19 June '10
Presenting recent recordings at PVA MediaLab's Audiolab 10.2 sound symposium at the Whitstable Bienale. Other speakers were Peter Cusack, Jenny Savage and Marcus Leadley. Thanks to those who came along and special thanks to Marcus and the PVA team for their efforts.

18 March '10
Sussex by the Sea and G.D.Parada are currently showing at the Serralves museum in Porto, Portugal. Sussex by the Sea was originally commissioned by Sonic Arts Network (now Sound And Music) in 2008, and G.D.Parada was developed out of two artist residencies at Binaural (Portugal). Special thanks to the Luis Costa and the Binaural team; Julie Penfold, Mandy Rathbone and David Rogers at PVA MediaLab for their postproduction support; and Pedro Rocha, Ana Conde, Christina Grande and the technical team at Serralves.

08 March '10
58 Processions: Listening Through Holy Week was launched at PVA MediaLab's recent symposium Audiolab10- the Language of Place in West Bay, Dorset. The electronic publication documents two years of research and practice in the field and in the studio in collaboration with James Wyness, and features writing by James, myself and Katherine Hunt, and 10 field recordings from the project. 58 Processions: Listening Through Holy Week is published by Labculture Ltd. in association with Measure.

Available as a downloadable PDF document, the publication is downloadble from: http://www.labculture.org/58_listening_through.html, http://www.measure.org.uk/measurenews.html and http://www.khora.org.uk/pages/58/58.html

06 February '10
Presenting Sound Recording As Research As Art at the Five Years gallery (E. London). Part of Field Recordings curated by Edward Dorian, a programme of events from submitted and invited proposals to the gallery, addressing the concept of 'field recording'.

02 December '09
Currently working towards completion of a new multimedia publication entitled 58 Processions: Listening Through Holy Week. Featuring writing by James Wyness, Katherine Hunt and myself, Listening Through Holy Week is a document and reflection on the collaborative work produced with James Wyness from 2007 to 2008, and an audio release featuring field recordings by James and myself. Listening Through Holy Week will be published by PVA MediaLab in association with Measure, with an anticipated release date of March 2010.

14 November '09
SALT residency at PVA (Bridport, Dorset). The focus of the work is text animation to sound, in this case a development of My Only City: The Sounds of the West Terrace.

26 September '09
Returned from residency at Binauralmedia (Nodar, Portugal), working on fieldwork (multichannel sound recording, video, interviews) at amateur football club, Grupo Desportivo de Parada (Parada de Ester). The work follows on from a residency at Binauralmedia in 2008, and is to be developed for exhibition in 2010. Many thanks to the Binaural team: Manuela Barile, Carina Martins and special thanks to Luis Costa for his assistance and collaboration in the project. Thanks also to Paulo Martins and the players of G.D. Parada for making this project possible.

23 August '09
'Journée de diffusion' at Château Morimont, as part of Belju Sound Bridge (Ponte Sonore Belju). A relaxed gathering, a nice sound system, and the architectural and acoustic setting of the chateau. In the end I produced a stereo piece, constructed from field recordings gathered on the border of Boncourt (S) and Dell (Fr), for live diffusion through a 6-channel sound system installed at the ruined chateau. Other performers at the event included members of the 'Collectif Ödl de Mulhouse', Carl Y and Pali Mersault. Thanks to Gilles Aubry and Stéphane Montavon for the invitation to participate.

14 August '09
Working on short artist residency as part of a project entitled Belju Sound Bridge. The project is organised by artists Gilles Aubry, Stéphane Montavon and Carl Y around the region of the French/Swiss border, with the intention of "exchanging on field recording practices, while sonically documenting the region and especially the border zones". This particular residency, which will culminate with a public event at Chateau Morimont, will also feature artist Pali Mersault.

