A crowd sourced soundscape of what "home" sounds like from young people around the country.

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The Drowned World was a collaboration between Wet Sounds and local sound artists (myself, and Chris Adam and Andrew Wright of Resonance) who transformed Riverside Leisure Centre swimming pool with soundscapes both above the surface and underwater, to produce an immersive audio-visual performance which was equal parts bizarre, magical and astonishing.

Read more here https://www.frazermerrick.com/portfolio/the-drowned-world/

The Drowned World

Children Laughing, Mad Wave Ride, Walton Pier

Esplanade Light Tower, Southend

Floor LEDs, Gaiety Arcade Clacton

Flashing LEDs, Sit On Motorbike Game, Clacton Pier

Flashing Lights, Punch Bag Machine, Walton Pier

Flashing Sign, Adventure Island, Southend

Multicoloured LEDs, Ocean Pearls Arcade Machine, Walton Pier

Winning on the 2p Minion Game, Walton Pier

A small excerpt taken from an overnight recording at Colchester Zoo.

Music for 18 Flamingos

At the end of 2017 I was invited by Artists Cydney Barrows and Becky Jordan to respond to their 'Thread' installation at Cuckoo Farm, where they created beautiful and vibrant 3D sculptures with cotton thread and pins within the space. 

Across three visits I recorded various sounds, including contact pics on the threads, the sound of the spools in bowls and bowing the pins they're wrapped around (alongside vocal snippets and other ambient noises). 

The composition is roughly broken into three movements; installation, exhibition and deconstruction. With each has its own mood; the delicate and contemplative installation, the euphoria of exhibiting and the catharsis of pulling it all down.

The only sound that isn't from my recordings is the bass sound that comes in in the middle - everything else you hear is recorded from the installation.

Thread

Composer, sound designer and all round noise maker

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