My work explores the inter-relationship between silence, the spatiality of nature’s sounds, presence, perception, and focused listening. From A Silence Within merges selected field and hydrophone recordings, gleaned from Noss and Noss Sound, and my music.

 

As often happens with sites around Shetland that inspire my work, I am drawn by what I observe and what I listen to around me as I wander through the particular atmospheres of Noss, and the Sound that separates Noss and the island of Bressay. Personally, it’s inevitable that such elements find their way into my music. The minimalistic sound textures that I immerse myself in - from bird calls to sheep and the sea - feed into the creation of From A Silence Within.
 
As I spend more time walking along Noss Sound observing Noss from different viewpoints, the more profound my experience of it becomes. This work expresses an interpretation of such experiences. A sound texture that tickles our memory of time and space, a play on the real and illusionary while engaging with the wonderful richness of Noss and its immediate surroundings.

From A Silence Within was released in May 2020 and is available for streaming and download on all digital platforms including Bandcamp, Amazon Music, Apple Music, iTunes and Spotify. ​​