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20201109Gemma Cairney is your guide on a sonic journey through experimental music, soundscapes, spoken word and documentary from exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

New Creatives is supported by BBC Arts and Arts Council England.

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Credits

Couple Goals

Leanne Shorley - Writer and Performer

Nikta Mohammadi – Producer

Babak Mirsalari - Music Designer

Kevin Clark – Drummer

Boxes

Loz Anstey – Writer and Performer

Rosie Shewell – Assistant Producer

Liz Purnell - Music and Sound Design

Martyn Harries - additional Sound Design

Paul Dodgson - Executive Producer

With thanks to Mark Grist

Speaking Because of Bodies

Penny Newell – writer and narrator

Eloise Whitmore - Sound Design

Katherine Beacon - Producer

Karl Sveinsson - Sound Engineer

Cast

Rachel Austin - Hayden

Kevwe Emefe - Jade

Akiel Dowe - Jon

Another Joan

Kitty Ball - writer, performer and director

Eloise Whitmore - Sound Design and Production

Yusra Warsama - Sophie

Voicenotes to My Childself

Ellena Woolf - Writer and Lyricist

Reuben Kyriakides - Composer and Sound Designer

Josh Farmer, Rory Bowens and Lizzy King (NTS) - Producers

Tom Impey - Mixer

Gemma is your guide on a sonic journey with exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

20220502Huw Stephens is your guide on a sonic journey through experimental music, soundscapes, spoken word and documentaries from exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

New Creatives is supported by Arts Council England and BBC Arts.

FUNERAL OF PLUMES & LIGHTS

Queer identities play off against myths in this re-imagining of Arthurian legend and Alfred Tennyson's The Lady of Shallot.

Writer & Producer: Frankie Blaus.

IT'S A MAGICAL LIFE

Festivals, nature, and tepee living make Cathy Hill the luckiest lady in the world.

Producer: Eleanor Boyle

Executive Producer & Sound Designer: Sue Bowerman

Music: Arlet, One Man Ting & Empathy Test

Contributions from Cathy Hill.

SALT

Explores the gritty and uncomfortable sides of migration and borders.

Writer & Producer: Nasima Begum

Actor: Amanda Wilkin.

CANTERBURY TALES

A rhythmic portrait of Canterbury.

Writer & Producer: Carys Wall.

Huw Stephens explores creative work from emerging British artists...

A sonic journey with exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

20220509Huw Stephens is your guide on a sonic journey through experimental music, soundscapes, spoken word and documentaries from exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

New Creatives is supported by Arts Council England and BBC Arts.

THE STONE MEN OF NEWCASTLE

A sequence of poems about the city's statues and their place in contemporary Newcastle.

Writer & Producer: Daniel Hinds

Cast: Dan Pye & Stacey Ghent.

PETRICHOR PROJECT

A journey through the eerie ecology of a drowned Norfolk landscape.

Producer: Philip Speakman

Narrator: Helle Tviberg

Music Composer: Misha Faulty

Score & Mixing: Tom Moore

Executive Producer: Angela Hinds

Includes contributions from Dan Evans, Jo Evans & Viana Guadino.

ESSEX GIRLS

Challenging the misogyny and stereotypes that surround the term ‘Essex Girl'.

Producer: Anna De Wolff Evans

Writer: Laura Steen.

FIVE STAGES

A poetic journey through the five stages of grief, capturing stories of loss.

Writer & Producer: Louis Glazzard

Cast: Amanda Wilkin, James Ed Kear, Therese Bwitanda, Joseph Ayre & Stacey Ghent.

Huw Stephens explores creative work from emerging British artists...

A sonic journey with exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

20220516Huw Stephens is your guide on a sonic journey through experimental music, soundscapes, spoken word and documentaries from exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

New Creatives is supported by Arts Council England and BBC Arts.

YOU HEARD US

A joyous soundscape of the human voice.

Producers: Luca Rutherford & Ros Fraser

Includes contributions from Sarah Lawson, Sally Poore, Maisie Utting, Jade Sweeting, Kay Greyson, Kathryn Hodgkinson & Anne Jones.

WHEN SAFETY IS A CAGE AND DANGER IS THE AIR

Exploring the sound of the 2020 pandemic.

Writer, Director & Performer: Tehillah Hinds

Composer & Sound Designer: Alberto Sueri & Johnny Moutzouris.

