Littoral Transmissions #73 - Estuary Wanderings with SEA MANTIS

Littoral Transmissions meander through the sonic landscape of the River Lea from Stonebridge Lock to Leamouth. Recordings from the field converge with layers of sound to create an aural impression of the navigation.

Recording from a recent surfacing of SEA MANTIS at Evening 23 of Levente Dudas' Konsztukting Soundz Season 2 at the Fisherman's Chapel, Leigh on Sea, combined with recordings from a walk along the Essex estuary.

SEA MANTIS is a semi-mythical, many tentacled aquatic being with a seeming tendency to emerge in the combined company of Ed Shipsey, Andrew Ciccone, Adam Kinsey and Stephan Barrett; four active members of London's free improvisation and experimental music scene.

First surfacing in 2019, occasional sightings have since been reported at various live music settings around East London, alongside sporadic radio transmogrifications on Radiophrenia and Littoral Transmissions' Resonance Extra show. Having now been seen outside its usual habitat, rumour has it that the MANTIS may surface once again, in other unforeseen locations.

Thank you Levente for a beautiful evening.