Black Rock Reef 6am

1 sound

Location

Like several of the locations for this project, the reef opposite Vale Castle is for many an unloved and nameless part of Guernsey’s north east coastline. Along with Spur Point and Mont Crevelt, it’s hidden in plain sight. How many occupants in the constant parade of cars that stop here for sandwiches, coffee and fish and chips venture out across the rocks as we did?

Music

Written for sopranino, descant, tenor and great bass recorders. The use of early musical instruments is contrasted with the arpeggiated synthesiser line that builds towards the end of the piece. The recorders emulate both coastal foghorns and also the warning signal calls from the nearby harbour's heavy shipping.


Part of this walk

7 Nocturnes East

7 Nocturnes East

Saint Peter Port
7 Nocturnes East, is a series of ambient and found sound pieces. All inspired by and using location recordings of Guernsey places at night. Supported by the Guernsey Arts Commission, 7 Nocturnes East had an accompanying visual and video art exhibition featuring the work of seven artists. Start on the Crown pier (opposite the Ship and Crown pub) and once you've soaked up the ambience of the marina sounds blending into the music head north to find the other locations. Depending on the exact route you use the walk is around four miles long from St. Peter Port to Bordeaux. I leave it to you how you manage getting to and from the start and end points! More details on Flexagon's other projects here: https://linktr.ee/flexagon The 7 Nocturnes East album is available here: https://flexagon.bandcamp.com More on the exhibition and artists here: https://arts.gg/exhibitions/flexagon-7-nocturnes-east/ I love walking around Guernsey late at night listening to music, mostly there is no-one around. You have the island to yourself. I also love the ambient sound of the environment blending with whatever I am listening to. Just as the daytime view out on the south coast cliffs or out over the Russel to Sark and Herm is never the same twice. Every night feels different too. The sky, stars and moon provide different amounts of light, from pitch black to moonlight bright enough to cast shadows. The concept as it developed around St Peter Port 1am was this. Choose at night to record. Then hit the red recording button without too much thought. Work with the audio captured no matter what. With minimal curation and editing of the sound in post production. A true reflection of that moment in time. "Flexagon’s soothing brand of organic electronica proves utterly beguiling and rather touching" - Bob Fischer, Electronic Sound electronicsound.co.uk
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