gobscure.  tyneside-based, we layer field-recordings with words and manipulated sound, encouraging listeners to slow down and feel. self-taught, we bring childlike wonder and playfulness to our sound-collages. samples of rivers, ex-industry, marbles, home-made percussion and fragments of childhood-song might be woven to address issues such as homelessness, disability and bisexuality (all lived experience). live, we craft unique experiences which are inclusive, friendly and immersive.  

international commissions, broadcasts and residencies include arts&heritage (staff award); cesta czech republic; celf mid-wales; newbridge tyneside; Alma Zevi Venice; radiophrenia; Future's Venture Foundation; borealis bergen; resonance fm; sound walk for sonic arts week middlesbrough. music theatre for glasshouse, GIFT festival, axisweb and barrel organ. sound design for Mandala Theatre. three Sound&Music awards. unlimited supported artist. live theatre artistic associate

'like a dream collapsing around the edges' disability arts online review

listening so the pain goes away.'  lategirl

'antithesis of all that is mass-produced, commercial; one needs time to engage and to listen to the work. It might even help us to listen to ourselves. alma zevi venice

'gobscure is making a significant contribution to contemporary art radio; a seer and radiophonic auteur who creates a personal mythology of beauty and pain through idiosyncratic sound design and incantatory language.' radiophrenia