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
SATURDAY MARCH 15TH 6PM-7.30PM ANCOATS & ROCHDALE CANAL 10 PLACES £12 ( + £1 booking fee ) Join Not Quite Light on the second night of the full moon phase in March for a walk around Ancoats, and along the Rochdale Canal, an area at the heart of the industrial revolution, a place of fascinating history, and now a district of great change as new housing and offices are created. It’s a place of great contrasts where you can sense […]
SATURDAY APRIL 12TH 7.30- 9.15PM TWILIGHT PHOTOWALK MEDIA CITY, SALFORD 10 PLACES £12 ( + £1 booking fee ) Join Not Quite Light for a twilight walk around Media City and Salford Quays, where as the sun sets to the west, behind the BBC buildings, the water is lit by shimmering lights and neon. It’s a beguiling scene, and we’ll explore the best way to capture the various viewpoints as we make our way around this brilliant regeneration site. The […]
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
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 […]