Sound clips
This selection of audio clips from Spacedog UK includes recordings of the Reverb Jam, music for the mass experiment Infrasonic and soundtracks for various other exhibits and installations. The earliest sounds here date from the mid-90s.
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She Goes Back Underwater (excerpts, 2003)
An electronic piece, written for performance with notes from an infrasound generator. First performed in the Purcell Room, London, as part of the Infrasonic mass experiment.To Surrey Street with Love (excerpt, 2006)
An arrangement of sounds from Croydon's wonderful fruit and veg market. There has been a market in Surrey Street since the 13th century.
The Haunt (excerpt, 2006)
This audio tour led participants through the twitterns of Brighton to a chilling encounter, deep under the city streets.
Laughlab (excerpt, 2003)
A soundtrack for the unveilling of the 'World's Funniest Joke'. For Laughlab, a worldwide online experiment devised by Richard Wiseman. Voice: Richard Hodder, Spectrum Drama.
Music for the butterflies at London Zoo (excerpt, 2005)
An excerpt from this generative piece that responds to the beating of the butterflies' wings (detected, live in the space, using cameras).
Bananas (excerpt, 2000)
One of a series of soundtracks, packed with facts about fruit and veg. For the opening year of the Eden Project, Cornwall. Voice: Richard Hodder, Spectrum Drama.
Revealing Deliah (excerpt, 2002)
Music for the contortionist Deliah DuSol, incorporating fragments of an interview with Richard Wiseman in which she discusses her life and work.
Gazenko, trainer of space dog Liaka (excerpt, 2001)
The soundtrack for an automaton show, exploring the decisions of the scientist Oleg Gazenko wo trained Liaka, the first cosmonaut, for orbit. For Science in the Dock, at the Glasgow Science Centre. WARNING: Contains embarrasingly low-quality early midi samples. Voice: Colin Uttley, Spectrum Drama.
Reverb Test 2: waterphone (2006)
Experiments with the waterphone in the reverb chambers of the UK National Physical Laboratory, a space with one of the longest reverberation times in Europe. For the Reverb Jam.
The Urban Monitor, (excerpt, 1999)
One of the sounds visitors would discover when they used the urban monitor to spy on some neighbouring flats, in this 1999 exhibit about urban paranoia. For the Museum of the Unknown, South Bank, London. Voice: Colin Uttley, Spectrum Drama.
Reverb Test 2: saw (2006)
Experiments with the bowed saw in the reverb chambers of the UK National Physical Laboratory, a space with one of the longest reverberation times in Europe. For the Reverb Jam.
Chillies (excerpt, 2000)
One of a series of soundtracks, packed with facts about fruit and veg. For the opening year of the Eden Project, Cornwall. Voice: Richard Hodder, Spectrum Drama.
Reverb Jam No 1 (2006)
Spacedog's first jam in the reverb chamber of the National Physical Laboratory, a space with one of the longest reverberation times in Europe. Sarah is joined by musicians Mike Blow and Stephen Wolff.