These three are pencil drawing based around listening to the birds at the back of my flat in Whalley Range, Manchester.
Author Archives: davidmbirchall
kalbakken in Leicester 7th oct!
Live Drawing @ Blankspace
Great documentation of performance of Naomi Kendrick drawing improvised sounds by myself and Dan Bridgwood-Hill at the opening of her show @ Blankspace in Manchester in July. Filmed by Insa Langhorst, just spotted a brilliant short she made of the LBO in Wigan which somehow works as a snatch of oldtime silent comedy! http://vimeo.com/14015178
low end at stonehenge
splendid programme on archeological acoustics including recreations of stonehenge at its prime! http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b014f9q5/Hearing_the_Past/
Anglesey
Edit of a splendid day out with Helen and Richard on Anglesey exploring amazing beaches that appeared to contain every rock type known to humankind. The sounds present on recording are of a stream leading down onto the beach, H & R playing about in huge piles of discarded mussel shells and of course theContinue reading “Anglesey”
Birchall/Cheetham Duo
Been doing some excellent regular playing with Andrew recently, forgot there was some stuff hearable online already. More recordings and gigs to come in near future!
Reviews of Lightning Ensemble/Human Combusiton Engine/Womb
Couple of reviews come through of gig at end of last month: http://manchestermule.com/article/review-tubers-music#more-10158 http://santiagosdeadwasp.blogspot.com/2011/08/womb-at-st-margarts-whalley-range.html
soundfjord
Heard some positive news finally earlier! The Spoke scores are not only being used to develop a piece of dance work @ The Lowry but will also be part of a Soundfjord curated night @ Galerie8 in London this coming Sunday 14th August…
Cockatiels
http://soundcloud.com/davidmbirchall/cockatiels-longford-park Recorded in Longford Park, Manchester last weekend.
crickets & stream edale july 2011
http://soundcloud.com/davidmbirchall/crickets-stream-edale-july testing out my new zoom recorder by leaping into heather on a hillside in deepest derbyshire.
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