This month on my Not Quite Light show, I take you out at dawn into the Cambridge Industrial Estate in Salford, an area in the early stages of regeneration. Join me as I photograph the early morning streets. With delicious music and soundscapes to add to the stories of my encounters. This month the playlist features tracks by Ruby Tingle, Gruff Rhys and Chopin. LISTEN NOW PLAYLIST
CAMBRIDGE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SALFORD, 5.58AM Yesterday morning, I left my studio at 5.30am, and made my way up to the Cambridge industrial estate, which lies just beyond the banks of the River Irwell in Broughton. Above me was a glum sky, which only grudgingly allowed smears of cleaner blue through just before sunrise. The birds were up early, forcefully calling their information songs out to each other through the rough branches of trees, left to hang wild over derelict land […]
There’s a lot going on at the Not Quite Light HQ this Autumn, so I’ve decided to use this page as a place to collate everything as it becomes available. EVENTS Once a month I’m hosting Creative Weekends at the studio, offering mixture of events, photowalks and workshops. On the Friday night, from the October event, there will be a dinner option too, which should be delightful… Visit this link to see the weekend dates, and for more information. Photowalks […]
HIGHER BROUGHTON, SALFORD, SPRING EQUINOX 5.49AM The previous evening had been spent with a close friend, wandering the haunts of his past life as a student living in the area quite some years ago, him scampering childlike up and down the street where he had once shared a house. He marvelled at the changes, minimal to my eyes, but to him an era now lost and forever altered by passing time. The area’s residents are now often Orthodox Jews, and […]
GATHERING POINTS We’re better when we work together…. A film about the people of Swinton, and the places they gather to tell their stories. This is a film that explores community through the voices of people that live, work and volunteer in the town of Swinton, Salford. We visit five venues; The Valley Gardens, The Swinton Nail salon, The Hive Cafe, The Parade Chippy and the Grand Palais. Stories emerge, that reveal the human connections we can all make, and […]
MIDDLEWOOD LOCKS 7.27AM Walking towards Middlewood Locks, down Oldfield Road in Salford at around 6.40am, I was passed by a young man carrying on his back a case containing a tuba, or maybe a euphonium. His head was down, lost in thought as he made his way, I assumed, to some orchestral practice somewhere. I’m not sure why I found this slightly absurd, but I did. I wondered, should he practise at home, what it must be like living next […]
Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of field recordings and delicious music… On this show we wander back through the past two months, with recordings from Poland, Manchester and Salford. Music features tracks by Thelonious Monk, The Saxophones, Yamaneko and Henryck Górecki. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST
Islington Way, Salford 6.44am The birds seemed louder on this morning, than they had been for any morning in the previous week. As I stepped out of Islington Mill, a robin bounced near my feet, as if leading me like a pied piper, moving without fear, clearly used to people passing nearby. The only time it stopped was to listen to the melody messages flying through the air, a cold air which raked my nostrils, and carried a scent of […]
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 […]
Join Not Quite Light for an eclectic mix of field recordings and delicious music… This month the show features an overnight visit to The Meadow, on the Crescent in Salford, during the Summer Solstice. Listen to the dusk and dawn chorus, and some gentle observations as the night unfolds. The music is quite dreamy, and features tracks by Morton Feldman, Lulu Helensworth, The Blue Nile and Stan Getz. LISTEN HERE PLAYLIST