simonsound podcasts
Welcome to Mars 1947-1959 Ken Hollings presents a live twelve-part series of unscripted reflections on the fantasy of science in the early years of the American Century With electronic sound production by Simon James Subscribe to the series or use the links below to listen to each episode. |
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simonsound one off podcasts Soundscapes, music, interviews and radio shows. Subscribe to the feed or use the links below to listen to each episode. |
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Song of the Siren As well as being fascinated by space travel and specifically voyages to the Moon, I also had a bit of a phase of imagining underwater worlds and some of the creatures that live there. I wanted to create a soundtrack to my imaginings and so produced this piece, which started off as a simple soundscape mixing underwater sounds and synthesized manipulations. I then added the keys at the end which my good friend Ken Hollings commented on as sounding somewhere in between Raymond Scott and The BBC Radiophonic Workshop – praise indeed but you can make your own judgment. Around the same time that I was creating this piece I was also working with the singer Debbie Clair on some other music and I thought it would be nice to see what she could do with the underwater soundscape. I knew that I didn’t really want any words and so she laid down a series of notes which were then mixed and effected. |
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Basil Kirchin In 2003 simonsound recorded a conversation with the late composer Basil Kirchin. For those that haven’t heard of Basil Kirchin, and don’t worry you are in the majority, he was a composer of extraordinary talent who began his career playing and leading 40’s and 50’s big bands and went on to score soundtracks and lead many library sessions for the Music De Wolfe label. For more info and to buy Basil Kirchin music go to Trunk Records. |
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