Between The Ears: Symphonies of Wind Turbines
March 10th, 2008 by Russell DaviesI’ve just come back from a talk about ‘Future Radio’ at the RSA. There was much talk about how radio isn’t given enough credit for its creativity, how producers are undervalued and how original, interesting radio isn’t celebrated. And I couldn’t agree more. Absolutely.
So how come you can google “Symphonies Of Wind Turbines” for all your worth and not find a single web page willing to tell you anything about who made it?
This is a splendid programme, something that stimulates the head and tickles the ears, but all it would seem to merit as any form of promotion is a quick half paragraph on the Radio 3 website. Which doesn’t mention any of the programme makers. The voiced credits at the end reveal that “technical presentation was by Joe Hutton and the producers were Philip Tagney and Felix Carey.” But of course I’m not sure of the spelling because no-one’s bothered to write these names down. Someone should be celebrating the achievements of these people online. It doesn’t seem right that it should just be us.
The MP3 is here.
March 12th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
This is a great program thanks very much - reminds me of Alan Lamb’s eerie wire recordings in the wilds south of Perth in Australia.
Cheers
Matt
March 13th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Those Alan Lamb recordings are definitely something, Matt, so thanks for reminding me of those. They’re worth checking out, Russell - mail me if you can’t find them.
I seem to recall that Felix Carey and Philip Tagney used to make Mixing It, which is no longer broadcast, sadly.
March 13th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
They are genuinely eerie and unsettling and at times the sounds seem to bear no relation to the mechanism that’s creating them. Strange. I’ve got them too so if you can get hold of them for whatever reason then drop me a mail.
October 6th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Enjoyed this a lot. Apparently Philip Tagney and Felix Carey were also involved in another Between The Ears programme ‘Gateshead Multi-Storey Car Park’. From the description at the BBC website, it sounds great:
“As Gateshead’s brutalist car park and shopping centre face possible demolition as part of the town’s ongoing redevelopment, Between the Ears presents an unlikely journey through the concrete building, created entirely out of the sounds and personal perspectives found there, manipulated and processed on analogue tape.”