05 August '09
MY ONLY CITY: the sounds of the West Terrace is taking further steps towards completion. Have your headphones ready... myonlycity.net

01 August '09
Rachel & Rathbone (part of Demolition Audio) is showing as part of Concrete Radio at OUTPOST gallery in Norwich, curated by Sophie Mellor and Karen Di Franco.

05 November '08
Back in UK following residency at Binauralmedia (Portugal). The residency concluded with a presentation of work at the clubhouse of GD Parada, an amateur football club in the town of Parada de Ester. Further information, images and sound recordings are available in the 'current projects' section of the site. Many thanks to Luis Costa and the Binaural team for their assistance and support.

08 October '08
In Nodar, in the central Viseu region of Portugal, to work on a residency at Binauralmedia. Currently planning a new series of multi-channel sound recordings at training sessions at Grupo Desportivo de Parada, in the neighbouring town of Ester de Parada.

16 August '08
58 Processions at the Crypt Gallery, St. Pancras Church, opened on 8th August with a one-off performance in collaboration with Londinium. 58 Processions is open at the London Crypt until 24th August, for the exhibition website click here.

03 August '08
'Listening Through Holy Week' broadcast on 104.4 Resonance FM, on Patrick McGinley's 'Framework: afield' program. The one hour program is also available as a podcast/download at the 'framework' site: http://murmer.soundtransit.nl/playlists08.html

24 July '08
Just returned from a Salt Residency at PVA MediaLab in Dorset, working on a silent super8 film and a multimedia PDF catalogue for 58 Processions at the Crypt (St. Pancras Church, London) in August. The opening event for the show will feature a new work, in which a selection of Tomas Luis de Victoria's ‘Tenebrae Responsories', sung live by the Londinium choir, are interleaved with a selection of pieces from the installation. Tickets can be booked through the Measure website.

26 May '08
Editing audio for 'Sussex by the Sea', commissioned by Sonic Arts Network for this year's SAN EXPO festival. The work will be an 8-channel, non-musical electroacoustic piece, constructed from multi-channel recordings at Brighton & Hove Albion FC's Withdean Stadium. The work will be presented by Sonic Arts Network in Brighton, July 2008. See current work section of this website for more details.

25 April '08
A new 28 minute soundscape work Reading, UK, Seville, Spain is currently online at the Radia network site: http://radioswap2.ulb.ac.be/programme.php/001pr2151
The piece is downloadable in both 320kps mp3 and ogg format. It will also be broadcast on soundartradio (Totnes) on Monday 28 April at 5pm.

04 April '08
In March James Wyness and I travelled to Seville to gather more material for 58 Processions. With a year's experience working together, we feel that some of the material we recorded this year is some of our best. This material will be archived at the National Sound Archive later in 2008. We are now focussed on the premiere showing of 58 Processions at the Crypt in August.

14 March '08
Travelling to Seville for continued fieldwork on 58 Processions with James Wyness. This focussed fieldtrip will continue in the use of dual-perspective stereo recordings using spaced recording positions to capture the movements of the processions. This fieldtrip is assisted by the British Library.

06 March '08
New release on the khora netlabel. A long awaited release, Dale Berning's 'The November Recordings' is a series of field recordings made in Japan between 2005 and 2008.

01 March '08
Research, development, production of 58 Processions with James Wyness. We are working with arts organisation Measure, towards a major installation piece at The Crypt (London) in August 2008. The next phase is the extension of our working audio archive, through fieldwork in Seville during this March during Holy Week. The work will again be focussed on multichannel field recordings. See 'current projects' section for more info on this project.

20 February '08
I'm currently producing a new work for broadcast on radia.fm in April. Thanks to Nell and Lucinda at SoundArtRadio for inviting me, more details soon.

04 February '08
On Saturday 02 February I worked on some test multichannel recordings at Reading Football Club, focussed capturing spatial aspects of the East Stand's chanting at the Madejski. Thanks to the staff at Reading for their assistance, especially Dara Thomas and Ray Booth.