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….

In brief, this is a collection of large scale works (up to 20 instruments on one composition, nothing that is rushed verse/chorus). I tried to focus on the following theme : compassion. My music went elsewhere, but sometimes reaches it under small tributes to what I love. Hard percussive sounds (piano, classical guitar, double basses, [...]