plundr

Hello! I'm SJF.
I make sound art, field recordings, and other bits and bobs.

I'm also one half of The Radiolo Show which is a podcast series that my good friend Giles and I curate. This is my personal Tumblr where I post things I'm currently involved in, working on or link to things that influence me.

My first EP Anthem, released now!
Take a listen on bandcamp



            
Build Yourself an idol [2009] (via)

Build Yourself an idol [2009] (via)

John Cage. Indeterminacy. 175

A crowded bus on the point of leaving Manchester for
Stockport was found by its conductress to have one
too many standees. She therefore asked, “Who was the
last person to get on the bus?” No one said a word.
Declaring that the bus would not leave until the 
extra passenger was put off, she went and fetched
the driver, who also asked, “All right, who was the
last person to get on the bus?” Again there was a
public silence. So the two went to find an 
inspector. He asked, “Who was the last person to get
on the bus?” No one spoke. He then announced that
he would fetch a policeman. While the conductress,
driver, and inspector were away looking for a 
policeman, a little man came up to the bus stop and
asked, “Is this the bus to Stockport?” Hearing that
it was, he got on. A few minutes later the three 
returned accompanied by a policeman. He asked, “What
seems to be the trouble? Who was the last person to
get on the bus?” The little man said, “I was.” The
policeman said, “All right, get off.” All the people
on the bus burst into laughter. The conductress, 
thinking they were laughing at her, burst into tears
and said she refused to make the trip to Stockport.
The inspector then arranged for another conductress
to take over. She, seeing the little man standing
at the bus stop, said, “What are you doing there?”
He said, “I’m waiting to go to Stockport.” She said,
“Well, this is the bus to Stockport. Are you getting
on or not?” (via)

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The Fire Piano (1:44)

So this is a little recording of the fire-destroyed piano at Cat Hill. I wanted to just mess about with the layers of the recording and basically layered a heck load of the recordings I made and placed each one very slightly out of sync with the one before it. The little ‘glitches’ you can hear every now and then are actually the hammers falling back into their resting position. Please note that I haven’t added any artificial reverberation to this recording whatsoever, the only processing I did is time-stretching and reversal of some of the sounds.

The Burnt Piano at Cat Hill

The Burnt Piano at Cat Hill

The Burnt Piano at Cat Hill

The Burnt Piano at Cat Hill

The Burnt Piano at Cat Hill
I made a recording of this little beauty today. For a piano that’s been so fire-damaged it sounded really nice, the amount of reverberation it produces is insane. More pictures and a recording to follow…

The Burnt Piano at Cat Hill

I made a recording of this little beauty today. For a piano that’s been so fire-damaged it sounded really nice, the amount of reverberation it produces is insane. More pictures and a recording to follow…

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