A documentary originally aired on Triple R, a community radio station based in Melbourne (rrr.org.au). It explores loudness and the human response, featuring interviews from audiologists, researchers, academics, sound engineers and punters. Visit http://www.rrr.org.au/playlist/10648/ for more info

LOUDNESS - A Max Headroom Special

Jason Waterhouse is a sculptor working out of an old butter factory that he and his partner have converted in to artist studios and a retail space. I visited Jason, ahead of his submission to the 2010 McClelland Sculpture Prize. This work explores Jason’s work for the Prize, his creative process, and the amazing environment he works in. My intention was to communicate the strong sense of place I felt when I visited his Kyneton ‘butter factory’, and capture his contagious energy. Along with 11 sound portraits produced about the shortlisted artists in the Prize, this audio work will be featured on the gallery’s website. The process of creating this work is documented in my blog.

Sound Portrait - Jason Waterhouse

This is a collaborative project produced by myself, Rose Paton and Susie Anderson. It explored three different sculptors studios, through three sonic explorations by three different sound artists, all tied together by a reading from Gaston Bachelard’s Poetics of Space.

The work is featured on a specially designed exhibiting website, http://www.sculptorsinsound.com

Studio Symphony

It aired Thursday July 11 at 7pm AEST, on Triple R 102.7FM in Melbourne. You can stream and hear it in full at http://www.rrr.org.au/program/max-headroom?an_page=2013-07-11

I’ve been floating this idea in my head for yonks and finally am getting it to air. It’s an hour-long feature on new music from Halifax, Canada. There is an absolute killer scene in this small town on the eastern edge of Canada, and I’m super keen to introduce it to Triple R’s Melbourne listeners.

One small city on the eastern edge of Canada is brimming with talented pop bands: Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Halifax sound is one of intricate math-rock guitar lines and the subversion of pop tropes – permeating across genres. What makes this city’s music scene thrive?

To find out, host Ross Richardson calls Aaron Levin of emerging independent music patron Weird Canada, Halifax college radio host Trevor Murphy, and Haligonian jangle-pop quartet Old and Weird.

Uncover the roots of the Halifax sound, the supportive ‘art-school’ creative culture, life on the ground for bands, and it’s context in the Canadian music scene. Plus some of the best new songs coming from this Atlantic outpost.

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