Uncanny Landscapes Justin Hopper

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.

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.

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.

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!]]
 

An interview by Justin Hopper with artist Kirsty Badenoch and writer Tom Jeffreys.
Kirsty and Tom have an exhibition 9-12 November at Staffordshire Street Gallery in Peckham, London, UK, featuring new work made in the remaining patches of boreal forest in northern Scotland.
For information on the exhibition, visit Staffordshire St's website. 
Kirsty Badenoch and Tom Jeffreys each have a site, too, which will help you find out more about the artists book that accompanies the exhibition.
The music in this episode is the track Unnamed Unseen from Memory Islands, a highly recommended new album by violinist Ellie Wilson.
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.

An interview by Justin Hopper with Frances Castle of Clay Pipe Music.
Frances Castle is a London-based artist, illustrator and musician who operates Clay Pipe Music, a record label producing beautiful landscape-inspired LPs and CDs of music combining folk, electronica and hauntological themes.
Clay Pipe's website is http://www.claypipemusic.co.uk/
Frances's own site is https://www.francescastle.com/
This episode includes partial and full tracks from a number of Clay Pipe artists including Frances's own The Hardy Tree. They are all available here from Clay Pipe's Greedbag page. In order of appearance:
A Confluence by Andrew Wasylyk
Walter R Stokes by The Hardy Tree
Saxon Chapel by Tyneham House
Broken Circle by Zyggurat
Adlestrop by Gilroy Mere
Sun Caught Cloud like the Belly of a Cat by Andrew Wasylyk
The Spire of St Mary's by The Hardy tree
Face in the Window, Seaforth Crescent by The Hardy Tree
Stagdale in the Snow by The Hardy Tree
Holloways by Vic Mars
 

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.