Unprocessed field recording of the sound of rough sea lashing against the thick steel walls of the RV Celtic Explorer Marine Research Vessel in the middle of the Atlantic, September 2018.

Pair of High End contact mics attached to the walls of the Forecastle Deck. Recorded on Sound Devices 702.

These recordings were made during the Aerial/Sparks artist residency as part of Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture. In collaboration with the Marine Institute Galway.

RV Celtic Explorer - Ship's Hull in Anchor Chamber during Rough Sea - with Contact Mics

De Underground Records was at 18 Sebert Road, Forest Gate, London. It was both a recording studio and a record shop and operated from 1991 until 1996. 

Owned by Mike De Underground (Michael Aymer), his brother Cool Hand Flex (Peter Aymer), Uncle 22 and DJ Randall, this independent business became one of the cornerstones in the development of the UK hardcore, jungle and drum and bass scene. The wider De Underground family included A-Sides, MC Fats, Marly Marl and Wacko. De Underground became synonymous with this sound and many well-known releases, including Lennie De Ice’s We Are IE Uncle 22’s Six Million Ways to Die, and Cool Hand Flex’s Melody Madness, were associated with the shop and its labels. 

During the time it was open, many of the UK’s jungle and drum and bass DJs, MCs and producers passed through its doors including people like Andy C, Bizzy B, Ellis Dee, Doc Scott, Fabio, Goldie, Grooverider, DJ Hype, Kenny Ken, Richie Montana, Peshay, DJ Rap, Slipmatt, Swan-E, DJ Zinc and many more. 

De Underground Records’ history and story is the history of mainly black working-class young people, and the incredible impact their ingenuity and creative expression had on a national phenomenon, helping to define a new and uniquely British sound and identity. 

Whilst the shop was highly influential and its owners were entrepreneurial creatives, there is little organised history recording their contribution. As part of Newham Heritage Month 2021, the project Crate Digging: The Influence of De Underground Records by Rendezvous Projects, aims to celebrate, share and preserve the cultural history of this Forest Gate institution.

Crate Digging: The Influence of De Underground Records

Impromptu live outdoor performance on the Happy Kitchen 1s and 2s

Happy Kitchen

ZX Plektrum - Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm1

Over the course of a day a winkle comes out to feed at low tide, a curlew announces the turning tide and we're submerged again (repeat)

Song For A Winkle (Pegwell Bay)

Sounds recorded in the public parks and green spaces of the London Borough of Newham in 2021.

MixPre3ii
Clippy XLR EM272
JrF C-SERIES pro

For a geolocated sound map, which has geofenced areas that will trigger content when you physically walk inside visit: https://creator.echoes.xyz/walk/y62gcpz8xJRmMu62

https://www.mixcloud.com/RobbingHood/dave-webb-newhams-public-parks-green-spaces-mix/

The  tracks played,  but in no particular order:
Abbey Gardens
Abbey Lane Open Space
Armada Green Park
Ashburton Wood
Barking Road Recreation Ground
Beckton Corridor
Beckton Creekside Nature Reserve
Beckton District Park North
Beckton District Park South
Beckton Park
Bow Creek Ecology Park
Brampton Park
Britannia Village Green
Canning Town Recreation Ground
Central Park
Chadd Green Residential Park
Chandos Road Open Space
Cuckold Haven Nature Reserve
Cundy Park
Densham Green
East Ham Nature Reserve
Fishers Street Open Space
Forest Lane Park
Galleons Point Riverside Wildlife Area
Gandhi Chaplin Peace Gardens
Gooseley Playing Fields
Hathaway Crescent Park
Hermit Road Recreation Ground
Itchycoo Park
Keir Hardie Recreation Ground
King George V Park
Lister Gardens
Little Ilford Park
Lyle Park
Malmesbury Road Park
Manor Park
May Green
Mayfield Road Pocket Park
Memorial Recreation Ground
New Beckton Park
Odessa Road Open Space
Plaistow Park
Plashet Park
Priory Park
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
Royal Victoria Gardens
Sandal Street Play Area
St John’s Green
Star Lane Park
Stokes Road Play Park
Stratford Park
Stubbs Point Open Space
Thames Barrier Park
The Greenway
Three Mills Park
Upperton Road West Park
Valetta Grove Open Space
West Ham Park

Newham's Public Green Spaces

2670328 sqm, or thereabouts (Newham's Public Green Spaces)

Off The Rails

The first of a triptych of sound stories for Plymouth Sound National Marine Park, created from field recordings made at the eastern, western and centre points of the proposed boundary (headphones on)

Above-Below-With (Penlee Point)

Follow the glow

A mix of my non robbing hood stuff, hence orh, that i've been tinkering with for the last few years 

01 121212
02 Rockdrill Road
03 Möckelö Doorstep
04 Port Piledriver
05 Angel Platform
06 Ogodhet
07 Water Hammer Arrester
08 Redboat Drain
09 Rosella Error 1
10 Sunday Stretch


Orhmix01

Schwitters wrote “The word ‘Merz’ essentially means the totality of all imaginable materials that can be used for artistic purposes and technically the principle that all of these materials have equal value.”

01 Theydon Snow
02 Escalator Des Halles
03 Rosella Error 2
04 Don't Fence Me In
05 Head Rinse Cycle 
06 Stockholm Warning
07 Cinderella Morning
08 Stadrill Centralen
09 Riverbus Rumpus
10 Foggy Memories

Orhmix02

Dave Webb created his project in the year 2017 in London as a platform for experiments with different improvised means all around us. The discography of Wave Debb consists of different records from live studio jam sessions and counts more than 30 releases. The music of Dave is a long time ago forgotten combination of musique concrète, improve industrial and percussions on different thing around including bottles, toggles, office supplies and other electronic and non-electronic devices.

https://linktr.ee/wavedebb

See Also @Robbing-Hood, @Robbing-Hood-111, @Orh-1, @LHP & @Rhorh

2670328 sqm, or thereabouts (Newham's Public Green Spaces)

Wave Debb

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