Nick Bright delves deep into the world of the British Immigration system.

British Inside

Welcome to Fink's World... in his early career days, recently signed to Ninja Tune, I spent a day in the life of this amazing man and this is a little flavour of what it sounded like. Originally produced as a promotional podcast for his label, this is a far more inspiring sonic tale bringing attention to the wondrousness of every day sounds and Fink's intimate narrative.  A new sound design interpretation, produced specifically for a 'deep listening experience' as part of the University of West London's Research Symposium. 

*Listen with your eyes closed, proper headphones or a phat sound system*

Produced by Sue Bowerman

Fink's World

In a four day project, Producer and Sound Designer, Sue Bowerman worked with students from schools local to the Gateshead area, inspiring them to learn the technical and creative process of producing radio features, working in partnership with the BBC Radio 3 proms SM and Learning and Outreach team.

BBCRadio3 Free Thinking Festival: TX 030417

Sue Bowerman speaks about leading the Training division of Sound Women and the joy of working in the audio industry. 

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Sound Women

The Sound Women Podcast: A Celebration of The Sound Women Organisation

This is the final part in a 3 story series for Radio 1 Stories, exploring the lives of 3 young millennials who live with Psychosis. 
Sophie is a young graduate, living in Birmingham with her partner Alex. Her psychosis began in her first year at University. She is now a qualified primary school teacher.

The Things I See PART3 SOPHIE FinalMASTER

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Reece hears the stories of Sophie, Ed and Katy as they explain their experiences of living with various mental health conditions. Contains distressing themes and mentions of suicide and self-harm. For support and advice, search for the BBC Action Line and the BBC Advice Pages.

Three people tell their stories of living with mental health conditions and coping with delusions that vary from the surreal and peculiar, to the sinister and terrifying.

Blogger Sophie Eliza began hearing voices at the start of her psychosis and gradually became convinced that a threatening group of people were out to get her. Katy's experience of psychosis started whilst being bullied in college and it was after eventually being sectioned that her most frightening delusions began. Unlike Katy and Sophie, Ed experienced a single episode of psychosis, centred on the delusional belief that he was a sinner.

Understanding the true reality of mental illness and dysmorphic delusions is something that is very hard to comprehend if you haven’t experienced these conditions first hand. Through their moving and personal accounts, and through dramatic reconstruction and visual effects, Sophie, Katy and Ed share their experiences in this intimate, poignant and at times challenging stories.

Also broadcast during LIFE HACKS on BBC Radio 1Xtra, Sunday 26th November.

The Things I See PART1 KATIE FinalMASTER

River of Gold is the soundtrack to a live performance produced and performed by Year 5 students at Deneholm Primary School. The project was faciliated by sound designer, Sue Bowerman, designer, Richard Olivieri and class 12 teacher Laura Colmer as part of the Royal Opera House Creative Connections Programme in February 2012. 

The Mysterious River of Gold - Performance Soundtrack - Royal Opera House Education

This mix comprises amazing archive tracks spanning Africa, Latin Americas and the Caribbean. The tracks were sourced by DJ Duncan Brooker and carefully blended, mixed and edited in Pro Tools 10 into a seamless listening experience by Sue Bowerman (Blanket). 
For your listening pleasure.
The mix was issued as a promotion for one of Strut's summer events, hosted by Floripa. 
http://www.strut-records.com/content/strut-floripa-summer-special

Strut Records DJ Mix - Floripa Summer Special

Sue Bowerman dedicated the best part of a year, producing this specialist music documentary exploring the history of Nigeria's thriving music scene in the 1970s. The programme remains the only one of its kind and features some of Nigeria's most prolific musicians and music officionados, including the late, Elder Steve Rhodes without whom this programme would never have been possible to produce. 

The programme also includes exclusive interviews and archive footage with Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, John Collins, Jimmy Solanke, Tony Allen, Ebenezer Obey, Segun Bucknor, the Lidaju Sisters, Eddy Grant, Ginger Baker and more!

For anyone interested in sourcing original interviews, music and archive materials used in the making of Nigeria 70, please contact me at sue@blanket.org.uk 

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1 Introduction

First official old skool block party mix CD by the original Turntable Scientist. Featuring excerpts from rare live tapes, exclusive interviews and complete Grandmaster Flash history by Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton. 

Introduction and segueways produced by Sue Bowerman (Blanket)

01 Intro The Turntable Scientist

04 Live at the T-Connection '79

05 Turntable Mix - Flash Got More Bounce

07 Females

10 Live at Disco Convention '82 1

12 Set It Off

Taking a trip into the musical heart of Senegal. A documentary featuring West London rhythm pioneer IG Culture in Dakar.
In 2008, radio producer and journalist Sue Bowerman traveled to Senegal, with West London hip hop and bruk beat pioneer IG Culture, for a project called Bring The Noise. The intention was to explore local music scenes, put together a band, and showcase the results over two concerts in Dakar. What they came across was a bourgeoning network of musicians, separated between griot traditionalists, mould-breaking modernists and forward-looking emcees. By bringing many of the musicians together for the first time, Bring The Noise posed several questions about living in Dakar. Despite the challenging conditions, from 40 degree heat to powercuts and cramped studios overflowing with balafons, koras and other instruments, the group of players operated with utter professionalism. This audio documentary follows IG Culture and the Bring The Noise Band as they fuse traditional African instruments like the kora and the bongo, played by Lamine Konté and Mamadou Kouyaté, with the new school, represented by some of Senegal’s most respected hip hop emcees, including Xuman of Pee Froiss fame, Keyti, and Waterflow of Wagëblë. It’s a tough schedule, with nearly twenty musicians and only ten days to prepare for two special concerts the likes of which Dakar has never heard before. Together, they create a new music and a new community, and open a few ears in the process. – (Produced and presented by Sue Bowerman. A Blanket Production.)

BRING THE NOISE

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We specialize in producing specialist audio, ranging from content for radio, podcasts, events, websites, teaching and training packages, music/dj mixes, documentaries, features and vocational training and mentoring services, with a focus on sound-based content. 

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