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BBC Radio 4 - Multitrack, Song of the Deer

Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 2h

🦌 Congrats to Multitrack Fellow Uilleam MacCormaig on the release of Song of the Deer

A reimagining of the Gaelic poem Moladh Beinn Dobhrain, exploring the bond between Highlanders, deer and landscape.

A mountain, a deer and a ghillie - a re-imagination of Gaelic poem, Moladh Beinn Dobhrain.

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Multitrack, 'Life Blood' - If a river could speak, what would it say?

Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 1d

👏 Multiple big ups to Multitrack Fellow Jill Achineku, who co-produced "What’s Your Map? with Jerry Brotton"

🏆 Winner of Gold in the Education category at the British Podcast Awards!

A brilliant and well-deserved win

British Podcast Awards Multitrack Fellow Jill Achineku wins for "What's Your Map?" with host Jerry Brotton, featuring a smiling Jill.

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Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 2d

🌊 Massive congrats to Multitrack Fellow Georgie Styles on the release of "Life Blood: If a river could speak, what would it say?"

Following the Afon Teifi from source to sea, Georgie captures the changing song of one of Wales’s most historic rivers.

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Georgie Styles follows the Afon Teifi, or River Teifi, from source to sea.

Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 2d

Huge thanks to @radiotimes.bsky.social for featuring our recent Multitrack x The Essay releases on BBC Radio 3 💛

So proud of our fellows Georgie Styles, Derick Armah and Charlie West!

Each creating beautiful, boundary-pushing audio that gives real hope for the future of radio.

Radio Times magazine clipping with abstract artwork of a silhouetted head in blue, orange and yellow brushstrokes. Text reads: The Essay: Multitrack, 9.45pm Radio 3. A review praising new producers Georgie Styles, Derick Armah and Charlie West for creating boundary-pushing, beautifully crafted short-form radio pieces exploring rivers, eco-anxiety, and Cornish music. Written by Anna Jones.

Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 2d

Check out our one of our fellows recent releases

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Maj Duckworth | Trice @majduckworth.bsky.social · 3d

An exploration of how we keep people alive through graffiti.

🔗 www.theecco.org/jamestrice

AudioUK relaunch Audiotrain, in partnership with the BBC

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Podnews podcasting news @podnews.net · 7d

AudioUK relaunch Audiotrain, in partnership with the BBC https://podnews.net/press-release/audiotrain-relaunches

AudioUK has relaunched Audiotrain as an always-on training platform to tackle skills gaps across the UK, in partnership with the BBC

podnews.net

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Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 9d

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Maj Duckworth | Trice @majduckworth.bsky.social · 11d

My doc Art of Grief is out today

It explores how we keep people alive through graffiti. Ten years after the loss of my best friend MIGZ his name still surfaces in unexpected places. Featuring voices of friends, family and artists it’s about grief, memory and graffiti

🔗 www.theecco.org/jamestrice

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Davy Gardner @davygardner.bsky.social · 10d

Big News!!!👇More people to the party. Spread the word and mark your calendars!

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Maj Duckworth | Trice @majduckworth.bsky.social · 13d

Excited for people to hear Art of Grief in the next few days. A piece about loss, memory + keeping people alive through graffiti. So thankful to Jasmin + THE ECCO for giving me the time + space to make this. RIP Mike/MIGZ ❤️

Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 13d

🎧 The ECCO Sessions at #XMTRFestival

An international initiative pushing the edges of audio storytelling through 7-month residencies. This year’s theme: Slippery Memory. Features a Multitrack Fellow in the 2nd cohort @majduckworth.bsky.social

📅 Sun 28 Sept | 2–3pm

#CreativeAudio

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Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 13d

📼 IN SEARCH OF SONIC WONDERS with Lisa Hack and Robin The Fog

Lisa has been with Multitrack since the very beginning and is key to what we do. Expect tape wizardry and musique concrète.

📅 Sat 27 Sept | #XMTRFestival

#SoundArt #AudioCommunity

Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 13d

🎧 The ECCO Sessions at #XMTRFestival

An international initiative pushing the edges of audio storytelling through 7-month residencies. This year’s theme: Slippery Memory. Features a Multitrack Fellow in the 2nd cohort @majduckworth.bsky.social

📅 Sun 28 Sept | 2–3pm

#CreativeAudio

Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 13d

🥑🎙️ DRAG BRUNCH at #XMTRFestival

Jesse Lawson and Brid join forces with Frankie, Distressed Jean and Lemonfemon to mix drag, audio and queer archives.

