I sometimes feel compelled to take certain paths, aware I’m being pushed by energies beyond my understanding. This year I knew I was going to spend the night of the summer solstice out in The Meadows, just off the Crescent in Salford. This land is perhaps where the first settlers came to rest, at the curve of the River Irwell, where it doubles back on itself. It has remained a slightly wild place, now left to grow so that if […]
Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of delicious music and field recordings…… This month I travel between winter and summer, as I leave the streets of Manchester and Salford for Egypt. Music features tracks by Susumu Yokota, Fairuz and Neil Diamond. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST
Come and join me, be still, and simply listen to some delicious music and the sounds I’ve found… This month on Not Quite Light I record sounds in Olot ( Catalonia ), Paris and Manchester. The music, eclectic as ever, features tracks by Madeleine Peyroux, Serge Gainsbourg, Elaine Howly and Michel Camilo… LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST
Come and join me, be still, and simply listen to some delicious music and the sounds I’ve found… This month on Not Quite Light I spend an evening in Angel Meadow, just off the city centre in Manchester. Music includes tracks by Liz Hanks, Philip Glass, Ainoo Peltomaa and Charlie Musselwhite. Field recordings by myself, Simon Buckley, and include sounds such as an early evening cricket match, passing trams, a substation and birdsong… LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST
Come and join me, be still, and simply listen to some great music and the sounds I’ve found… This month on Not Quite Light I sit with a crackling fire, watch a game of ping pong and listen to a hedge full of noisy birds… Music features tracks by Laura Groves, Spaceheads and Miriam Makeba. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST
Come and join me, to simply listen to some great music, and the sounds I’ve found over the past month… This month I’ve found sounds in Poland, at a Klezmer night in Ancoats and in the autumn twilight of Clayton Vale. Soundscapes and incidental music by Not Quite Light. Music features tracks by William Basinski, Halina Kunika and Bert Kaempfert. Live on reform Radio at 5am 29th November, and then available on ‘listen again’ on this page from 1st Dec, […]
Come and join me, to simply listen to some great music, and the sounds I’ve found over the past month… Sounds include a vibrating fence and twitiching tree branch, rooks at dawn and the Kingfisher chippy in Stretford on a Saturday luunch time. Music features tunes by Oora, Suzanne Ciani, Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders and Benjamin Britten. Incidental music by Not Quite Light. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST
This month I visit Withernsea, and Cold Fish Soup by Adam Farrer… The show features readings by Adam Farrer from his new book Cold Fish Soup, poems by Dean Wilson and the regulars at Sunshine Caf. Music includes tracks by Dominique Dumont, Fotheringay and Joey Pecoraro… Ambient sound and incidental music by Not Quite Light LISTEN PLAYLIST
I’ve made a short film / slideshow featuring the photographs from the exhibition ‘Time Will Tell’, shown in March and April 2022 at The Modernist Society in Manchester. The pictures are set to audio recorded whilst out at dawn.
This month, I listen to birds… The show uses my recordings of birds and bird themed music, which includes tracks by Kathryn Joseph, ‘T Geruis and Julie Andrews. Sound recordings & incidental music by Not Quite Light PLAYLIST