Free Event
Frazer Merrick electronics / mud / field recordings / bird whistles
Frazer Merrick (UK, 1990)
Musical Mudlarking: River Colne (2025) 17’ World Premiere
Musical Mudlarking is an homage to the River Colne in Colchester, Essex. An exploration of the brackish waters of a brackish area. Where the sewage works sits opposite the university, where the nature reserve has a view of the motorcycle breakers yard.
A soundscape of live bubbling mud percolates beneath a collage of riverside field recordings and up-cycled instruments – all born from the mud. Bird whistles made from recycled plastic, one-string guitars from driftwood, and melodies from sampled kissing gates. This is the sound of a river and those who call it home.
Produced and presented by hcmf// in partnership with Nordic Music Days and Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival as part of the Sustainable Composition & Creative Sound Practices programme supported by Arts Council England, Danish Arts Foundation, Arts Council Norway and Julie’s Bicycle via the International Touring and Environmental Responsibility Fund; also supported by Hinrichsen Foundation and Vaughan Williams Foundation
Sustainable Composition & Creative Sound Practices is part of The Current Climate
Getting There
Venue: Bates Mill Photographic Studio
Accessibility: Accessibility information is available here
What three words: ///cove.dream.slot
Address: Colne Road, Huddersfield, England, HD1 3ER, United Kingdom.
Nearest Train Station: Huddersfield Train Station