Uncanny Landscapes

Listening with Rob St John: Uncanny Landscapes podcast S2E5

An interview with writer and artist Rob St John about his musical and socially engaged works using field recordings and other media to explore a relationship with place.

Rob's website is robstjohn.co.uk and he's also responsible for the music and recordings on this episode, many of which are through Blackford Hill Records.

Host Justin Hopper has an Uncanny Landscapes substack. The Substack is free, and includes the podcast + more. JH can be found via LinkTree or on Instagram.

 

Title sounds by The Belbury Poly, courtesy Ghost Box Records.

 

The Uncanny Landscapes icon is by Stefan Musgrove.

 

 

The New English Landscape with Ken Worpole: Uncanny Landscapes S2E4

An interview with writer Ken Worpole about his influential work on the 'New English Landscape' and his new book Brightening from the East.

Ken's website is at worpole.net and his publisher is Little Toller Books.

Music by Micro Moon from the album Figures in a Landscape.

I (Justin) am doing my show The Great Satanic Swindle in April, with dates in Stockton-on-Tees and in Leeds.

Host Justin Hopper has an Uncanny Landscapes substack. The Substack is free, and includes the podcast + more. JH can be found via LinkTree or on Instagram.

 

Title sounds by The Belbury Poly, courtesy Ghost Box Records.

 

The Uncanny Landscapes icon is by Stefan Musgrove.

 

Plotlands with David Knight - Uncanny Landscapes S2E3

An interview with designer David Knight about 'plotlands' communities in the UK and the work of anarchist writer Colin Ward.

David's practice is DK-CM, and the book Mutual Aid, Everyday Anarchism: Essays on Colin Ward is from Five Leaves Publishing.

Music by Asher Levitas from his album Peripheral Lands.

I (Justin) am doing my show The Great Satanic Swindle in April, with dates in Stockton-on-Tees and in Leeds.

Host Justin Hopper has an Uncanny Landscapes substack. The Substack is free, and includes the podcast + more. JH can be found via LinkTree or on Instagram.

 

Title sounds by The Belbury Poly, courtesy Ghost Box Records.

 

The Uncanny Landscapes icon is by Stefan Musgrove.

 

Stick in the Wheel - Uncanny Landscapes S2E2

An interview with folk duo Stick in the Wheel about their recent album A Thousand Pokes, a kind of psychogeographic dig into London through folk song.

Check out Stick in the Wheel at their website, including tour dates, and get A Thousand Pokes from Bandcamp.

I (Justin) am doing my show The Great Satanic Swindle in April, with dates in Stockton-on-Tees and in Leeds.

Host Justin Hopper has an Uncanny Landscapes substack. The Substack is free, and includes the podcast + more. JH can be found via LinkTree or on Instagram.

 

Title sounds by The Belbury Poly, courtesy Ghost Box Records.

 

The Uncanny Landscapes icon is by Stefan Musgrove.

 

Uncanny Landscapes Season 2 Episode 1 - Elizabeth Bennett

An interview with Elizabeth Bennett about her new book, Performing Folk Songs: Affect, Landscape, Repertoire.

Find Elizabeth on Instagram and find the book via Bloomsbury.

The music in this episode is from the new album by Stick in the Wheel, A Thousand Pokes, available from their Bandcamp.

Host Justin Hopper has an Uncanny Landscapes substack. The Substack is free, and includes the podcast + more. JH can be found via LinkTree or on Instagram.

 

Title sounds by The Belbury Poly, courtesy Ghost Box Records.

 

The Uncanny Landscapes icon is by Stefan Musgrove.

Uncanny Landscapes #23 - Laura Cannell

Laura Cannell is a musician based in Suffolk, East Anglia, England. Her work combines experimental, folk, early and medieval music, as well as a number of unique and rare techniques.

Her website is https://lauracannell.com/ where you can find out about recordings and gigs, or you can visit her Brawl Records bandcamp site to check out music and buy recordings.

The music in this episode is from Laura's recent 'Lore' series, available through the bandcamp site.

 

Host Justin Hopper has an Uncanny Landscapes substack. The Substack is free, and includes the podcast + more. JH can be found via LinkTree or on Instagram.

