Site Nonsite

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“Eerily beautiful experimental compositions”—Electronic Sound / Musician and sound artist specialising in magnetic tape and field recording

A black and white photo of David Hockney, in his studio. Probably late 1960s.
Outside Balades Sonores in Paris, showing crates of records, and the new Boards of Canada logo in the window.
Kraftwerk performing at Nottingham Royal Centre tonight, bathed in red light, taken from near the back of the stalls. The four musicians wear light suits and stand at matching consoles, Ralf Hütter furthest left. The consoles are drawn with light strips and so is the platform. There are no background visuals in this shot.
The new Boards of Canada album, Inferno, vinyl copy and inner sleeves and flexi disc with shelves of vinyl records.
On the high moors between Uppermill and Dove Stone, in gorgeous evening sunlight.
An off-white Sony Walkman WM-22 with a white printed cassette inside, next to the outer sleeve of Taeko Ohnuki’s Sunshower cassette, with the inner liner unfolded underneath, showing b&w photos of the artist plus Ryuichi Sakamoto and others from the studio.
Ryuichi Sakamoto's Opus, his final performance on 4xLP box set, 2024 Japanese edition. Photographed on wooden floor with all four inner sleeves showing black and white photos of the performance.
Looking up at the amazing grey and yellow Tower Records building from street level Shibuya.
Non-Japanese artists, clockwise: Japan, Tin Drum; David Sylvian, Brilliant Trees; Rockin’ On magazine, Radiohead cover; Fleet Foxes, Crack-Up cassette; Kate Bush, Hounds of Love cassette; Kate Bush, The Kick Inside 1978 Japan pressing; Radiohead, Kid A with Japanese obi.
Holding a copy of Site Nonsite’s Tokyo EP casssette against blue sky with the Skytree and column blossom in the frame
Vinyl, magazines, and stickers from this trip.
Black Yamaha upright piano with mixer, microphones, laptop and chair in a tiny studio.
My photo of Hakata Tenjin Ramen, Shinjuku, taken this evening.
Tokyo Skytree
Sugizo plays David Bowie's Life On Mars on violin while wearing the Earthling union flag coat, during X Japan's March 2017 show at Wembey Arena, London.
Signed copy of Akiko Yano’s Iroha Ni Konpeitou album.
Cassette copy of Site Nonsite's Hiroshima EP, with contents displayed: cassette case and cover, diary entry, unfolded map insert, stickers and origami paper.
Detail from John Peffer's artwork, Notes on Cuts. Shows a Technics turntable with record playing, and accompanying documentation showing photos of found records.
Ten photos of various experimental arrangements on a green cutting mat. Most items are contained within a plain reel to reel box, and the item placeholders include reels, cassettes, unspooled tape, photos, notes, data sheets, and other things.
Studio desk showing music production equipment including Ableton Push 2, Korg Minilogue XD, Tascam Portastudio 414, Akai reel to reel, effects pedals, big screen, loads of tools and postits around a green cutting mat.
Audio cassettes on desk, with post-it notes concerning various audio tests.
Dragging a Tellus contact mic across a wet rock surface.
Monopoly of Bells play their first ever show in the main studio at Camp.
Image shows music equipment arranged on two low tables on a rug. Midi keys, Ableton Move, Portastudio 414, Mood pedal, and lots of wires and USB charging brick, all going into a DR-40 recorder.
Monopoly of Bells plays their first ever show in the main studio at Camp.
The cosy attic space at Camp, with old wooden beams, subdued lighting and mats scattered about. Elliott is reading during the attic session. Photo by Daniel Jones.
Photo of a Saturday night improv jam in the main studio. The light is low so the four figures appear almost in silhouette. The nearest plays piano, one plays a wind instrument, others percussion.
A cyclist tackles one of the many hairpins on Col d'Agnes.
Cascade d’Ars, a huge waterfall in the Pyrenees, seen close-up, the air filled with spray and lush rocks in the foreground.
Signposts near the village entrance.
Daniel and Greg chatting by an outhouse, with forested hills beyond.
Vinyl records from Djrum, with the new album Under Tangled Silence most prominent. It sits on a wooden speaker, with flowers and othert records nearby.
Vinyl records arranged on a wooden table: Barker's Stochastic Drift, Eiko Ishibashi’s Antigone, Yumiko Morioka & Takashi Kokubo’s Gaiaphillia.
Vinyl copy of Hidemi Ishikawa’s Pastiche album, recorded in London in 1986. On the cover, she’s standing in front of large posters for John Otway and Wilco Johnson gigs.
Two old tape recorder books in original dust jackets: The All-in-One Tape Recorder Book, 1959, and Modern Tape Recording and Hi-Fi, 1963
Field recording with a Tascam DR-40 and Akai mics on a footpath near Kinder Scout.
The cassette edition of Sonaura’s Snowglobe, with Sony Walkman and Tascam Portastudio on desk.
Site Nonsite's The Japan Series on cassette. Photo shows the inlay card and clear shell cassette on a white background.
CD version of Dearhbed Convert album, shows a dramatic seascape views through an old cabin window.
Vinyl copy of the new Cure album.
Apple Music Site Nonsite Set List playlist cover — me in a hat.
Terrible photo of Nala Sinephro performing at The Barbican with four other musicians.
Ableton Move, a MacBook Pro on the pouffe in my front room with records on shelves beyond.
Site Nonsite's The Japan Series on cassette. Photo shows the inlay card and clear shell cassette on a white background.
Video looking down at my desk, reel to reel and pedals and notes, working on the remix.
Albums arranged on the floor from Four Tet, Princ€ss, The Smile, Veryan, Delia Recordings, Nakayama Munetoshi, Nala Sinephro, Floating Points, Belong, Seefeel, A Lily, Nilüfer Yanya, Masayoshi Fujita, Paul Cousins, Sam Morton, Arooj Aftab, Elbow and Erland Cooper.
Photograph looking down at several Site Nonsite Live at Delia's cassettes
Cassette render for Site Nonsite / Live at Delia's Third Happening.
Nala Sinephro’s new album in my front room.
Site Nonsite Live at Delia’s cassette.
Cover art for Site Nonsite Live at Delia’s Third Happening
Cover artwork for Site Nonsite / Live at Delia's Third Happening.
Render of the Live at Delia's Third Happening cassette, front cover and inside with back flap.
Cover artwork for Site Nonsite / Live at Delia's Third Happening
Cover artwork for Site Nonsite / Live at Delia's Third Happening.
Photo showing the limited cassette edition of the Hiroshima EP, featuring extra documents including maps and diary entries, plus sticker and origami paper.