This month on my I take you out at dawn with me, as I visit Plymouth Grove in Ardwick, Manchester for Not Quite Light. A blend of narrative, field recordings and delicious music, which includes tracks by W.H Lung, Ana Roxanne and Eden Ahbez. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST
This month, more wanderings down memory lane on Not Quite Light, exploring the city when it looked very different to now. A delicious mixture of readings, soundscapes and music to enjoy. Close your eyes and return to the past, and dream of the future. You even get to meet Zorro, playing his mouthorgan for £3… Music featured includes tracks by Liz Hanks, Monosleep and Arvo Pärt ( who is 90! ) LISTEN PLAYLIST
WELCOME TO DECEMBER’S CREATIVE WEEKEND CELEBRATING THE WINTER SOLSTICE… FRIDAY 19TH – SUNDAY 21ST DECEMBER 2025 NQL HQ ISLINGTON MILL JAMES STREET, SALFORD M3 5HW FRIDAY 24th OCTOBER AN EVENING OF FINE FOOD, GOOD CONVERSATION, PERFORMANCE AND MUSIC. Join Not Quite Light for another Cosy Friday, with an intimate supper and live performance… This month we welcome sound and performance artist Fiona Brehony & musician and composer Simon Knighton who will present an atmposheric sound piece. SUPPER 6.30pm -7.30pm The […]
Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of field recordings and delicious music… This month we wander back through recordings from 2024, including a strange trip to Egypt in the Spring. Music features tracks by Morton Feldman, Fairuz, Julie Cooper and Vig Mihaly. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST
Not Quite Light is available for commissions, workshops and photowalks… The Not Quite Light project, exploring the world in the half-light of dawn and dusk, brings a fresh way to explore the world around us. And you can be part of this work through collabortaing on commissions, or hiring me for workshops, talks and twilight photowalks. COMMISSIONS The Not Quite Light project has been commissioned for a wide variety of projects and collaborations. This https://buttress.net/journal/2024/03/25/project-voices-rob-burgess-brunswick-villagehas seen work made across several […]
I’ve been interviewed for the Photography Daily podcast, in which I talk about the origins of NQL, and the various things that inspire my ways of working. I like doing interviews, as it’s like a form of therapy, and you can empty your head of all the elements clouding your mind. LISTEN HERE
In this month’s show, I’m inspired by memories of listening to my grandad’s radiogram… Music includes Kayla Painter, Space Afrika, Susu Laroche & Kinbrae Incidental music and sound recordings by Simon Buckley / NotQuiteLight Radio Extracts Conet project PLAYLIST
3RD-10TH JUNE, THE WHITE HOTEL, SALFORD New dates have been released for ‘Dark Days, Luminous Nights’, my project in collaboration with Manchester Collective and the movement artist Blackhaine. The postponed event in January quickly sold out, extra time slots have been added. The immersive event at The White Hotel, Salford, will consist of photographs aswell as a film I wrote and directed, to illustrate the music recorded by Manchester Collective, featuring work by Bartok, Kilar and Edmund Finnis. For […]
OUR FUTURE IS ANCIENT Following on from the success of ‘On The way There, On The Way Back’ for the inaugural Macc Lit Festival back in November 2019, I’ve been commisioned by the Barnaby Festival to produce a piece of work that explores our urban relationship with nature and folklore. I’ve called the project ‘Our Future Is Ancient’. Work began on the Winter Solstice, and I’ll be visiting Macclesfield Forest around full moon every month between now and the Summer […]
The Not Quite Light Festival 2019 has been nominated for the City Life Award 2019. It’s a tremendous achievement that acknowledges all the hugely talented performers and speakers, and also the many people that helped stage the event.There were over 34 events, including 4 world premieres.We also staged the first ‘Pilgrimage’ that saw 14 hardy souls walk the 30 miles from the source of the River Irwell back to Salford, raising over £1500 for the Booth Centre. The Salford based […]