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An Turas, The Journey

20231115

Five celebrated writers from around Scotland sit at their nearest window and share, in their own language or dialect, what they can see and how it makes them feel about their homeland.

This immersive audio collage takes us on a tour of modern Scotland's plurality of languages, dialects and cultures.

Niall Campbell of Hebridean South Uist lets his eyes scan the waters of his island, and his mind wander beneath the waves. He considers, in English, the Norse influence in the naming of his surroundings.

At a window in Glasgow's southside, Rahat Zahid describes, in Urdu, the myriad people and architecture that make up the multicultural community she is so grateful for.

It's raining where Len Pennie is, in Fife. As the water trickles down her window, she considers, in Scots, the view outside and the relationship she forged with it while studying.

Peter MacKay, in his native Gaelic, looks out over an Edinburgh cityscape, and asks what changes prominent historical figures brought about, and how they've left their mark on the capital today.

In the Doric dialect of north east Scotland, Mae Diansangu shares a snapshot of life from her window overlooking Aberdeen, Scotland's 'granite city'.

A Bespoken Media production, commissioned as part of the MultiTrack Audio Production Fellowship

Producer: Stephen Maguire

Executive producer: Leeanne Coyle

A linguistic tour of modern Scotland, created as part of the Multitrack Audio Fellowship.

From Gaelic to Doric and Urdu, an immersive soundscape of modern Scotland's plurality of languages, dialects and cultures, commissioned as part of the Multitrack Audio Fellowship.

New short feature commissioned as part of the Multitrack Audio Producers Fellowship.

'life Blood' - If A River Could Speak, What Would It Say?

20251006

Water is a live phenomena that twists and shifts with every second. Its flow takes with it stories, energies and sounds from source to sea. For millennia, it has been our life blood. But it is now one of the most polluted natural resources in the world, and the UK is ranked as one of the worst countries in Europe for water quality. The Afon Teifi (river Teifi) was named the most polluted river in Wales in 2023. At 75 miles, it is the longest river that exists wholly within Wales, flowing from the Cambrian Mountains of Mid Wales through Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire before spilling out into the Irish sea at Cardigan bay. The Afon Teifi is the heartland for coracle fishing, a rapidly disappearing age-old tradition, which now only continues in these particular waters. The song of the river has changed drastically in a generation.

Working with renowned Welsh sound artist and composer Gwen Sion, and Calvin Griffiths, a coracler who has built a life long relationship with the Afon Teifi, we follow the river from source to sea, asking: if this river could speak, what would it say? Using poetry, music, archive and original interview we blend sound ecologies, personal story, and musical voice to interpret this river's song - revealing a sonicscape of our human relationship to water and its long history in Wales.

Commissioned in association with the Multitrack Audio Producers Fellowship for new talent in feature-making.

Georgie Styles follows the Afon Teifi, or River Teifi, from source to sea.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

If the Afon Teifi could speak, what would it say? Georgie Styles, a Multitrack fellow, follows this river from source to sea and discovers a song of coracles and pollution.

[LISTEN NOW]

Rhythm Of The Run

20231114

Radio-maker and runner Ricardo Burt hits the London streets to explore the rise of DJ run crews across the capital. In the South East, in Peckham, he meets up with Tempo LDN. Founded by DJ Martha, the collective's running sessions are sound-tracked by a curated playlist of beats and led from the front by women; and in the north of the city, he joins Run Dem Crew, whose founder DJ Charlie Dark MBE speaks of opening up the sport to new audiences: “What do I need to swap, change, embellish - My approach to running is through the eyes of a music producer and a remixer. ?

Why do we run? And what might it mean to join together to navigate the city in this way? The runners in the crews - Ricardo included - all turn up with their own motivations and meanings. This personal radio essay borrows from the sound world of DJ-ing as scenes from the warm-up routines and the words of Ricardo's interviewees are cut up and sampled, rhythm and reason become one.

With thanks to Martha and Tempo LDN, Charlie Dark MBE and Run Dem Crew.

Written, presented and produced by Ricardo Burt

Original music: Parkland

Programme image: Emma Stevenson

Executive producer: Phil Smith

Commissioned as part of the Multitrack Audio Producers Fellowship

Radio-maker and runner Ricardo Burt hits the London streets with DJ run crews.

Radio-maker and runner Ricardo Burt hits the London streets to chart the thriving scene of DJ run crews, exploring connections between running, music and community.

Sound And The Soil

20251007

With up to a third of young people in the United Kingdom reporting feelings of eco-anxiety amidst the ongoing climate emergency, producer Derick Armah gets his feet on the ground to witness an emerging collective response in London: artists and organisers are using alternative forms of ecological know-how to imagine positive futures.

Hearing visceral accounts of eco-anxiety from scientist and writer David and poet Iyarhi, Derick asks: how can we move away from habitual ways of taking from the earth (which contribute to the climate emergency) and introduce more sustainable, imaginative modes of relating to our shared environment? How can we make a difference? And what might happen if we stopped to listen to the soil?

