Inspired by the pattern of tidal cycles that affect our coasts and rivers, The Broken Orchestra have composed and curated an immersive soundscape to accompany the theme of ‘Living with Water’.

Bringing together ‘found sounds’ to create an original piece, the process has seen audio captured from community workshops and the unique array of people who have attended. Combined with the layering of samples taken from the waters and rivers that align Hull’s coastal edge, musical elements have been integrated to create a meaningful, thought provoking composition.

This is a binaural mix and in order to best enjoy headphones should be used.

Risky Cities Soundscape (Full)

A network of neurones big, bright and beautifully illustrating the movement of information and energy through our brain. This site-specific soundscape was recorded and created over a number of visits to Selby Abbey in order to capture the feelings, memories and communities held within this beautiful space.
Network (Selby Abbey) will be available to view/hear in person at Selby Abbey 14th-21st November 2022.

Network (Being Now Here)- Selby Abbey Soundscape

Music & Production by The Broken Orchestra. 

Poetry by Vicky Foster.

Additional Guitar by Tom Kay.

Additional Vocals by Sarah Johns.

Neil Hadlock Statue (Poetry by Vicky Foster)

Murdoch Connection (Poetry by Vicky Foster)

Music & Production by The Broken Orchestra. 

Poetry by Vicky Foster.

Additional Guitar by Tom Kay.

Posterngate (Poetry by Vicky Foster)

Production by The Broken Orchestra. 

Poetry by Vicky Foster.

Trinity Square (Poetry by Vicky Foster)

Trinity House Lane (Poetry by Vicky Foster)

Victoria Square (Poetry by Vicky Foster) (Feat Sarah Johns)

A simple piece of fabric can carry a world of meaning.


It might evoke a memory - a place, a person, a feeling. The moment you touch it, you are transported. A forgotten texture, once held close, suddenly brings back a story long stored away.


Fabric can mark achievement, represent a former identity, or reflect a personal journey. It can remind us of who we were, who we are, and where we've come from. Patterns and colours act as visual echoes of times that were joyful, difficult, or transformative. Some cloths carry ancestral connections, stitched with history and tradition. Others may have once served a practical need - offering warmth, protection, modesty - and are now kept as symbols of meaning.


A piece of fabric can stand for many things: religion, status, rebellion, power. Or it may simply spark the imagination, inviting us into new possibilities. What we wear, keep, or pass on is never just cloth - it is memory, identity, and story, woven together.


Stitching archival sounds, community voices and original music to create a tapestry of sound to represent, connect and explore the strength, texture and diversity of the people of Bradford's BD10 postcode.



Against the backdrop of the city’s historic fabric and textile industry, this soundscape will showcase the local pride, the characters and the resilience and values that make up this community. Symbolising every strand, weave, knot and plait; people are invited to listen to this original piece by The Broken Orchestra.


Like a ball of yarn, each person is like a strand of thread, woven together to form connections and relationships, some intentional, others by chance. And like fabric, a community can stretch, tear, fray, or warm and protect - depending on how well its threads hold together.

A Good Yarn- The Broken Orchestra

Formed in early 2010 by then audio engineer Carl Conway Davis and then HipHop producer Pat Dooner, The Broken Orchestra began as an experiment, a way to learn and as a creative output. Ten years on and those fundamental aspects still remain, even if those initial roles have shifted somewhat.
Ten years of creativity, expansion and development has seen The Broken Orchestra morph into more than just a music production duo. They create sound tracks for landscapes, audio walking tours, radio dramas, sci fi adventures, perform live as a five piece  band, release music into the world on physical and digital formats all in a bid to connect with the audience.
As a band they release music regularly receiving air play from the likes BBC Introducing’s Tom Robinson and Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 6 Music. They have also played live in some of the UK’s most prestigious venues during the last three years including Hare and Hounds (Birmingham), Band on the Wall (Manchester), Hifi Club (Leeds) and Hoochie Coochie (Newcastle).
Extremely proud of their hometown of Hull they are supported extensively by local partners such as BBC Introducing Humberside and Humber Street Sesh and have been lucky enough to have been commissioned to work with such brilliant festivals as Freedom Festival Arts Trust, Hull Jazz Festival, and BBC Contains Strong Language as well as being supported in this work by Arts Council England.
Collaboration and experimentation have been at the forefront of their work over the last ten years, an ethos that has seen them collaborate with many notable musicians, artists and performers including the likes of Inyang Bassey (Moby), Melanie Pain (Nouvelle Vague), Anna Uhuru (Abstract Orchestra) & Shawn Lee. With a keen interest on presenting music in different ways they have also created soundtracks for projects with Vicky Foster (BBC Radio 4), Joe Hakim & Hull Truck Theatre,

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