Sound Art Brighton # Nocturnal by Kersten Glandien

Broadcasts and new works by Sound Art Brighton, a female and LGBTQ+ artist led organisation dedicated to the support, production and dissemination of sound art. Founded in 2019 as a Brighton-based initiative, the group initially focused on bringing together individuals, institutions and organisations interested in sound art in Brighton and Hove to collaborate on shared activities, culminating in the Sound Art Brighton Festival in March 2022.

Nocturnal is an audio montage evoking the sound experiences of my night excursions into the Australian Outback in October 2024, accompanying the zoomusicologist Hollis Taylor on her night recording sessions with the pied butcherbird. In six chapters we are inducted into an alien nocturnal world, populated by creatures, humans and their mysterious activities.

Concept & Script: Kersten Glandien. Recordings: Kersten Glandien & Hollis Taylor in Alice Springs, Central Australia, October 2024. Composition except: Hollis Taylor: Green Park, Georgetown 2016 for bass clarinet and field recording, Ros Dunlop - bass clarinet. From: Hollis Taylor, double album: Absolute Bird, 2017. Production: Elsen Studio Berlin, 2025. Postproduction: Gisela Studio Berlin, 2025.