Multi-disciplinary artist Seyi Adelekun and community gardener Edward Adonteng offer responses to these questions, inspired by ancestral ecological wisdom and committed to creative ways of bringing about collective change.

With thanks to Seyi, Edward, David and Iyarhi for their time and perspectives; and to Black Growth in Croydon, for the introduction to sustainable, community-based gardening.

Written, presented and produced by Derick Armah

Executive producer: Anishka Sharma

Commissioned as part of the Multitrack Audio Producers Fellowship

A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3

Producer Derick Armah explores creative and community-oriented responses to eco-anxiety.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Derick Armah examines eco-anxiety in young Londoners, and meets creative responses to the climate crisis. With artist Seyi Adelekun and community gardener Edward Adonteng.

[LISTEN NOW]

Sounds Like Cornwall

20251008

Chris Trevena opens the door to his home-grown archive in Camborne, Cornwall, where thousands of vinyl, fragile reel-to-reel and stacks of minidiscs, tapes and CDs capture a rich musical heritage and the deeply personal histories within. Chris is a dedicated DIY audio archivist whose work broadens the scope of Cornish music and tenderly preserves both the iconic, and lesser-heard voices, of his home county, for generations to come.

Produced by Charlie West

Commissioned in association with the Multitrack Audio Producers Fellowship for new talent in feature-making.

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio Three

Chris Trevena shares his home-grown archive of Cornwall's musical heritage.

Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond.

Chris Trevena shares his home-grown archive of Cornwall's musical heritage, where thousands of recordings capture a rich musical heritage and the deeply personal histories within.

[LISTEN NOW]

The Djembe Drum: Beyond West Africa

20231113

Drummer Eric Hippolyte tells the story of the Djembe drum - a West African drum created in the 12th century which has travelled the world. Eric joins teacher and drum maker Souleymane Compo to talk about what drumming means to them, why the Djembe is the drum which speaks, and they play the Djembe rhythms that soundtrack funerals, christenings and weddings.

The Djembe Drum: Beyond West Africa was commissioned as part of the Multitrack Audio Producers Fellowship

Producer: Laurel Wilson

Sound Design: Sean Allsop and Rob Green

Executive Producer: Ailsa Rochester

Editor: Jo Meek

A journey into the history and present of West Africa's djembe drum.

Drummer Eric Hippolyte explores the djembe's legacy from the 12th Century to today, with teacher and drum maker Souleymane Compo.

