sounds for an empty house - the albums
Soundlands, Plas Bodfa Projects and Amgueddfa Llwch presents:
an album with three sides
created by 44 Welsh and International sound artists
in dialogue with an empty house
A collection of works reimagining ways that sound can connect people to place.
44 artists have contributed to the three albums, creatives from Wales, UK, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, Italy, Portugal, the Channel Islands, Turkey and the United States.
Each track is a unique and innovative remix, using only recordings from the 24-hour livestream as source material.
The Albums
Each partner has crafted an album, each in its own style and platform.
Plas Bodfa Projects brings the digitally submitted tracks to their destination, giving each piece a physical place inside Plas Bodfa through a collection of minimalist videos.
Soundlands’s gaze faces outwards, broadcasting the works into the world in a digital album, released freely, sharing far and wide.
Amgueddfa Llwch zooms inwards, noticing connections between the tracks and the house and each other, creating a path to follow, a succession of sounds.
Artists appearing on the album(s)
/weirdtoday, Absturtzt (Gerald Fratzl), Amy Sterly, autumna, Bengisu Uykusu, Bev Craddock, Bill Vine, Black Cabin Project, Cahn Ingold Prelog, D Hale, Duncan Chapman, etchasketch, Flexagon, Glyn Roberts – FFRWD, Graham Hembrough, Griet B., Hopewell Ink, Ianni Luna, Jennifer Howd, Jim Knight, Kevin Logan, Kinver Pond, Luis Guita DJ, Marco Marongiu, Mark Albrow, Mike Black Box, Morwell, Nonceptualism and Northwoods, Orryon Comcom, Pete Treglown, sainsŵn, Sal Pittman, Samuel Van Ransbeeck, Simon Goodwin, Simon Holmes, Sophie Stone, Steph Shipley, Susan Wood, Sword Swinging Robot, The Groceries, The Keeling Curve, Unstack, William Wild, Yannis Saxonis
The Project
‘Sounds for an Empty House’ is a project in two phases.
The first was a 24-hour livestream, inviting 24 sound artists and groups to live-mix, augment and manipulate sounds created by Plas Bodfa, a currently empty manor house in North Wales. Each hour was recorded and unleashed into the world as source material for an open call for new audio compositions.
Part 2 is the culmination of all these creative efforts, a collection of works reimagining ways that sound can connect people to place, illuminating minute details of a specific location through a unique audio experience. 44 artists have contributed to the three albums, creatives from Wales, UK, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, Italy, Portugal, the Channel Islands, Turkey and the United States.
Each track is a unique and innovative remix, using only recordings from the 24-hour livestream as source material. The tracks are as varied as the artists, but the sounds created by the house itself serve as unifying elements, guiding listeners through the soundscapes - gusty winds through exposed drainpipes, a crackly panel breathing with the airflow, water dripping, a seagull on the slate roofing tiles.
Sounds for an Empty House is a project of Soundlands and Plas Bodfa Projects
in collaboration with Amgueddfa Llwch and Oscilloscope.