Local music collective Resonance have collaborated with the Essex Record Office to release an album made using sounds from the Record Office’s archives.

Recreating the Record showcases 11 local musicians who sampled sounds from the archives to create a diverse range of electronic music, ranging from ephemeral ambience to beat-driven industrial noise.

With a focus on the future of Essex, Recreating the Record combines the technology of the past with the present. Many of the sound archives are fragile and at-risk – having been initially captured decades ago on reel-to-reel tape or other obsolete recording methods. The heritage of Essex’s sound archives is continually preserved through modern digital methods to ensure they aren’t lost or destroyed. This combination of historic analogue and present digital technology is the focus of the album.

The artists were free to manipulate the original recordings as much as they wanted to create their compositions, using audio processing tools to effect, stretch and warp them into completely different (and often unrecognisable!) sounds. Many of the musicians use analogue electronic synthesizers based on designs from the 1960 and 1970s, and integrate these with digital audio workstations and computer programming to create their music.

The result is a journey that moves between dark, minimal compositions and uplifting passages that highlight the mixed history of Essex. Nostalgic sounds merge with machinery noises reminiscing of Chelmsford’s scientific and industrial heritage. Field recordings capture the Essex countryside and Southend Seafront, combined with introspective electronic melodies. The ambience of Colchester and its famous Zoo blend with trains and sampled orchestral TV programmes – inviting memories of days out around Essex and the journeys these archives capture.

All proceeds are going to the Friends of Historic Essex charity, who work closely with many heritage organisations to preserve Essex’s history.

For more information on the archives, visit www.essexrecordoffice.co.uk. For a closer look at the archive of sounds then the Essex Record Office have a site at www.essexsounds.org.uk with an interactive map where each sound was recorded.

Recreating The Record

Nick Smith - Through The Double Fence

I've been on Soundcloud for six years now and it's been great exploring the work of other artists.  There is so much generosity of spirit on this platform, it's just what you need when most of your music is made solo. 

I started out playing classical and Spanish guitar, then took up flamenco to ease myself away from the confines of musical notation. As a result, Latin rhythms often creep into my music. 

A friend introduced me to steel string and electric guitars just a few years ago and I still find the scope they bring dizzying... but what fun!

UltraVoog Studios

EXTREME Productions

   I suppose I have been gone for quite some time. Busy reading,cleaning and dealing with a ton of cleaning and remodeling. Will hopefully be back to recording here soon!

1/3 of Hell Feeder  https://soundcloud.com/hell-feeder
AKA Babalon Anon https://soundcloud.com/babalon-anon
https://soundcloud.com/babalon-anon-spoken-word
Additional Audio Tweaking https://soundcloud.com/rexoid-1

Experimenting with rhythm and sampled sounds. 
Moody Industrial grooves and dark soundscapes.
Direct message regarding remixes. 

Reposting:
Dark Ambient, Industrial, Hip Hop, Spoken Word, Trap, Dubstep, Classical, Soundtracks, Ambient, Dark Folk, Future Garage, Hardcore Techno, Drum & Bass, Breakcore, Drumstep, Speedcore, World, Contemporary Classical, Miniatory, Martial, Electro, Electronic, Ska, Dancehall, Electro-Swing, Experimental, Lo-Fi, Soundscapes, Old School Jazz & Blues, Noise, Trip Hop, Rap, Alt Rock, Baroque, Bassweight, Drone, Downtempo, Gypsy Swing, Ritual, Orchestral, Choral, EDM, Dub, 8-Bit, Operatic, Doom Metal, Grime, Afro-House, Chamber, Filth, Krump, Duduk, Bhangra, Breakbeat, Tribal, Mixes, Turntablism, Found Sound, Field Recordings, Post-Rock, Cloud Rap, Gabba, Schranz, Musique Concrète, Hauntology, Mash-Ups, Screwed N' Chopped, Bro-Step, Witch House, Glitch, Ragga, Atmospheric, Cinematic, Chip-Tune, EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena), Piano, Prepared Piano, Lindy Hop, Latin, Plague Wave, Jungle, P-Funk, G-Funk, Jeep Beat, Performance Poetry, Slam Poetry, Storytelling, Podcasts, Moombahton, Reggaeton, Rare Groove, Dungeon, Drill, Big Beat, Modulation, Dream Pop, Drift Phonk, Neo-Classical, Halftime.

"The spectator views that which you have created.
The artist perceives that which you sought to achieve."
Babalon Anon

Creating soundtracks for the movies in our minds. Fusing aspects of dark ambience, industrial beats and experimental self-sampled sound. 

Hell Feeder consists of:
Rich Hell Feeder (formerly of Dead Dux): https://soundcloud.com/deaddux
Zone Cruiser / Babalon Anon https://soundcloud.com/user-260441121
@babalon-anon @babalon-anon-spoken-word
Rexoid (from Skaphonics): https://soundcloud.com/rexoid-1

Collaborators:
My Own Cubic Stone / Vitriol Hermétique https://soundcloud.com/my-own-cubic-stone https://soundcloud.com/vitriol-herm-tique
Drown / Backstab https://soundcloud.com/drown-dub https://soundcloud.com/backstabmusic

The Mabon Remix Project https://hellfeeder.com/mabon/
Order Of Thee Octopi https://soundcloud.com/jameshootman
Blink Twice https://soundcloud.com/blink-twice-archivale
Tuonela https://soundcloud.com/tuonela-1
Negative Headphone https://soundcloud.com/negative-headphone
Grim Heka https://soundcloud.com/grimheka 
Insatiable Void https://soundcloud.com/insatiable-void
Lady Of Fire Poetry https://soundcloud.com/ladyofire
Boson Spin https://soundcloud.com/boson_spin
Wayfarer DG https://soundcloud.com/user-996383829 
taRka @myrhyum
Enigma Curry @enigmacurry
No Mates Ensemble https://soundcloud.com/no-mates-ensemble

Released on compilations:
Ohm Resistance - Reverberations of Stone
https://soundcloud.com/ohm-resistance/sets/reverberations-of-stone-1
Resonance - Four Walls 
https://soundcloud.com/resonancehq/sets/resonance-four-walls
Resonance - Recreating The Record
https://soundcloud.com/resonancehq/sets/resonance-recreating-the
Asylum - The Inmates Revolt
https://www.discogs.com/release/13716968Various-The-Inmates-Revolt-Vol-I
Loko Records - Those Who Know
https://lokorecords.bandcamp.com/album/those-who-know
GHETTO UNDERGROUND VOL. 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtqUeBAtPK8
GHETTO UNDERGROUND VOL. 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRR_Jgj79cs
GHETTO UNDERGROUND VOL. 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyURhdea8Rk
GHETTO UNDERGROUND VOL. 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnsx4823w9w
GHETTO UNDERGROUND VOL. 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cr-kMWwY-k
GHETTO UNDERGROUND VOL. 8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHqkR1T5ehg
GHETTO UNDERGROUND VOL. 9
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82UUpABIsG4

Resonance is a cultural collective with a focus on collaboration between audio, visual and performance artists in Essex. Based around regular workshops of the same name, Resonance’s main aim is to foster a comfortable atmosphere for artists to develop their skills in live performance and installation environments. Whether it’s through the use of workshops, meetups or events, we encourage a diverse membership of budding and experienced artists to create alternative music and art