Editor: Jo Meeks

Episodes

Title	First Broadcast	Comments
An Turas, The Journey	20231115	Five celebrated writers from around Scotland sit at their nearest window and share, in their own language or dialect, what they can see and how it makes them feel about their homeland. This immersive audio collage takes us on a tour of modern Scotland's plurality of languages, dialects and cultures. Niall Campbell of Hebridean South Uist lets his eyes scan the waters of his island, and his mind wander beneath the waves. He considers, in English, the Norse influence in the naming of his surroundings. At a window in Glasgow's southside, Rahat Zahid describes, in Urdu, the myriad people and architecture that make up the multicultural community she is so grateful for. It's raining where Len Pennie is, in Fife. As the water trickles down her window, she considers, in Scots, the view outside and the relationship she forged with it while studying. Peter MacKay, in his native Gaelic, looks out over an Edinburgh cityscape, and asks what changes prominent historical figures brought about, and how they've left their mark on the capital today. In the Doric dialect of north east Scotland, Mae Diansangu shares a snapshot of life from her window overlooking Aberdeen, Scotland's 'granite city'. A Bespoken Media production, commissioned as part of the MultiTrack Audio Production Fellowship Producer: Stephen Maguire Executive producer: Leeanne Coyle A linguistic tour of modern Scotland, created as part of the Multitrack Audio Fellowship. From Gaelic to Doric and Urdu, an immersive soundscape of modern Scotland's plurality of languages, dialects and cultures, commissioned as part of the Multitrack Audio Fellowship. New short feature commissioned as part of the Multitrack Audio Producers Fellowship.
'life Blood' - If A River Could Speak, What Would It Say?	20251006	Water is a live phenomena that twists and shifts with every second. Its flow takes with it stories, energies and sounds from source to sea. For millennia, it has been our life blood. But it is now one of the most polluted natural resources in the world, and the UK is ranked as one of the worst countries in Europe for water quality. The Afon Teifi (river Teifi) was named the most polluted river in Wales in 2023. At 75 miles, it is the longest river that exists wholly within Wales, flowing from the Cambrian Mountains of Mid Wales through Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire before spilling out into the Irish sea at Cardigan bay. The Afon Teifi is the heartland for coracle fishing, a rapidly disappearing age-old tradition, which now only continues in these particular waters. The song of the river has changed drastically in a generation. Working with renowned Welsh sound artist and composer Gwen Sion, and Calvin Griffiths, a coracler who has built a life long relationship with the Afon Teifi, we follow the river from source to sea, asking: if this river could speak, what would it say? Using poetry, music, archive and original interview we blend sound ecologies, personal story, and musical voice to interpret this river's song - revealing a sonicscape of our human relationship to water and its long history in Wales. Commissioned in association with the Multitrack Audio Producers Fellowship for new talent in feature-making. Georgie Styles follows the Afon Teifi, or River Teifi, from source to sea. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. If the Afon Teifi could speak, what would it say? Georgie Styles, a Multitrack fellow, follows this river from source to sea and discovers a song of coracles and pollution. [LISTEN NOW]
Rhythm Of The Run	20231114	Radio-maker and runner Ricardo Burt hits the London streets to explore the rise of DJ run crews across the capital. In the South East, in Peckham, he meets up with Tempo LDN. Founded by DJ Martha, the collective's running sessions are sound-tracked by a curated playlist of beats and led from the front by women; and in the north of the city, he joins Run Dem Crew, whose founder DJ Charlie Dark MBE speaks of opening up the sport to new audiences: “What do I need to swap, change, embellish - My approach to running is through the eyes of a music producer and a remixer. ? Why do we run? And what might it mean to join together to navigate the city in this way? The runners in the crews - Ricardo included - all turn up with their own motivations and meanings. This personal radio essay borrows from the sound world of DJ-ing as scenes from the warm-up routines and the words of Ricardo's interviewees are cut up and sampled, rhythm and reason become one. With thanks to Martha and Tempo LDN, Charlie Dark MBE and Run Dem Crew. Written, presented and produced by Ricardo Burt Original music: Parkland Programme image: Emma Stevenson Executive producer: Phil Smith Commissioned as part of the Multitrack Audio Producers Fellowship Radio-maker and runner Ricardo Burt hits the London streets with DJ run crews. Radio-maker and runner Ricardo Burt hits the London streets to chart the thriving scene of DJ run crews, exploring connections between running, music and community.
Sound And The Soil	20251007	With up to a third of young people in the United Kingdom reporting feelings of eco-anxiety amidst the ongoing climate emergency, producer Derick Armah gets his feet on the ground to witness an emerging collective response in London: artists and organisers are using alternative forms of ecological know-how to imagine positive futures. Hearing visceral accounts of eco-anxiety from scientist and writer David and poet Iyarhi, Derick asks: how can we move away from habitual ways of taking from the earth (which contribute to the climate emergency) and introduce more sustainable, imaginative modes of relating to our shared environment? How can we make a difference? And what might happen if we stopped to listen to the soil? Multi-disciplinary artist Seyi Adelekun and community gardener Edward Adonteng offer responses to these questions, inspired by ancestral ecological wisdom and committed to creative ways of bringing about collective change. With thanks to Seyi, Edward, David and Iyarhi for their time and perspectives; and to Black Growth in Croydon, for the introduction to sustainable, community-based gardening. Written, presented and produced by Derick Armah Executive producer: Anishka Sharma Commissioned as part of the Multitrack Audio Producers Fellowship A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3 Producer Derick Armah explores creative and community-oriented responses to eco-anxiety. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. Derick Armah examines eco-anxiety in young Londoners, and meets creative responses to the climate crisis. With artist Seyi Adelekun and community gardener Edward Adonteng. [LISTEN NOW]
Sounds Like Cornwall	20251008	Chris Trevena opens the door to his home-grown archive in Camborne, Cornwall, where thousands of vinyl, fragile reel-to-reel and stacks of minidiscs, tapes and CDs capture a rich musical heritage and the deeply personal histories within. Chris is a dedicated DIY audio archivist whose work broadens the scope of Cornish music and tenderly preserves both the iconic, and lesser-heard voices, of his home county, for generations to come. Produced by Charlie West Commissioned in association with the Multitrack Audio Producers Fellowship for new talent in feature-making. A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio Three Chris Trevena shares his home-grown archive of Cornwall's musical heritage. Essays from leading writers on arts, history, philosophy, science, religion and beyond. Chris Trevena shares his home-grown archive of Cornwall's musical heritage, where thousands of recordings capture a rich musical heritage and the deeply personal histories within. [LISTEN NOW]
The Djembe Drum: Beyond West Africa	20231113	Drummer Eric Hippolyte tells the story of the Djembe drum - a West African drum created in the 12th century which has travelled the world. Eric joins teacher and drum maker Souleymane Compo to talk about what drumming means to them, why the Djembe is the drum which speaks, and they play the Djembe rhythms that soundtrack funerals, christenings and weddings. The Djembe Drum: Beyond West Africa was commissioned as part of the Multitrack Audio Producers Fellowship Producer: Laurel Wilson Sound Design: Sean Allsop and Rob Green Executive Producer: Ailsa Rochester Editor: Jo Meek A journey into the history and present of West Africa's djembe drum. Drummer Eric Hippolyte explores the djembe's legacy from the 12th Century to today, with teacher and drum maker Souleymane Compo. Editor: Jo Meeks