Listening to Landscape book launch

The first book-length exploration of how English landscapes are represented in contemporary electronic and experimental music, Listening to Landscape by Professor Phil Hubbard ploughs its own furrow, combining ideas from psychogeography, hauntology and landscape studies to offer a distinctive take on the way contemporary music deals with the ghosts of an England that is fast disappearing.

This event will launch this new book with a discussion of the landscape turn in electronic music with Justin P. Hopper, Olver Cherer (Gilroy Mere), Jim Jupp (Ghost Box/Belbury Poly) and Frances Castle, preceded by a performance by Frances as The Hardy Tree. There will also be the debut of Stonecirclesampler's 'Old Haunts, Landscape Soundtracks', ambient music inspired by drifting through Hawksmoor's London in the footsteps of Iain Sinclair.

Light refreshments and drinks will be provided. The event will be at King's College, Bush House central block, 8th floor, north side, 30 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4BG (see map for entrance off Aldwych, directly opposite Kingsway). NB: You will be asked to sign in by security as a visitor for KCL.

Book available at https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/listening-to-landscape-9798765112922/

Sample playlist at https://bndcmpr.co/c938735a

2 hour music mood mix at https://www.mixcloud.com/gypjh2000/listening-to-landscape-mix/

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Bush House, 30 Aldwych, London, United Kingdom

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