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Guitarist, composer and sound artist
Dom Bouffard and friends are
creating an abstract experience
mixing live performance and sound
art.

Bouffard describes the sound world
as ‘fractured punk’ – inspired by the
rebellious heritage of the electric
guitar and the sound and energy of
punk.

Folk singer Maz O’Connor is creating her first piece of music theatre, depicting
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’.
Also from the world of folk, duo Charlie Grey and Joseph Peach are planning a
new podcast, which will see them invite a different musical guest to join them
each episode to create a brand new collaborative piece, live on air.

Horn player Letty Stott and her team of collaborators explore ancient forms of
the instrument from Greek, Roman and Etruscan civilisations, re-imaging their
sounds to create music that sounds out of time and yet also energetically
modern.
One of the most tantalising of the projects is Nick Ryan’s work in progress.

While the other residencies took place
at Snape Maltings, Nick worked at the
historic acoustic laboratory at BT
Martlesham, utilising the vast array of
remarkable equipment there. Ryan is a
composer, sound designer and artist,
and widely recognised as a leading
thinker of sound.

In his project, he is working with
collaborators to explore how we create
meaning from sound and whether this is measurable.
As if this weren’t enough, these only make up around half of the projects
intended to be showcased.

The others – Emily Levy, Join The
Din, Nadine Benjamin, Ulita, and
Shruthi Rajasekar & Reylon Yount –
had been scheduled for 2020 but
have had to be put back to later in
2021.

However, the artists will also take
part in Festival of New this Saturday,
talking about their work and ideas.