VOICE LOST

A voice searches for meaning among the loops & glitches of a dark, digital landscape.

Writer, Producer & Composer: Callum Reid

Collaborator: Asher Fynn.

RESISTANCE IN LISTENING

An audio essay exploring DIY radio from South West Asia & North Africa as forms of resistance.

Producer: Jessica El Mal

Editor: Raheel Kahn.

Huw Stephens explores creative work from emerging British artists...

A sonic journey with exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

20220523Huw Stephens is your guide on a sonic journey through experimental music, soundscapes, spoken word and documentaries from exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

New Creatives is supported by Arts Council England and BBC Arts.

THE SOUND OF BEAUTY

Louise and Martin have never seen each other. What is beauty, if not visual?

Producer: Anna Staufenberg

Music Composer: Joe Wistow

Studio Engineer: David Thomas

Executive Producer: Angela Hind.

ON THE ROCK

Experience the Isles of Scilly through the eyes of the young people who live there.

Artist: Jaime Lock

Sound Designer: Claire Stevens

Producer: Alys Metcalf

Executive Producer: Jeremy Routledge.

WHERE THE FURNACES ONCE BURNED

The noise. The heat. The work. What was it like when the furnaces still burned in Redcar?

Artist & Composer: Vision 25-C

Includes contributions from Julie Easley, John James Perangie & Andy Newcombe.

LOVE IS MY MISSION

An autobiographical poem about overcoming personal challenges.

Artist: Abdullah Adekola.

Huw Stephens explores creative work from emerging British artists...

A sonic journey with exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

20220530Huw Stephens is your guide on a sonic journey through experimental music, soundscapes, spoken word and documentaries from exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

New Creatives is supported by Arts Council England and BBC Arts.

THE MAKING OF AN EDUCATION

A girl drops out of university and returns to her small suburban town.

Writer & Performer: Izzy Radford

Composer & Sound Designer: Tony Nwachukwu

Executive Producer: Sue Bowerman.

A Screen South Production by Blanket.

WHY ARE WE LIKE THIS? LOVE GONE WRONG

Powerful & comedic poetry asks, why are we bad at love?

Writer & Performer: Ife Grillo

Sound Designer: Jay Auborn

Producer: Rob Mitchell

Executive Producer: Jeremy Routledge.

THE LIQUID DISC: FARLAND

Earth sent recordings into space. Today we received a response.

Artist & Producer: Daniel Parry

Mastered: Fergus Cook

Artistic Director: David Lacey.

THE WAVES

Do you ever listen to the waves? Soothing sounds, calm skies? An almost perfect scene.

Writer, Performer: Shola Lee

Production Assistant: Tia Daby

Sound Designer & Producer: David Sharp

Creative Director: Suzanna Howard

Executive Producer: Jo Nolan.

Huw Stephens explores creative work from emerging British artists...

A sonic journey with exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

20220606Huw Stephens is your guide on a sonic journey through experimental music, soundscapes, spoken word and documentaries from exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

New Creatives is supported by Arts Council England and BBC Arts.

GOOD ENOUGH

A student with dyslexia. A teacher with targets. An education system rigged in its structure.

Writer: Emily Garratt

Producer: Anna Campbell

Composer: Adina Nelu

Executive Producer: Paul Dodgson.

FORGET ME NOT

Fact, fiction and memory poetically combine, exploring Yorkshire dance halls of the 1950's.

Writer & Producer: Elizabeth Godber

Actors: Martha Godber & Joseph Ayre.

GIVEN AWAY

Kelly knows the kind of bride she wants to be but will things work out as she intended?

Actors: Zoe Connel, Sade Malone & Raj Ghatak.

163 DAYS

A diary detailing the artists experiences during a six month hospital stay.

Writer & Producer: Hannah Hodgson.

Huw Stephens explores creative work from emerging British artists...

A sonic journey with exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

20220613Huw Stephens is your guide on a sonic journey through experimental music, soundscapes, spoken word and documentaries from exciting, fresh and emerging British artists. New Creatives is supported by Arts Council England and BBC Arts.

