Anthropocene E.P.
A lament and celebration in this two-part suite for our breathtaking planet.
Firstly, a very warm welcome to all new subscribers who have joined me over the past few weeks. It’s heartening to know people are interested in this creative journey!
If you tuned into BBC Radio 3’s Night Tracks last week, you may have caught the B-side from my Anthropocene E.P. On this episode, Sara Mohr-Pietsch mentioned the celebrative emphasis of this track - “a loving homage to the vibrant ecosystem”. This is true as the track Above/Below is an attempt to reflect the wonderful mystery of hidden sounds below the water with the more familiar birdsong above its surface. Conversely, the title track, Anthropocene, is a lament for what we have already lost. It explores the vulnerability of natural life as we plough forward with an ever-increasing ‘growth’ mentality and speed, at the cost of our beautiful planet.
I was excited to be invited by BBC Radio 3’s Night Tracks to perform the E.P. at last year’s Hay Festival live with Faith Brackenbury before its release in November 2024. I wanted the release to contribute to conservation work and decided upon its release to partner with Brian Eno and friends Earth Percent again, this time to donate 25% of all income from the release to this incredible foundation. However, for April leading up to Earth Day 2025, the three-track E.P. on Bandcamp will be donating 100% of proceeds to Earth Percent, and Brian Eno is match-funding all of the income generated from this Bandcamp fundraising project. If you haven’t yet bought the download from Bandcamp, this is the month to do so to support all of the incredible work Earth Percent is doing. The bandcamp version also features a recording of a live performance of Anthropocene with its saxophonist, Andy Lowe, at Shrewsbury Unitarian Church for
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Thank you for reading and your support. I’ll be returning to composing on the mosses in my next post, but for now, I hope you enjoy the Anthropocene E.P. You can read more about the E.P. and its story in the write-up on Bandcamp here.
