The concrete sound project is giving me an opportunity to engage practically with a theme and genre that I have appreciated for a number of years. Prior to my undergraduate degree I was interested in the work of Brian Eno, BBC radiophonic workshop (though Doctor Who), and the synthetic soundtracks of films like A Clockwork Orange (Kubrick, 1971). More recently Philip Glass was a gateway into the world of Minimalism. The hypnotic quality of Steve Reich’s work using looped and repeated phrases, forcing you to listen to the individual sounds until they become new and surprising is a process that I am hoping to use as a starting point.

As the soundscapes are to be played out into the street where they will mix organically with the other sounds in the environment I feel that a structure rhythmic approach is likely to produce a more surprising outcome for those who encounter it.