Young Pianist of the North 2019
49 Young Pianists were invited from 21 countries to take part in the Young Pianist of the North 2019. The winners perform a final public concert and this year it…
49 Young Pianists were invited from 21 countries to take part in the Young Pianist of the North 2019. The winners perform a final public concert and this year it…
Thanks to BBC Radio 3 Breakfast Show for selecting my Grey Seals Underwater in Mingulay as their Saturday morning 'found sound'. Quite a surprise to hear those little grunts and…
Recorded the fantastic folk quartet Balter today in a quiet part of Newcastle University, to make use of some natural acoustics, caught wonderfully by the pair of DPA 4011-C in…
Great fun recording some Newcastle/Gateshead quayside sounds with Usue Ruiz Arana tonight in preparation for the Walking Festival of Sound. Whilst on our adventure we stumbled across a film crew…
Johannah Latchem’s work addresses themes of law, punishment and power. They intervene in the material culture of the courthouse to establish new rituals. Her art installations are sometimes installed in…
Alongside Dr Simon Bowen (Designer-Researcher at Newcastle University Open Lab) and Martin O'Leary (Exhibit Designer at Life Science Centre), I designed an immersive audio experience inside the planetarium at the…
It was a pleasure to contribute some of the field recordings from Newcastle's iconic bridges to Resonance Extra's show 'Flux' curated by James Davoll. You can hear the show by…
UPDATE 04/2020 : Now available online; https://www.marcuscoates.co.uk/projects/172-conference-for-the-birds From 15 June a new installation by artist Marcus Coates will be on show at Cherryburn, the birthplace of Thomas Bewick. Commissioned in…
Amy Thatcher's aptly titled solo album, 'Solo', includes a remix by me! I also had the pleasure of mastering the album too. I'm glad to hear that this self-release is…
It was a pleasure to be called in as producer/sound engineer for a collaboration between Shetland fiddle player Catriona Macdonald and award winning Northern Irish poet Sinéad Morrissey. The performance…
'Mapping Contemporary Art in the Heritage Experience’ (MCAHE) is an interdisciplinary research project that critically examines the role and practice of temporary visual art commissioning within heritage properties in Britain…
During an unusually hot few days during Feb 2019 (we're talking around 16C - very unusual...) me and the family took a trip to stay over on Holy Island. Whilst…
I've had the pleasure of recording The Mile Roses ("a new supergroup" - FATEA) this weekend, but not in your normal studio setting... We chose to relocate to a rural…
The Artist Lock-In is the flag-ship residency project produced by ArtHouse Jersey, in association with WildWorks. It is professionally facilitated and brings creative people from a variety of disciplines, ages,…
3 years ago i was asked to do live sound for the Classic Jazz Party event in Village Hotel, North Tyneside. Every year since, I'm glad to be able to…
I'm really chuffed to have been nominated to be part of the Vision and Strategy launch at Newcastle University, representing Culture and Creative Arts as one of the 5 main…
Cities and Memory sent a call out for contributions to a 'Sound Photography' project. The idea was to generate music and sound in response to a photograph chosen from their library…
It's early April 2018. My lovely lady and I decide to take a few days respite in a friend's cottage near Castle Douglas before the birth of our first child,…
Over the next few months, myself and Prof. Magnus Williamson (Early Music Specialist at Newcastle University) will be creating frequent recordings of the new Bernard Aubertin organ which was installed…
'Adlais' is a video project by James Davoll and Tim Shaw. Static panoramic film shots of a disused Welsh slate quarry are accompanied by the sounds of a still-working quarry.…
Jez Lowe's latest project came as a bit of a shock. Firstly, the format of the album which flows continuously throughout its 45 minute length. Secondly, it is an accompaniment…
I'm very excited to be able to say that I've been selected to participate in Jersey Arts Trust's 'Artist Lock-In 2017'! For 10 days, 12 international artists will be literally…
I recently finished the CD master for The Mile Roses latest album, featuring Kate Bramley, Edwina Hayes and Simon Haworth. You can read all about it here... http://themileroses.weebly.com/about
LOST VOICES A SOUND INSTALLATION BY BENNETT HOGG AND MAGNUS WILLIAMSON, OF MISSING VOICE PARTS FROM SIXTEENTH CENTURY CHURCH MUSIC. Credit as Recording Engineer. A fantastic installation. Go and see…
Here's a short video documenting the opening night of 'Bridges___', an interactive sound installation inside the North Tower of the Tyne Bridge itself. In 2016 a mix was vinyl pressed…
To document the new field-recording work i'm researching, I've set up a 'sister' site. You can find it here: www.fieldrecordings.uk It is fairly new, but i hope to populate it…
Preston, Julieanna and collaborators: Lloyd-Thomas, K., Chilies, P., Tofield, T., Howarth, P., Ghazi, E., Davoll, J., De la Haye, D. murmur [performance]. At West Fragment of Town Wall, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK,…
All set to start recording Shona Mooney’s Northumbrian Exchanges project “Sensing The Park” in January 2015. After a successful rural tour the specially commissioned piece will now be recorded with…
There are only a few days left, but you can tune in to BBC Radio Scotland's Global Gathering show to hear me playing bass and electronics on fiddler Shona Mooney's…
I've just uploaded my minimalist/ambient album of pieces originally scored for two pianos but since reduced for two basses to Soundcloud. You can download it for free (you buy it…