During Resonance Extra’s summer break they will be broadcasting two of my 24hr island compositions.
The first, on July 31st, is “Once upon a day on Papay” – composed from a series of recordings of places and walks on the Orcadian island of Papa Westray.
The second, on September 1st, is “Once upon a day on Alnay” – composed from a series of recordings of places and walks on an imaginary Northumberland island in the foothills of the Cheviot Hills.
They each start at midnight and run for 24hrs; you can find them at https://extra.resonance.fm
I hope you enjoy them.

Hello. At 17:00 today I am reading some of my walking poetry (for 15 minutes) as part of a 24hr charity Readathon at Jesmond Library. Donations are split 50:50 between the library and the National Literacy Trust (https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/readathon?utm_medium=CA&utm_source=CL).
The whole event will also be available for people to watch remotely on Teams using this link
Microsoft Teams meeting
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/397051629432527?p=NduY2Q96xdEp4WdtyI
Meeting ID: 397 051 629 432 527
Passcode: bt7oV75s
Looking forward to it!

I am delighted to say that I have two 24hr radio works airing in a couple of week’s time on both of Resonance’s radio stations – Resonance FM and Resonance Extra – midnight to midnight on 13th April and midnight to midnight on 16th April.
Coming from Eday in Orkney and Canna in the Inner Hebrides, the works are composed from field recordings of places on the island, time-synchronised recordings whilst walking and poetry drawn from the walks.
So … how to listen?
Resonance FM broadcasts on 104.4 FM to central London, DAB to Greater London, nationally on Radioplayer and live streamed to the rest of the world. Resonance Extra broadcasts online via its website (https://extra.resonance.fm/ ), TuneIn and Radioplayer and on DAB+ Digital Radio to a footprint of 4 million people in Brighton & Hove, Cambridge, Greater London, Norwich, King’s Lynn and Peterborough.

Following the year, here is the next seasonal provocation. The Autumn Equinox, a time of equal day and night, a point of balance before the start of shorter days, before the turn towards winter. My piece appears at 4m30s; I hope you enjoy it.

Hello from a chilly April Tyneside.
Radiophrenia’s 2025 Festival has come to a close (Thanks to all involved for another wonderful two weeks of Glasgow-based 24/7 sound art). Whilst Radiophrenia works on a “miss it and its gone” basis, I tend to work on a more forgiving principle …
A couple of my pieces had “waking up early” starts and so, in case you prioritised staying asleep at 4:00 AM – a not unreasonable lifestyle choice – or if you wanted to listen to any of my pieces again, they are now loaded onto SoundCloud where you can listen to them at your leisure. To hopefully make life easier, I have grouped them as a playlist “Radiophrenia 2025” (link below).
If you would like to receive occasional emails about my work, usually about one a month, then copy this link – subscribepage.io/MFCLEV – and paste it into your web browser to sign up.
Thanks, as ever, for your interest.
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The link for my playlist “Radiophrenia 2025” is – https://soundcloud.com/mpeccles/sets/radiophrenia-2025?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
or, if you prefer not to open embedded links, then put “Soundcloud Martin P Eccles” into your internet browser; this **should** produce a page of search results with my Soundcloud page at the top. Click on the offered link and you should arrive at my page. “Playlists” should be one of six options below my banner photo; click on playlists and look for “Radiophrenia 2025” – hopefully it will be the top option; enjoy.
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