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Completed Residencies
Charlie Grey and Joseph Peach
Scotland-based folk duo Charlie and Joseph invite guest artists from across worlds
and genres of music to feature in their new podcast series. In each episode, guests
will bring a basis: melody, song, idea, chord progression, that over the course of a
one-hour episode will be developed into a finished piece of music. This is completely
new territory for the folk duo – an opportunity to rethink the nature of their work,
how they make and present it, and to expand their practice as collaborators.

Dom Bouffard: Vengeful Ghost
Based on a concept of ‘fractured punk’, Vengeful Ghost is an immersive new work for
electric guitars. Intersecting performance, installation and sound sculpture, the work
uses prepared instruments and extended playing techniques in a large-scale
surround sound format. The effect is visceral and unstable, focusing on texture,
dynamics and energy, honouring the electric guitar’s unique outlaw status and
mythology, while seeking new shapes.

Letty Stott: Ancient Horns
Each ancient horn instrument has a fascinating history and mythological symbolism.
The visual and sonic possibilities are explored by Letty Stott to create a sound world
for new compositions, which sees ancient horns in collaboration with percussion,
electronic, brass and voice.

Max Baillie & Vahakn Matossian
Dancing the line between left-field, experimental music and music rooted in pop-
culture, Max and Vahakn create a blend of powerful explorational sound journey and
tangible concert experience for the listener with viola, percussion and electronics.

Maz O’Connor
Folk singer Maz O’Connor treads new boards as she creates her first piece of music
theatre, which tells the true story of Bridget Cleary, a woman who was murdered by
her husband in 19th-Century Tipperary because he believed her to be a faery
changeling.

Nick Ryan
Working in the historic acoustic laboratory at BT Martlesham Heath, Nick and his
collaborators conducted a series of bizarre, wondrous, and technically sophisticated
experiments, aiming to measure qualitative perceptual phenomena of listening
typically considered to be unquantifiable. The results will be used to build an
interactive sound installation.

Thick & Tight