University of Huddersfield Residencies, 2019
Moving in and out of fields at will, Nicole Raymond has performed as a DJ, turntablist and sound artist, incorporating field recordings and musique concrete into her eclectic mixes and sets. DJing under the alias NikNak and having previously produced as SinSam, she has versatile approaches to music and composition, her recent mixes including conversational soundscapes exploring her relationship with her mother and radio shows made up of ‘tunes in the 140 realm’.
If there’s a connection to be made between Raymond’s DJ sets and her more experimental music, it’s found in improvisation. Turntablism can be a tool of context, a way of rerouting experiences, whether through the sequencing of tunes or the manipulation of unfiltered sound recordings. For her project at hcmf// 2019, Raymond wrote Crackles of Rain, once again reinventing her turntables alongside the Huddersfield Immersive Sound System.
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