Robert Percy on Paul Burnell’s Kiss
"I knew I’d found something that definitely wasn’t what I wasn’t looking for..."
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Spotlight
Composers Who Do Things I Don't/Won't/Can't Do
"I don’t want to write about myself. That’s boring..."
Composer Freya Waley-Cohen on Listening as a Cultural Experience
"Listening alone with my headphones on was the cultural context that it was made for and so the experience was[...]complete and electrifying"
Levels of Consciousness: Composer Anthony Gilbert on David Lumsdaine's Mandalas
"...Lumsdaine's vision is, metaphorically, from before dawn to a rich sunrise, with clouds passing over, and wind coming in gusts..."
The Online Flâneur: Peter Nagle on the BMC
"The advent of online resources has of course had a great effect on how we research, but it’s possibly changed even more how we browse..."
Journalist Abi Bliss' Top Tips for Writing a Spotlight
Some questions to consider for inspiration when putting pen to paper...
Rebecca Collins on the work of composer Anna Braithwaite
"In listening to each piece, her presence at each site and the time spent with members of the local community become clear..."
Composer Clay Gold on NaoKo TakaHashi
"TakaHashi's distorted, deconstructed soundwashes, films and words, work upon the whole body, surprising the observer..."
Introducing Conor, Sound and Music intern
Sound and Music intern Conor is the first point of call for enquiries about the Collection. Here he introduces himself and selects a few of his favourite sounds from the British Music Collection
Daniel Pioro of CHROMA on the work of Na'ama Zisser
"The textures of Na’ama’s work overlap and coat one another, hard edges and softer washes..."
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