Not in here much so only just reposting. Thank you Bradley and Nuria for creating a space where these conversations can happen. It’s difficult talking about class, and my background, but so important.

An unexpected howl in the city. open.substack.com/pub/simonsou...

I heard a lot of sounds in November. Read about them here open.substack.com/pub/simonsou...

Please sign this and share. We need the govt to enact the Socio-Economic Duty of the Equality Act 2010. This requires public bodies to consider inequalities resulting from socio-economic disadvantage when making certain decisions. https://buff.ly/3CLyBxO

Brighton & Hove have announced new proposals for systemic change in our secondary schools. Sharing our thoughts on what meaningful reform to inequity could look like and why it matters beyond our city:

Tuned feedback recording. Sonic imprints of a converted industrial space.

Waulad’s Bank, Marsh Farm, Luton. Site visit for a potential new Neolithic deep time Deep listening project.

Dominic Goodman (of legendary label YYAA ) goes it alone as UEVPD, piping cryptic environmental recordings on a tip somewhere between Mika Vainio, 'Blossoms'-era Emptyset or Hertsi. New via World of Echo, edition of 250 in hand printed, die cut sleeves bit.ly/3CDFGAA

Neolithic Cannibals is a socially engaged sound art project exploring the 5500 yr old Causewayed Enclosure on Whitehawk Hill and the contemporary community that live in its shadow. Flint knapping, Bosing, field recording, deep time, deep listening to the unheard. www.simonsound.co.uk/neolithic-ca...

Was chatting with my friend, the brilliant writer and artist Ju Row Farr about sound and smell and their similarities. I think of sounds as clouds, or fuzzy bordered shapes. I can get confused by sounds: perception impacted by memory, emotional state, spatial and acoustic conditions. (1/2)

I’ve started sharing my listening journal that I’ve been keeping for over a year now. Each month I share the things I’ve heard. It has become more interesting than field recording, for now anyway. It invites me to be more inquisitive. simonsound.substack.com

Being Bats, a recording of a live performance on Buchla synthesiser and DIY drum machine.

Being Bats.

Being Bats. A live Buchla and diy drum machine performance. Download the album at Bandcamp. thesimonsound.bandcamp.com/track/being-...

I’m working on two albums at the moment at two extremes. One is extremely loud and harsh at times, whilst the other is incredibly quiet. Both feature imprints of architectural spaces but with different approaches.

Book on to one of these amazing archaeology walks in the South Downs! ✅Led by James Sainsbury who is awesome. ✅FREE/Pay As You Feel ✅Handle #museum #archaeology objects discovered at the sites (weather dependent) ✅It’s archaeology! www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/south-dow...