Postgraduate student with Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre (BEAST), University of Birmingham, England.

The Sunken Hum Sound Diary: a field recording/sound archive project in 365 parts.

Each and everyday in 2013, I recorded two minutes of sounds from my daily life.  And then, for 365 days in a row, I published the sounds to the internet to share with the world.  


I embarked on this phonographic archive with a voyeuristic curiosity that stemmed from a fascination with how humans  routinely spend their time and with an intrigue into the regular, recurring noises that makes up the soundscape of life. I figured the easiest way to satiate this curiosity was by dissecting my own typical day and doumenting the sounds that routinely weave themselves through my surroundings.  The diary includes everything from solitary chickens singing laments to cattlemart auctioneers chanting the call of farm life to potatoes rumbling as they boxxed in the boiling hot waterpot.  A selection from these daily recordings are shared here.

Capturing the recordings became a meditative practice.  No matter what the chaos of life that was happening around me, for two minutes I could escape into a reality reimagined through headphones.  It was like a peculiar removal from the existing moment.  While the sound of the world became heightened (and nearly more alive) through the headphones, I felt simultaneously disconnected from the present, having become more an observer than a participant.  

In 2019, dublin digital radio (ddr) rebroadcast the diary recordings at 12 pm and 6 pm everyday.  These are the same times at which the Angelus Bell is played for one minute on Irish radio. This is a religious broadcast.  Though I love the idea behind the Angelus (a minute long sound meditation), it is time to separate this meditative moment from anything to do with organised religion.  Instead, I'd love to suggest that we give that moment over to the field recordists of Ireland and let them create a daily one minute broadcast that features the myriad of meditative sounds of the island.  Come on RTE, sure why not?!

::OCTOBUSE::
(rhymes with juice)
Sexy music by sadistic cephalopods.
Mita Lupa :: https://soundcloud.com/mitalupa &
Mark Corrin :: https://soundcloud.com/markcorrin
~Octobuse is an international avant-pop elecronic music collaboration between Mita Lupa of Portland, Oregon and Mark Corrin (formerly Shirokuma) of Manchester, England. 
Featured in The Guardian's music blog, Nov. 29, 2013, as a band to pay attention to. Cheers to that!! 

The music that Octobuse creates is playful and stylistically varied, characterized by female/male vocal interplay, surrealist "flash fiction" lyrics, catchy melodies and short, poppy songs. Some shared musical influences on the project include Brian Eno, Laurie Anderson, Tom Waits, Beck, Delia Derbyshire, medieval music, psychedelia, pop and hip hop.  

In his previous work as Shirokuma, Mark's music has been widely acclaimed by many including the NME, DJ Magazine and BBC radio, and he has been broadcast by the likes of John Peel, Steve Lamacq, Rob Da Bank and FloMotion’s Nick Luscombe. He has recorded, remixed and contributed to a prolific number of releases and has also collaborated with a variety of notable artists including Can's Damo Suzuki, Max Tundra and Andy Votel. Mark is also very involved in the Manchester music scene, and has co-run club nights and gigs at notable venues such as The Lass O Gowrie (recently voted best pub in the UK by the BBC).  

Mita Lupa has a rich and varied career as a songwriter, composer, award-winning theatrical sound designer, music technology teacher, film editor, live engineer and published writer. She has worked on theatrical productions in several US states and is also a prolific painter. A multi-instrumentalist and a charismatic vocalist, Mita is also in her element with improvisational playing and spontaneous composition. She is a highly experienced and constantly progressive artist and producer who enjoys recording and innovating in a wide variety of styles. 

The project's debut single "Octobuse" was played as part of Manchester's Delia Derbyshire Day in January 2013, a multi-media event which also showcased modern artists influenced by her work. The event was widely publicised by BBC Radio 4, The Guardian and Manchester Evening News and was a sell out success. Octobuse are currently working on their debut album which will be released later this year.

Previous press for earlier works :

“Maverick genius….Makes us want to have sex in dressing up clothes.” – NME

“Expect to be surprised, seduced and bedazzled ” – City Life

“Perfectly formed flights of artistic fancy” – DJ Mag

“A deliciously hammed up performance…fall in love !” – BBC

“A true one-off ” – Manchester Music


Composer/songwriter. Musician. Lyricist. Producer. Engineer. Crypto-mythologist.
Sound/Literary/Visual Artist. 
Creating sensory-scapes & exploring multimedia storytelling. 

My tools include: vocals, keys, synths, bass, guitar, computer hardware/software, words, found objects, dreams, sound effects, field recordings, analog tape, electro and musical acoustics, pain, love, hope, fear, prophecy. I also write for instruments I do not play (such as chamber).

Recipient of the Kennedy Center's ACTF award for 'Excellence in Sound Design' (in theater). Multiple sound & music theatrical scholarships & fellowships. Award-winning, published short fiction author. 
As Octobuse: Semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition. Octobuse also featured in The Guardian's music section. 

I'm available for work - film/theater/dance/TV + - internationally :: Please send inquiries to mitalupaATgmail.com 

Besides my solo work, I've done some collaboration, including as 1/2 of the previously mentioned avant-pop duo, OCTOBUSE :: soundcloud.com/octobuse :: with Mark Corrin (soundcloud.com/markcorrin) of Manchester, England. 


Updated 11/2022

Best known for her work as the vocalist on Resident Evil 7's new trailer, "Go Tell Aunt Rhody," Jordan Reyne is hailed by Radio New Zealand as the author of a new sound. Jordan's music is a genre bending soundscape of factory drones, acoustic loops, celtic vocals, machine noise, and lyrics that read like a modern version of Grims fairytales. According to The Mix (UK) "It is hard to categorise music this original - PJ Harey springs to mind, but the style is 100% Jordans... Her vocals are astounding". 

Along with 3 nominations for a Tui award (New Zealand's Grammy equivalent), Jordan has lent her voice to projects like Cafe Del Mar, a funeral scene on Lordof the Rings, guest vocal appearances with The Strawpoeple, Breaks Co-op, and the Eden House (where she is now a permanent member). Jordan has and toured the UK, Poland, Germany and New Zealand including shows at Glastonbury (UK), Wave Gothic Treffen (Germany), The New Zealand International Festival of the Arts (NZ), The Big Day Out (NZ / Aus), Frankfurt Music Messe (Germany), Soundedit (Poland) and supports for bands as diverse as Feilds of the Nephilim, White Zombie and the Eden House.

I plan to upload short, experimental and minimalist tracks, (all new), that are rough-mixed and unfinished. 

I'm looking to collaborate with like-minded musicians, singers, composers, filmmakers etc. Anyone with an open mind to art and music.


BRUM = perturbing noise at the exit of audio-frequency amplifiers, due to alternative electric power supply. Electro experimental trio band undergoing a mixture of modern styles with live bass and drums, aggressive or ambient guitars and synths, minimal voices perfectly framed in spatial arrangements. 

FORMULA = Cata Vastagu (Bumbapa, Brum Conspiracy) - guitar, electronics; Radu Pieloiu (Sebastian Spanache Trio, Thy Veils and many other jazz and experimental projects) – drums; Anghel Mailat (Traveler Trio, Norzeatic Live Band and jazz experimental projects) – bass. The project derived from Brum Conspiracy and Bumbapa, well known to the Romanian scene by their opening concerts for bands like Unkle, Tricky, Sofa Surfers, Pink Martini, Brain Damage and from many festivals and clubs in Europe.


Uncompromising War on Art Under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.

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