 

Title sounds by The Belbury Poly, courtesy Ghost Box Records.

 

The Uncanny Landscapes icon is by Stefan Musgrove.

Uncanny Landscapes #22 - Jez riley French

An interview by Justin Hopper with Jez riley French.

 

Jez riley French is a sound artist and field recordist, who also makes photographs and builds microphones, from Hull, England.

 

His website is https://jezrileyfrench.co.uk/ where you can find out about activities including the upcoming Murmuration retreat in Scotland (highly recommended), many of his recordings, projects and lectures, or check out his unique microphones for sale.

 

The recordings on this episode are from Jez's album Returning | Reeds made with Pheobe riley Law, available from the Engraved Glass bandcamp page.

 

Host Justin Hopper has an Uncanny Landscapes substack. The Substack is free, and includes the podcast + more. JH can be found via LinkTree or on Instagram.

 

Title sounds by The Belbury Poly, courtesy Ghost Box Records.

 

The Uncanny Landscapes icon is by Stefan Musgrove.

Uncanny Landscapes #21 - James Canton

An interview by Justin Hopper with James Canton.

James Canton is a writer and educator; the author of books including Ancient Wonderings, The Oak Papers, and Grounded: A Journey into the Landscapes of our Ancestors.

His website is https://jamescanton.co.uk/

He is also active on Instagram.

The music in this episode is Leaves Rustle and the Wind in my Hair by Pefkin, from the album Observations on Land and Sea, available from Pefkin's bandcamp page.

Host Justin Hopper has an Uncanny Landscapes substack - which includes a new essay this time 'round, from Camilla Nelson, about her current work (which you can also find out about here). The Substack is free, and includes the podcast + more. JH can be found via LinkTree or on Instagram.

 

Title sounds by The Belbury Poly, courtesy Ghost Box Records.

 

The Uncanny Landscapes icon is by Stefan Musgrove.

Uncanny Landscapes #20 - Cheryl E. Leonard

An interview by Justin Hopper with Cheryl E. Leonard.

Cheryl E. Leonard is a musician, sound artist and composer who lives in Northern California and works there - or in Antarctice, or Scotland, or Scandinavia... Her practice of making compositions 'of' and 'with' place combines field recordings with music made from original instruments built from natural objects.

Her website is https://allwaysnorth.com/ and she's also on Instagram.

Her album Antarctica: Music from the Ice is available from Bandcamp: https://othermindsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/antarctica-music-from-the-ice

A new release just out is Littoral: https://ruralsituationism.bandcamp.com/album/littoral

Host Justin Hopper has an Uncanny Landscapes substack - it's free, and includes the podcast + more. JH can be found via LinkTree or on Instagram.

 

Title sounds by The Belbury Poly, courtesy Ghost Box Records.

 

The Uncanny Landscapes icon is by Stefan Musgrove.

Uncanny Landscapes #19 - The Path with Jim Jupp of Ghost Box Records

For this special episode, I walked on the South Downs with Jim Jupp of Belbury Poly and Ghost Box Records, discussing the latest BP album The Path.

Good friend of the podcast Jim Jupp recently released a new album under his Belbury Poly name, and through Ghost Box, the record label he co-founded with artist/designer Julian House.

Rather than a solo piece, however, this one involves a 'band' setting augmenting his synths and obsessions with library-music inspired claustrophobic soundtrack-funk, plus my own contribution as narrator, telling a vague tale of a walker descending into madness on the uncanny paths of England.

We walked and talked at the end of the summer, and here 'tis...

Check out Belbury Poly's The Path through all the normal record-shopping and streaming spots, and Ghost Box Records' own shoppe. The music is, obviously, also from that album. BP did the Uncanny Landscapes title theme, too...

Host Justin Hopper has an Uncanny Landscapes substack - it's free, and includes the podcast + more. JH can be found via LinkTree or on Instagram.

The Uncanny Landscapes icon is by Stefan Musgrove.

Coming up very soon: new episodes featuring landscape artist and composer Cheryl E. Leonard and writer James Canton, and more!

[[Caveat: there were technical issues with this episode; I think I've solved most of them, but apologies for weird stuff that may haunt the ep!]]