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
This month I visit The Meadow in Salford, and watch and listen as the sun rises over this ancient space… Sound / incidental music by Not Quite Light Music featured includes tracks by Ruby Tingle, Melody Gardot and Ralph Vaughan Williams LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST
This month I walk from Salford to Ancoats, along and underneath the Mancunian Way, beginning at first light… Sound / Incidental Music: Simon Buckley / Not Quite Light Music featured includes tracks from Wanda Warsaw, Ryuchi Sakamoto, Kinbrae / Clare Archibald, Chopin and Joy Division. LISTEN PLAYLIST
This month I walk the city of Manchester from dawn until dusk, setting out at first light, recording sound and the things I witness along the way. SOUND / INCIDENTAL MUSIC: Simon Buckley / Not Quite Light Music featured includes tracks by Charlotte OC, Aitch, Pablo’s Eye and Joni Mitchell ( no longer avaialable on Spotify ). LISTEN PLAYLIST
This month, as it’s nearly Christmas, I decide not to get up, so put my headphones in and fall back into the land of dreams… Soundscapes by Simon Buckley / Not Quite Light Music includes tracks by Keeley Forsyth, Erland Cooper, Ichiko Aoba and Einojuhani Rautavaara. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST
This month I take a dawn walk to Piccadilly Station… A slightly new format this time on the Not Quite Light radio show, as I put on my headphones and wander up to Piccadilly at daybreak, listening to music and the sounds I encounter along the way, including an unexpected encounter with a Nigerian radio presenter inspecting tickets at the end of platform 1… Tracks include Sarah Neufeld, Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Franz Shubert. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST