Safe Oot, Safe In is a large scale field recording project, a documentation of the Scottish Borders Common Riding Festivals by sound artist James Wyness

The initial downloadable recordings,  sketches as they are at the moment, with documentation and interpretation, offer listeners a sonic flavour of the project. There will be much more to follow….

cr , the third in the series zenconcrète, is now online for free download in both mp3 and flac formats at mana. zenconcrète is a series of four compositions, each a typological investigation of sounds taken from improvisations recorded in March 2010. Free improvisations using hand made prepared microtonal bowed psalteries and zithers, alongside hand made electronic devices, were [...]

qr is now available online for free download at the dedicated netlable  mana in both .flac and .mp3 (320kps) formats. This is the second of the quiet and introspective series  zenconcrète,  four works by Scottish based sound artist and composer James Wyness, for hand made prepared microtonal bowed psalteries and zithers, accompanied by hand made electronic devices. From June 2011 [...]

series 1 of clips, for prepared nylon strung guitar, is online for free download at blog.wyness.org till 24 June, after which the series will be available on cd and series 2 will be offered online. clips #10 180611_1253 nylon strung guitar, squiggle wiggle pen, fleecy web, 12″ ruler, 1 metre ruler, various lengths bandsaw steel, rubber bands flac (15.3mb) mp3 (14.5mb) clips #9 180611_1245 nylon strung guitar, [...]

qm is now available online for free download at the dedicated netlable mana in both .flac and .mp3 (320kps) formats. This is the first of the quiet and introspective series zenconcrète,  four works by Scottish based sound artist and composer James Wyness, for hand made prepared microtonal bowed psalteries and zithers, accompanied by hand made electronic devices. From June 2011 [...]

revenant : zeltini reviewed at Fouter and Swick