HIDDEN NOTES VOL.4
21.09 - 22.09.24
STROUD-GLOUCESTERSHIRE-UK

MUSIC
SUZANNE CIANI / WILL GREGORY MOOG ENSEMBLE / MARY LATTIMORE / GALYA BISENGALIEVA / ECHO COLLECTIVE / KATHERINE TINKER / WILLIAM J.STOKES / HEKLA / LAURA CANNELL / DANIEL INZANI / RACHEL MUSSON / GRANDAD / SLOW MOON / UNICORN SHIP EXPLOSION 

RESIDENT ARTIST
JAMES MERRY

INSTALLATION
SONIC WOODLAND

BOOK TALKS
PAUL PURGAS: SUBCONTINENTAL SYNTHESIS - ELECTRONIC MUSIC AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, INDIA 1969 - 1972
 BEN MURPHY: EARS TO THE GROUND - ADVENTURES IN FIELD RECORDING AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC

FILMS
A LIFE IN WAVES
DEEP LISTENING: THE STORY OF PAULINE OLIVEROS

LATES [AT] HN
TIKODA

”TOP FESTIVAL FOR EXPANDING YOUR MUSICAL HORIZONS…” - The Big Issue

“AN ECLETCIC, MIND EXPANDING, VERY INTERESTING, SUPERBLY CURATED FESTIVAL!” - Breaking More Waves

”A TRUE CELEBRATION OF ELECTRONIC AND EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC.” - Girls Twiddling Knobs

“HIDDEN NOTES HAVE COME UP WITH A TRIUMPH OF PROGRAMING OF SOME OF THE BEST COMPOSERS IN THESE GENRES TODAY. THIS WILL SURELY SET THE QUALITY STANDARD FOR YEARS TO COME.” - Vick Bain, the F List

Following 2023’s sold out Hidden Notes Festival vol.3 the festival returns for it’s fourth year on the weekend of the 21st - 22nd September 2024 taking place in various different venues and performance spaces in the centre of Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK including churches, art galleries, art centres and record shops…

For 2024 Hidden Notes pays homage to the mighty syntheziser with a rare UK show by legendary five-time Grammy award-nominated composer, electronic music pioneer and neo-classical recording artist Suzanne Ciani peforming live in quadraphonic sound on the Buchla modular synthesiser. Will Gregory Moog Ensemble will be stretching the possibilities of the Moog synthesiser through newly composed music, transcriptions of classical works, and their own versions of music from popular culture and film. With Goldfrapp’s Will Gregory at the helm the current lineup also includes Portishead’s Adrian Utley, Hinako Omori, Simon Haram, Dan Moore, Graham Fitkin, Ruth Wall, Vyv Hope-Scott, Eddie Parker, Ross Hughes and Georgie Ward.

As well as the headliners other performances for the main concerts in St Laurence Church include Los Angeles based harpist and composer Mary Lattimore and Kazakh composer, producer and violinist Galya Bisengalieva. The festival also honours the work of the late Jóhann Jóhannsson with Belgian orchestral ensemble Echo Collective performing 12 Conversations with Thilo Heinzmann in full…Katherine Tinker returns to the festival for a solo piano and organ concert following her performance with Jonny Greenwood at Hidden Notes back in 2022, and the rarely seen/heard theremin makes an appearance in the hands of Berlin-residing Icelander Hekla. The weekend also features the debut of a brand new project by producer, musician and writer William J. Stokes, internationally acclaimed composer and performer Laura Cannell from East Anglia brings forth unique sounds which straddles the worlds of contemporary and ancient music and Daniel Inzani (Spindle Ensemble, Cosmo Sheldrake) will be performing tracks from his debut solo album out later this year on Hidden Notes Records.

This year’s Resident Artist will be none other than James Merry; a visual artist from the UK, now based in Iceland where he has worked with Björk since 2009 as a frequent collaborator and co-creative director on her visual output. For HN James will be putting together a rare solo exhibition back in his hometown of Stroud, exhibiting a selection of custom masks and artworks alongside his iconic embroidery, limited edition images and prints plus some brand new work and digital surprises…

Vol.4 also continues it’s ongoing collaborations with two of Stroud’s indie record shops Sound Records and Klang Tone Records with the return of Breakfast Club with saxophonist, improviser, and composer Rachel Musson and the ambient sounds of Slow Moon, the solo project of Tomáš Kašpar followed by Record Shop Sessions with the electronic chaos of GRANDAD and the enigmatic improvisation project Unicorn Ship Explosion.

Film screenings also feature on the programme with A Life In Waves a documentary about the life and innovations of Suzanne Ciani directed by Brett Whitcomb - offering a unique opportunity for audiences to watch a documentary about Suzanne followed by catching her live later in the evening! Saturday’s screening will be Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros by Daniel Weintraub which tells the story of the iconic composer, performer, teacher, philosopher, technological innovator and humanitarian.

For this year’s book talks music journalist and author Ben Murphy will be discussing his new book Ears To The Ground: Adventures in Field Recording and Electronic Music and artist and musician Paul Purgas will be talking about Subcontinental Symphesis: Electronic Music At The National Institute Of Design,India 1969–1972 the history of India’s first electronic music studio founded in 1969 at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad by David Tudor.

Sonic Woodland - a woodland sound installation by Joe Acheson (Hidden Orchestra) and Tim Southorn will be installed in the woods, in the epic surroundings of Hawkwood estate just a short walk from Stroud town centre.

Finally we also bring you Tikoda as part of Lates [At] HN presented with our friends Jazz Stroud in collaboration with d&b audiotechnik, Seasoning, S.INK and the SVA on Saturday night in the legendary Goods Shed. Tikoda is the brainchild of Bristol-based music producer Theo Passingham. From melodic to industrial, he creates live analogue techno with their unique audio-visuals that make the mind dance…Also more tba for that one!

SAT 21.09.24
WILL GREGORY MOOG ENSEMBLE / GALYA BISENGALIEVA /  KATHERINE TINKER / WILLIAM J.STOKES /  DANIEL INZANI / RACHEL MUSSON / GRANDAD / BEN MURPHY: EARS TO THE GROUND - ADVENTURES IN FIELD RECORDING AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC / DEEP LISTENING: THE STORY OF PAULINE OLIVEROS / LATES [AT] HN: TIKODA
SUN 22.09.24
SUZANNE CIANI / MARY LATTIMORE /  ECHO COLLECTIVE / HEKLA / LAURA CANNELL / SLOW MOON / UNICORN SHIP EXPLOSION / PAUL PURGAS: SUBCONTINENTAL SYNTHESIS - ELECTRONIC MUSIC AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, INDIA 1969 - 1972 / DEEP LISTENING: THE STORY OF PAULINE OLIVEROS
SAT 21.09 - SUN 22.09.24
JAMES MERRY
SONIC WOODLAND

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