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…
UPDATE (Feb 2021): The 'Cetacean Research: An Oceanic Sound Model' has been accepted for installation at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and is also listed on the Newcastle Creative Arts…
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
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…
