I (along with five others) responded to a provocation to respond to the spring equinox by making a walking artwork. This is the result (showing the six works in a 12 minute video). I hope you enjoy.
Thanks to Kel Portman for instigation and curation.
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).
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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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Radiophrenia – https://radiophrenia.scot/listen/ – 13 April 2025 10:00 am – 11:30 am
July.
40 miles off the top of the Outer Hebrides.
Stand below St Ronan’s church. Walk south on lazy bed corrugations to the low cliffs.
Turn east. Pass two geos. Walk up towards the lighthouse and the east coast peak, to stand above a land-slipped cliff edge.
Walk west onto, along, over the ridge and down the long slope to the west side of the northern peninsula.
Walk onto the rock field. Walk to the end of the peninsula. Walk round the tip and south along the eastern coast to the landing.
Radiophrenia is back – Monday April 7th to Sunday April 20th.
I have three works appearing and the first is Hallaig on 7 April 2025 4:30 am – 6:30 am
May.
The Hebridean island of Raasay.
From a beach below Gualann na Leac walk up the slope to the path, the cairn and the milepost. Follow the track north into the birchwood and walk down through the woods towards the waterfall; stop on a small bluff. Retrace my way, cross the Hallaig Burn, walk up the hill to the lost (by edict of a nineteenth century landlord) village of Hallaig.
Walk the stones of the houses.
Walk back, south, cross the burn at the ford. Walk on, beyond the milepost, then turn, and walk down the slope to the beach.
Remember, no archive, no replays, live only – Radiophrenia – https://radiophrenia.scot/
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