Blue Grey Haze, radiophonic composition, commissioned by David Dale Gallery, 2023.

Blue Grey Haze is a sonic landscape that begins with a locked groove, serving as a rhythmic foundation that unfolds progressively and cyclically returns.It brings together new compositions, poems and research materials with field recordings and collected audio. These elements undergo deliberate sonic shifts, forming constellations within the composition while remaining in a state of flux structured by the locked groove.

The work explores Scannell’s concept of “the doubling of place”, the notion that radio listeners occupy two places simultaneously, the physical place where the event unfolds and the subjective place where they engage with the listening experience. Blue Grey Haze embraces a non-linear approach, sitting with time as a fluid and subjective entity.

Listen below, or access the recording on the Clyde Built Radio archive. here to listen back on the Clyde Built Radio archive 

The commissioned works respond loosely to the theme of broadcast as a site for connection and reflection, and broadcast on Clyde Built Radio, who are based just up the road from the gallery in the Barras Market.