University of Leeds / Natural England commission goes live! It's been a pleasure working with singer-songwriter Jez Lowe and film director Euan Preston throughout this commission. The final outputs include…
Chuffed to hear that Balter's video 'Erica's' has been nominated for "Trad Video of the Year 2020" in the Scots Trad Music Awards. I had the pleasure of recording this…
How can museums evolve to address the challenges of a warming world? In the lead-up to COP26, Museums For Climate Action launched an international design and ideas competition to reimagine…
This online exhibition tells the story of Sir Charles Monck’s travels in the Mediterranean: first an epic honeymoon to Greece in 1804-1806, and a later journey to the island of…
The work created for World Ocean's Day 2020, as part of my Pioneer Award funding, has been selected to be installed as part of the BALTIC Centre For Contemporary Arts's…
The Underwater World of a Sonic Explorer Being asked to partake in this podcast for BBC Scotland caught me off-guard. I had no idea that my trip at the end…
The THE Awards are widely recognised as the Oscars of the higher education sector. Each year they attract hundreds of entries that exemplify the talent, dedication and innovation of individuals and teams…
A new album, recorded in its entirety by Jez Lowe at his home during lockdown, is currently taking shape as we near the end of the mixing process. It has…
It's with great excitement that I can announce I've been selected to produce a work for 'Land Lines: Tracks, Traces and Trails' a project supported by Leeds University and Natural…
The month of June was dedicated to the Wildlife Trust's #30DaysWild. I produced a series of audio miniatures, slices of time that document the month. It was an excuse to…
A joint venture between the NTDC, the N8 Research Partnership and Newcastle University It's not everyday that you get asked to deliver a keynote alongside Helen Sharman, the first British…
Some coverage for World Oceans Day 2020 https://belong.ncl.ac.uk/blog/world-oceans-day-our-planet-needs-our-help https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2020/06/anoceanofsound/
This soundscape project is inspired by the pioneering work of bioacoustician Bernie Krause and is led by Prof Michael John Gorman, the founding director of the Biotopia museum in Munich,…
Catch a whole bunch of my tracks from Quarantined and Captured on Bepi's show, for the second week running. Eclectic noise and field recordings to melt your weekend away. https://www.citr.ca/radio/bepi-crespan-presents/episode/20200515-2/
Since the globe went into lockdown a few weeks ago, many of us have noticed the significant shift in our sonic landscape. Most apparent in urban spaces, the restrictions on…
Played some bass for this video from SixtyFourMusic Can you spot my fetching fluffy zebra jacket? The #64BigBandProject is a charity project by the team at SixtyFour Music…
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Listen to some of my recent field recordings from Quarantined and Captured on Jesse Kaminsky's 'Neighbors Noise' broadcast on WFMU Radio! Tune in here: https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/92779
A beautiful clear evening and the chance to prop my ambisonic Tetramic out on the skylight. This window faces westerly toward to A177; the time was around 7pm. This is…
Blue Spaces : Ponds and Reservoirs by David de la Haye Today's adventure was to my favourite local pond. I was treated to a surprise as many of the frog/toad…
It'll come as no surprise that the COVID-19 pandemic has halted all upcoming installations, including the Wildlife Sound Recording Society event at Durham Wildlife Trust, Glenfarg Folk club with Jez…
A bright, warm Spring afternoon, perfect for a quick kick-around in the park with Ethan. Left the Sony M-10 recording with built-in mics; curious to compare background ambience pre and…
Finished mixing and mastering this fantastic EP by Folk duo Janice Burns and Jon Burns. We set up a location recording rig using MacBook Pro, RedNet MPR8 and Phoenix Audio…
For those who missed this morning's Sound's of the Earth on @BBCRadio3, featuring a lovely recording of waves crashing on the Elizabeth Island breakwater by @DJCdelahaye. Listen from 1:16:25 onwards…
Balter are a contemporary folk quartet who have emerged from the music scene in Newcastle. Leaning heavily towards their shared love of Scottish music, they combine traditional and original material…
Initial developments of a portable geodesic dome which will contain an array of speakers to render ambisonic audio material. The sounds will be largely collected from underwater sources, playing with…
The Newcastle University Technology Enhanced Learning Advocates (NUTELA) award allowed me to follow a dream and spend ten days out at sea working both as a citizen-scientist and as a…
"Silurian - Work In Progress" has been accepted to an international art call. It can be heard online at: http://wake-up.engad.org/wake-up-climate-change/ The piece was originally presented as a 4-channel work in…
Super excited to have been awarded the Pioneer Award from Newcastle University's Institute for Creative Arts Practice for an experimental research project "Cetacean Conservation: An Oceanic Sound Model". For 15…
https://t.co/C9HsVAWiZa at around 25mins if you're curious @Discoverbwlp #fieldrecording https://t.co/kcOfbDzqQe — David de la Haye (@DJCdelahaye) December 22, 2019
