Masts
April 2025

Since 2017 I have been recording the sounds of the River Wear, creating audio art from my own field recordings. Sometimes the recordings are woven into pieces while others like this are reworked and evolve into something very different from the original field recording. This process of reimagining sound to create something new has become the cornerstone of my audio art.

Masts combines river sounds and a clip of Hades, a much longer soundwork, where on a bleak January day the river tide was low revealing a small beach covered in glossy black seaweed. It smelt strongly of diesel from the ships. Dark green slimy kelp draped over rusty poles, chains and metal. A large ship was docked at the port and was being unloaded, the masts were swaying and clanging…..there was sound…..lots of sound…. https://museleon.bandcamp.com/track/hades

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