Creatures of the Rave

Eve Piper - New Creative Artist

Jay Auborn – Production Mentor

Joelle Taylor – Poet Mentor

Dougal Abbott – Composer and Producer

Alexi King – Sound Design

Mixed by dBs Pro

The Pickers

Kate Huggett – Composer and Singer

Rosa van Hensbergen – Lyricist

Will Gardner – Sound Editing Mentor

Martha Pazienti Caidan (NTS) – Executive Producer

Filth

Writer and Performer: Luke AG

Olive Morris: Voices of the Archive

Created, Produced and Edited by Oumou Longley

Music Composition and Lyrics by Jacob Samuel and Albertina

Sound Engineering and Editing by Cajm Pickering

Executive Producer Bec Evans

Featured interviews and images are taken from the ‘Olive Morris Collection' at Lambeth Archives

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A sonic journey through experimental music, soundscapes, spoken word and documentaries.

A sonic journey with exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

20220620Huw Stephens is your guide on a sonic journey through experimental music, soundscapes, spoken word and documentaries from exciting, fresh and emerging British artists

Now & Next is supported by Creative Scotland and BBC Arts. New Creatives is supported by Arts Council England and BBC Arts.

The Lockdown Oratorio of a Call Centre Operator by Zoë Irvine

Close was written and performed by Theophania Gabriel, produced by Abhirami Arumbakkam & Amanda Dorsett, sound design and production by Matthew Fleeing and directed by Susannah Howard.

Just Like Riding a Bike by Will Ford. Timothy was played by Max Cadman, Alice was played by Beth Lilly and Theo was played by Will Ford. The broadcast assistant was Anna de Wolff Evans. The music was arranged and composed by Will Ford. Sound design by Andre Jacquemin & Jamie Jacquemin.

What We Do In Dreams was composed, performed and produced by Chisara Agor, mixed and mastered by Robin G Breeze.

A sonic journey with exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

20220627Huw Stephens is your guide on a sonic journey through experimental music, soundscapes, spoken word and documentaries from exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

New Creatives is supported by Arts Council England and BBC Arts.

Distortion (Monachopsis)

Jasmine Ngosi Hanorah Ee: Writer and Director

Patrick Lyle-Condon: Sound Designer and Composer

Sue Bowerman: Producer

Daniella Haggar: Composer

Stoma: The Musical

New Creative Artist: Scott Hurley

Starring: Louis Maskell & Emile Clarke

Musical Supervisor: Tom Crossley-Thorne

Producer: Tom Brennan

Executive Producer: Steve Gear

Believe In Us

New Creative Artists:

Saskia Charnock – Words/Narrator

Penny Scott – Words

Angela Martins – Words

Katie Teasdale – Words

Sofia Sallis – Words

Producers: Matthew Thomason & Ella Frears

Executive Producer: Jeremy Routledge

Farafin Mousso Faci Tagama / Journey of The Black Body

Written by Aida Fofana

Djeela - Coco Mbassi

Fatou - Therese Bwitanda

Produced by Tony Churnside

A sonic journey with exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

Bbc Introducing Arts With Huw Stephens20220425Huw Stephens is your guide on a sonic journey through experimental music, soundscapes, spoken word and documentaries from exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.

New Creatives is supported by Arts Council England and BBC Arts.

ONIRICA

An intimate exploration of the auditory impressions that people experience while dreaming.

Producer: Silvia Malnati

Composer: Stefano Galli

Mixing & Sound Designer: Andrea Campisi

Executive Producer: Pierre Vella (SPACE)

Includes contributions from Joe Raudi, Jenny Berger Myhre, Lee Strain, Matteo Stella, Pablo Arrangoiz, Jason Grier, Roar Fosse & Luigi Monteanni.

BUTTERFLY

Denial, fear, hatred, hope, defiance, triumph, death. Trans metamorphosis, insect forms.

Writer & Performer: Ray Carter

Broadcast Assistant: Barbara Welch

Producer and Sound Designer: David Sharp

Creative Director: Suzanna Howard

Executive Producer: Jo Nolan.

UNPRETENDED

An insight into the lives of two people with autism – and that's where the similarities end.

Presenter: Toby Loxton

Producer: David Parker

Editor: Paul Dutnall

Executive Producer: Angela Hind

Includes contributions from Yasmin Wilson & Richard Norris.

WET CEMENT

A hallucinatory quest to find a rock that tastes of home.

Writer, Performer and Composer: Isis O'Regan

Producer: Rupert Clervaux

Executive Producer: Rory Bowens.

Huw Stephens explores creative work from emerging British artists...

A sonic journey with exciting, fresh and emerging British artists.