Flight

PODCAST 2023

Propellor

Flight is the second original project by the ensemble Propellor. Flight explores the interconnected world of music, birds and soundscape ecology. Many are the interview contributions to the project:

British-Iranian turntablist and composer Shiva Feshareki (BBC Proms) – discussing the nature of creativity // David Hendy (author of Noise – a social history of sound) placing our relationship with our soundscape into historical and cultural context // Paraorchestra blind musicians Takashi Kikuchi and Victoria Oruwari discussing access, echo-location and the colour of noise // Mark Cocker (author of Birds Britannica) who unpins the themes with a narrative about migration and global unity // British-Finnish artist Hanna Tuulikki (Biennale of Sydney) exploring ideas of mimesis with the “more than human world” // Ruth Montgomery (artistic director of Audiovisibility) sharing ideas about eyes being her equivalent of noise pollution // Soundscape ecologist Linda O Keeffe explaining the elements of the science of listening, while exploring the connections between social issues and the soundscape // Musician Leafcutter John on treating a band like a field recording and the act of creating in the moment.