The longer piece is a documentary-ish meditation on impact of water; how sounds of water effect humans, and how human sounds effect the aquatic ecosystem. 
This clip features Rick Stafford (marine conservation academic) talking about sound in the underwater environment. 
The full piece will be broadcast in Jan 2018 sometime on Radia.FM and affiliate stations. It was produced and mixed by me and mastered (at lightning pace for a ridiculous deadline) by my old housemate & highly skilled noise-maker, Jean Paul DuBock.

Bodies Of Water Underwater Excerpt

Recording nightlife in White Mountains, Crete. Moth, or other winged buzzy creature

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Anguilla Anguilla evolved from an anecdote my father-in-law used to tell about catching eels in Ireland during his boyhood. Since developing Alzheimer's Disease, he's returned frequently to this story- with the narrative becoming progressively fractured, interrupted and detuned; its reality becoming as slippery and hard to grasp as the eels themselves. 

Somewhere there seemed to be a metaphorical synergy between his story, his illness and the mysterious cyclical end of life journey of the European Eel (Anguilla Anguilla), which travels the width of the Atlantic guided by a force little understood, to return to the place of its birth.

The piece is probably best described as a sketch or assembly of ideas, to be continued and made infinitely better someday.. 

It airs on Radiophrenia 18th Nov 2020 2.30pm https://radiophrenia.scot/how-to-listen/

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