Mag North
A review / article of my recent commission exploring underwater sounds found along the River Tees: https://www.mag-north.com/posts/documenting-an-unknown-world-in-the-river-tees
River Tees – Sonic Cruise
Being invited to explore the underwater soundscapes of the River Tees, for audiences to listen to onboard a river cruise, is something I'd never had expected! It was quite a…
The Wire
My new album 'With Ears Underwater' is part of the Office Ambience charts in The Wire. AMM are on the cover this month and quite coincidentally I was flicking through…
Earth FM
What an honour to be asked to contribute to this amazing platform, characterised as " like Spotify, but for natural soundscapes". I offered an underwater recording from the Outer Hebrides,…
Wildlife Sound Recording Society – Spring Journal
The Spring edition of the Wildlife Sound Recording Society's journal features an article written about SONIC POND DIPPING, curated by myself and delivered in partnership with Les Goodyer and Durham…
Mindfulness found in freshwater listening
A short video featuring microbial footage from Dr. Sally Warring and drone imagery by Joseph Truswell. It was produced as a breakout space experience for members at the Scottish Freshwater…
Creative Orchestra : Guildhall School of Music
A fantastic opportunity to share field recording practice with a group of young composers and performers, with a specific focus on underwater sound. Organised by Sound and Music with Guildhall…
Underwater Acoustics: Research Soundings
As one of the 3 winners of UK Acoustics Network 'Research Soundings' competition, I co-presented a webinar that further explained the work. It was based around listening to freshwater habitats,…
World Water Day 2022
We had a fabulous time at Roker for World Water Day, discussing what water means to artists and their practice. Huge thanks to everyone involved, especially the panel speakers; Nell Catchpole;…
BBC Radio 3 New Music Show
Tune in LIVE from Sunderland's newest venue, The Fire Station, to hear an improvised excerpt from 'With Ears Underwater'. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015ckk Presented by Tom Service. My debut album for New Jazz…
Geographies of Listening
Join me tonight as I present 'The Boatmen of Garten' for Geographies of Listening, hosted by the Great Lakes Association for Sound Studies / Midwest Society of Acoustic Ecology (Chicago).…
Sonic Pond Dipping (Durham Wildlife Trust)
Create your own underwater recordings and become a citizen-scientist for the day! This was the mission on 21st and 22nd February at Low Barns Nature Reserve in County Durham. It…
Article: The Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub
On the 10th November 2021 I hosted a hybrid workshop at Newcastle University. I discussed the use of sound for Research Methods for Global Challenges, with a focus on water…
Ecology Across Borders
The Complex Soundscape of a Freshwater Pond The unique 'audio-poster' was created for the British Ecological Society 'Ecology Across Borders 2021' conference. It was viewable as an online poster with…
Planéte Hypnotique
Thanks to Mat Eric Hart for including some of my sounds in this episode! https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4279986578772001&id=100002821042027
Pond ASMR – Safina Centre
Quite a surprise to read that David Rothenberg, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Music at New Jersey Institute of Technology and Senior Fellow at the Safina Centre, made reference to…
Composer Social
I'm pleased to be hosting the Sunderland and North-East 'Composer Social' this week! Here's a preview as advertised in NARC Magazine https://narcmagazine.com/preview-composer-social/ Excerpt: "As part of my Sound and…
UN Climate Conference
Acoustic ecologist Jack Greenhalgh invited me to be part of a discussion on the importance of ponds and their underwater songs for climate resilience; how could I resist?! The conversation…
AHRC Press
'Reimagining Museums For Climate Action', the book, has been released by AHRC Press for the launch of COP26 Green Zone! I am part of the Story:Web team, working as an…
Gwaith Sŵn – Climate and Environment Show
Thanks to the Sonic Darts show for broadcasting 'A Fresh(water) Perspective' on ResonanceFM on 4 October 2021. Here's a link to Medium where you can re-listen to the entire episode.…
Guest Contributor – Pond Sounds
Very pleased to be able to share a selection of freshwater pond sounds as a guest curator for The Museum of Sound. Thanks to Dan Pollard for inviting me. …
Beastly Landscapes Symposium – Newcastle University
The Beastly Landscapes Symposium was organised by Usue Ruiz Arana and Charlotte Veal in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University and held on September 10th 2021.…
Bailiwick Express
A Jersey musician with a passion for the natural environment has delved deep underwater for his latest project to create a “radio ballad for aquatic lifeforms”. Read the full article,…
Folk Radio UK – ‘Song of the Day’
Thanks to Folk Radio UK for selecting my Hidden Sounds work with singer-songwriter Jez Lowe as 'Song of the Day'! Read the full article here: https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2021/08/david-de-la-haye-jez-lowe-hidden-sounds/
Beach Rangers on BBC Newcastle
Durham Wildlife Trust 'Beach Rangers' as part of the SeasScapes Project I joined Louise Mackenzie, Hayley Jenkins and Dorinda Kealoha in Roker a few weeks ago to listen into the…
Vancouver’s CiTR Radio
Many thanks to Bepi Crespan for playing 'The Pit Pond' which recently won 1st Class in the Wildlife Sound Recording Society annual competition. CITR’s 24 Hours of Radio Art in a…
Sound & Music Composer-Curator
Super-excited to have been one of only six artists selected for this year's Sound & Music Award! Read on.... We’re thrilled to announce the six projects that have now…
Hidden Sounds on ResonanceFM
Tune in to hear 'Hidden Sounds'.... Land Lines Project: Nature Revealed https://twitter.com/gwaithswn/status/1401873281662193669
Sound consultant – Fylingdales
Since February 2020 an interdisciplinary research team from Newcastle University funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) have been examining archive material held at RAF Fylingdales as part…
European Pond Conservation Network – Audio Poster
'The complex soundscape of a freshwater pond" Created as a unique 'audio-poster' for the EPCN 9th Conference, May 2021. The narration was provided by Jo Whitfield Video by Euan Preston…