📅 Sun 28 Sept | 12–2pm | White Rock Hotel

#QueerAudio #SoundArt

Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 13d

🌊 Multitrack friend Jesse Lawson and Kit Callin bring safe + sound: THE SEA to #XMTRFestival

A beachside installation of watery audio works, featuring Saltwater Soul by a Multitrack Fellow drifting through the waves.

#AudioCommunity #ExperimentalSound

Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 13d

🌱 Multitrack Fellow Deborah Shorindé brings MANIFESTA FOR A NEW AUDIO ART to #XMTRFestival. Speculate on sustainable sonic practice and write your own Tiny Lungs Manifesta.
📅 Fri 26 Sept | 4.30–6pm

#SoundArt #CreativeAudio

Supervising Producer, Audio

Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 13d

🎙️✨ Multitrack is at #XMTRFestival this weekend!

You’ll find our Fellows and friends across the programme, from radical audio art to drag brunches, seaside listening and tape wizardry. Come celebrate the brilliance of the creative audio community 💛

#CreativeAudio #SoundArt #AudioCommunity

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Radio Boot Camp @radiobootcamp.bsky.social · 14d

@wsj.com is looking for a Supervising Producer, Audio!
wsj.jobs/new-york-ny/...

Dow Jones breaks stories, influences ideas, advances business intelligence and cultural interest, exposes the events that turn markets, the breakthroughs that transform art and drives invention.

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Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 15d

🎧 Our fellow James Trice @majduckworth.bsky.social joined THE ECCO’s 2nd cohort with his powerful piece The Art of Grief, exploring memory, loss & graffiti culture.

We’re thrilled it’s part of THE ECCO SESSIONS : Slippery Memory at XMTR Audio Arts Festival 2025

#SoundArt #AudioDocs #CreativeAudio

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Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 15d

Chemtrail : This is Killing Us - Saturday 4 October and Sunday 5 October

Chemsex is taking lives in our community. Chemtrail: This Is Killing Us shares real stories of risk, resilience, and support.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Maj Duckworth | Trice @majduckworth.bsky.social · 15d

Still so proud to be part of the first Multitrack Fellows

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Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 15d

🎙️ 5 years since our first Fellows hit Radio 4

The debut docs that started it all:
🎧 Deborah Shorindé: Nsukka Is Burning
👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🎧 Ray Tannor: Pause the Plié
👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🎧 James Trice: Hip-hop’s Laughing Stock
👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

#AudioDocs

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Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 15d

🎧 Raymond Tannor: Pause the Plié

When dancer Tatum Swithenbank is diagnosed with a life-changing condition, she asks if creativity can transfer beyond dance. She speaks with artists across disciplines in her search for a new outlet.

👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Pause the Plié

Tatum Swithenbank explores the meaning of creativity after a life changing diagnosis.

BBC Radio 4 - Hip-hop’s Laughing Stock

Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 15d

🎧 James Trice: Hip-hop’s Laughing Stock

Joe Jacobs, a comedic rapper never taken seriously in hip-hop, tries to reinvent himself as a stand-up. He explores the overlap of rap and comedy with Open Mic Eagle, Lunar C, Jaz Kahina and Dan Bull

👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
@majduckworth.bsky.social

Joe Jacobs is a failing rapper trying to make a career as a stand-up comedian.

BBC Radio 4 - Nsukka Is Burning

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Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 15d

🎧 Deborah Shorindé: Nsukka Is Burning

Playwright Inua Ellams explores Nsukka, a Nigerian university town that shaped voices like Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, tracing its resilience in the face of erasure and exile.

👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Inua Ellams on how one town became a centre of writing and resistance in Nigeria.

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Multitrack @multitrack.bsky.social · 15d

🎙️ 5 years since our first Fellows hit Radio 4

The debut docs that started it all:
🎧 Deborah Shorindé: Nsukka Is Burning
👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🎧 Ray Tannor: Pause the Plié
👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🎧 James Trice: Hip-hop’s Laughing Stock
👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

#AudioDocs