SONIC THEATRE PODCAST
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Soundworlds is not just a podcast. It’s an audio stage for diverse stories told in extraordinary ways. It’s a place for an exciting new form of audio drama that we call sonic theatre.
Created by musicians, writers, theatre-makers and sound artists, sonic theatre pieces are more than radio plays. They’re immersive sound worlds, intoxicating blends of music and storytelling, sound design, documentary and fiction.
Accolades for Soundworlds Season 2:
Best Fiction Podcast (Winner, British Podcast Awards)
Creativity Award (Runner Up, British Podcast Awards)
Best Use of Sound (Winner, BBC Audio Drama Awards)
Best Podcast Drama (Finalist, BBC Audio Drama Awards)
Creative Innovation Award (Runner Up, ARIAS)
Best Scripted Fiction Podcast Episode (Finalist, Webbys)
Our second season ran from November 2021 to April 2022, and featured eight episodes that can be streamed online here or downloaded via any podcasting app. Season 3 begins production soon...
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OUTSIDE IS THE SKY
Aho Ssan / James Ginzburg
A new sonic theatre adaptation of Aho Ssan’s experimental electronic album Simulacrum
The jagged surfaces and irridescent veneers of electronic artist Aho Ssan’s labyrinthine debut become the material and psychological furnishings of a sonic dystopia in this chilling allegorical fable.
Like all Class 8 citizens, Désiré has spent his entire life confined to cramped living quarters, with no access to the outside world. When his parents suddenly vanish from the apartment, he is forced to confront his own role in their disappearance, and begins to question everything he thought he knew about his situation.
Through an allegorical narrative — written with artist/musician James Ginzburg of emptyset — Outside Is The Sky digs deeper into the ideas and images that underpin the album, from the Afrofuturism of Sun Ra and the philosophy of Jean Baudrillard, to Aho Ssan’s own experiences growing up while black in the French suburbs.
Simulacrum was released by Subtext Recordings in 2020. Stream/purchase the album here.
Like all Class 8 citizens, Désiré has spent his entire life confined to cramped living quarters, with no access to the outside world. When his parents suddenly vanish from the apartment, he is forced to confront his own role in their disappearance, and begins to question everything he thought he knew about his situation.
Through an allegorical narrative — written with artist/musician James Ginzburg of emptyset — Outside Is The Sky digs deeper into the ideas and images that underpin the album, from the Afrofuturism of Sun Ra and the philosophy of Jean Baudrillard, to Aho Ssan’s own experiences growing up while black in the French suburbs.
Simulacrum was released by Subtext Recordings in 2020. Stream/purchase the album here.
Music:
Aho Ssan, from the album Simulacrum
Text:
James Ginzburg
Voices:
Tevye Matheson
Directed and conceived by
Pat Eakin Young
Mixed and mastered by
Ross Flight
Casting:
Andrew Mark Sewell
Aho Ssan, from the album Simulacrum
Text:
James Ginzburg
Voices:
Tevye Matheson
Directed and conceived by
Pat Eakin Young
Mixed and mastered by
Ross Flight
Casting:
Andrew Mark Sewell
