To cap off our first season, Soundworlds has partnered with London-based record label Erased Tapes, ‘one of the most important record labels of the last few years’ (Gilles Peterson). Founded in 2007, the label quickly developed its own distinct sonic profile, somewhere on the boundaries of ambient, classical and electronic music.

We’ve commissioned new sonic theatre pieces from three artists on the Erased Tapes roster, each reflecting on the concept of ‘home’. Composer-saxophonist Daniel Thorne contrasts sensuous memories from his childhood home in Perth, Australia, and from his current home in Liverpool. Multi-instrumentalist and singer Peter Broderick takes us on a wander around the landscapes of his own adopted home on the west coast of Ireland. And singer-songwriter Douglas Dare invites the listener on a euphoric night out his chosen family: the fabulous denizens of London's queer East End.

Written, performed and recorded under varying states of lockdown, Home Tapes uses storytelling, music and binaural sound design to create a vivid sense of shared place and rekindle a spirit of hospitality at a time of enforced alienation.

A Soundworlds commission

Post-show discussion:
Musician Douglas Dare and Erased Tapes founder Robert Raths discuss the project with Soundworlds director Pat Eakin Young.