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Published sound and music works
Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2024

Channelling

Flag Day Recordings

CD

Various components salvaged from obsolete consumer technology are reanimated by piping amplified sound through them. The mechanisms respond to these sound impulses in erratic and unpredictable ways.

Available here and here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2023

Organic Volatilisation Near Imperceivable

Gruenrekorder/self-release

Cassette

A project exploring the sounds of fermentation kindly supported by and in collaboration with Milena Farioli and OVNI, Fribourg, Switzerland, September 2022.

Available here and here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2023

Channelling (sections)

self-release

10" lathe-cut

Reconfigured material recorded during the development of "Channelling" live performances through 2021 and 2022. Full album will be released by Flag Day Recordings in late 2023.

Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2023

Made II Malfunction

self-release

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A collection of recordings documenting combinations of kinetic sound works developed during a residency at Ferme-Asile, Sion, Switzerland in 2021, plus a recording of all 10 works in the edition 'Concealed Errors'.

Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2022

(II)nTolerance

Kohlhaas

CD

A sequel and a response to "InTolerance". It is a personal reaction to the global pandemic and its wide-reaching effects through suffering, fear, misinformation as much as confinement and curfews. Staged and chance activities. Meticulous constructions. Static scenes. Abandoned sites. Interrupted signals. Severed connections. Energy transmitted, translated, received. Locations were revisited retrospectively, introspectively, their whereabouts unimportant.

Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2022

Pitchback

Traceable Echoes

Cassette

Composed from the development of Double Deck during the residency at Atelier Expérimental, Clans, France. A mechanism for playing two cassettes was reversed, adapted, prepared and then activated by collected sounds of water in the village.

Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2022

The Arc Sessions

Falt

Cassette x3

While at Arc Artist Residency in Switzerland in March 2016 Whetham was joined by Francisco Meirino and Gregory Büttner and they made improvised sessions in the unique setting of the medieval building, subsequently dividing the recordings of the sessions, using them as material to craft the pieces that form "The Arc Sessions".
Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2021

Closed System

Sounds Against Humanity

Cassette

Commissioned by subnet, Salzburg, Austria for Schmiede20 Festival, September-October 2020.

A liquid cooling system for a computer was explored as a sound source for performance and installation.

Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2021

Traceable Echoes

Grimaces Éditions

Booklet + CD

A collection of detailed images from the project series Traceable Echoes was published by Grimaces Éditions with an accompanying disc containing the source sounds or recordings of the processes that made the work.

Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2020

Dry

Unfathomless

CD

Composed from sounds sourced and generated for performances at GreenLightDistrict Festival, Telemark, Norway and Reservoir Festival, Black Forest, Germany.

Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2020

Forced to Repeat Myself

Misanthropic Agenda

CD

Composed from performance recordings during a tour in 2018 through Lituania, Italy and Germany.

Available here

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2020

Double Deck

Alcôve

Cassette

Composed from recordings sessions using a modified double casstte player mechanism. Alcove 04 is a split release with ớt and their track 'Solanaceae', Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2020

The Road Hears Signals to Follow

Falt

Cassette

Collaboration with Leo Okagawa. Artists exchanged recordings and unknown concepts to compose and recompose the tracks. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2020

Proximity Effects

Amplify 2020

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A combination of rehearsal and source recordings for cancelled performances.Recorded and reworked from 17th-21st March 2020, Marseille, France. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2020

(R)ASSEMBLE

Self-published

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Commissioned by Yarmonics 2020, UK to develop video and audio piece from found objects and site recordings. Materials sent to Marseille. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2020

The Beginners

Self-published

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Collaboration with Rebecca Sharp.

Part deep-mapping, part wayward archaeology; exploration of ruins in Fife, Scotland with sound and text. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2020

Unincarcerated

Self-published

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Composition began in 2013 during Tsonami Festival, Chile. Sound material from Valparaíso, mainly in ex-carcel and from performance using gaol doors. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2018

Cal y Canto

Glistening Examples

CDR

Works composed from performance recordings and their source materials. Performances commissioned by Tsonami Festival XI , Valparaíso, Chile, December 2017. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2018

Open and Closed Circles

mappa

Cassette

Mechanism, magnetism, friction, rotation, failure, repetition, fragility, ephemerality... these keywords instigated a composition process that became 'Open and Closed Circles'. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2017

InTolerance

Kohlhaas

CD

Recorded and composed from 2014-2017. Materials gathered in various worldwide locations. Many borders crossed, communities welcomed by, moments shared, ideas exchanged. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2017

Watering the Piano

LINE

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March 2016, Arc Artist Residency, Switzerland. The grand piano in the studio space needed special attention. To preserve the wood of the instrument and prevent it from drying out, it required ‘watering’. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2016

Drowning Electret

Every Contact Leaves A Trace

CDR

Executed at Villa Waldberta, Feldafing, Germany, 2014. The long, slow, drawn out death of an electret microphone capsule submerged in water...

Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2016

Trace Evidence

Traceable Echoes

Lathe-cut Vinyl and Download

Composed from sounds of twine contact on objects showing witness marks of twine production from the 19th Century. 'Trace Evidence' is the result of a commission by OSR Projects, UK. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2016

Contact

Crónica

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3rd release in 'Corollaries' monthly series of 2016, compiling works resulting from Active Crossover: Mooste. All works composed from material compiled in a collective archive during the project. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2016

Against Nature

Crónica

CD

Source material generated, destroyed and captured October-November 2013, Agder Kunstsenter, Kristiansand, Norway. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2016

Two Quarters

Echomusic

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Composed 2012/revised 2016 from sound material gathered during Active Crossover 2011. Supported by 'I Love West Leeds' festival and Arts Council England. Available here

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2015

Contrivance

1000füssler

Mini CDR

Composed from recordings of installation and performative actions at Artist Residency TEMI, Daejeon, Korea.

Available here

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2015

What Matters Is That It Matters

Baskaru

CD

Compositions combine sound materials collected from 13 countries throughout 2012. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2015

a need for material possession

13/silentes

8" Vinyl

Commissioned composition in response to photography by Stefano Gentile. Currently unavailable.

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2015

Elephant in the Salon

Twice Removed

CDR

Collaboration with Christine Schörkhuber. Three chapters composed from improvised recording sessions at Villa Waldberta, Feldafing, Germany. Available here

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2014

From the Mouths of Clay

Helen Scarsdale Agency

Cassette

Tonal work resulting from Alvin Lucier-inspired investigations of clay burial urns at Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2014

Is The Water Supposed To Be This Blue?

Rural Colours

Mini CDR

Guitar and field recordings from Jachenau, Germany. Material recorded at Villa Waldberta, Germany 2014.

Available here

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2013

Hydrostatic

Aufabwegen

CD

Recomposition of performance piece commissioned by McNeill Street Pumping Station New Music Festival 2011, Shreveport, USA. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2013

Conversations across a dinner table

Tentacles of Perception Recordings

2x CDR set

Collaboration with Slavek Kwi - Source material: field recordings - Brazil, Ireland, England.

Available here

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2013

El Parque Está Situado En Su Propia Casa

LINE

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Performance and installation with found objects and field recordings, Campos De Gutierrez, Medellin, Colombia. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2013

Never So Alone

Crónica

CD

Source material: sounds of Lisbon, Portugal.

Available here

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2013

Un Año Tranquilo

3Leaves

CD

Particular scenes and situations from each of the 13 countries visited through 2012. Available here

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2013

Birds of a Feather

Flaming Pines

Mini CD

'The Phoenix' track on split EP with Brokn Chip.

Source material: recordings from Phoenix Island, Vietnam.

Available here

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2013

Yoi

Unfathomless

CD

Split release with David Vélez - Source material: field recordings - Amazonas, Colombia, 2011. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2012

Concert for No-one

Impulsive Habitat

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Performance recordings with found objects - Pro Cathedral, Bristol, UK. Available here

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2011

Solo Activity

Traceable Echoes

CDR

Special world tour edition limited to 100 copies.

Currently unavailable

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2011

Mall Muzak

Unfathomless

CD

Source material: field recordings - 'The Mall' shopping centre, Bristol, UK. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2011

Velvet

Taâlem

Mini CD

Source material: field recordings/hydrophone recordings - Manorbier, Wales. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2011

Lightyears

Dragon's Eye

Digital

Digital reissue of commissioned work for Kathryn Thomas Ltd. for painting exhibition. Source material: music samples, field recordings, transmissions. Available here

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2011

She floated away...

Kaon

Mini CD

Source material: field recordings from Valley Taurion, France, recorded by Cedric Peyronnet. Available here

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2011

Slopt

SiRiDisc

CD

Source material: field recordings - Edinburgh, Scotland.

Currently unavailable

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2011

Cold Shoulder

Audio Gourmet

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Source material: field recordings - St. Philips, Bristol, UK.

Available here

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2011

Prayers Unheard

Dragon's Eye

CDR

Source material: field recordings and radio transmissions - Krakow, Poland. Available here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2011

mic.madeira

Crónica

DVD

Collaboration with visual artist Hugo Olim, commissioned by MadeiraDig Festival 2010, Madeira Island, Portugal.

Available here

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2011

Meditations on Light

Monochrome Vision

2x CD set

Reconstructions of 'Lightyears' featuring: Simon Whetham, Fourm, Richard Lainhart, Philippe Petit, mise_en_scene, Maile Colbert, Scanner, Christopher McFall, David Wells, Iris Garrelfs, Yann Novak, Lawrence English & John Kannenberg.

Information here

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2010

Greyscale: Restricted Access

White Line Editions

CDR

Source material: field recordings - Estonia and Riga.

Currently unavailable

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2010

The Grey Area

Con-V

CDR

Collaboration with Paul Khimasia Morgan. Source material: field recordings and objects - Grey Area Gallery, Brighton, UK.

Currently unavailable

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2010

Sanctuary

Con-V

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Live collaboration with Paul Khimasia Morgan. Source material: field recordings & objects - Sanctuary, Brighton, UK.

Available here

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2010

The Clearing

Grünrekorder

CDR

Recording of Rebecca Joy Sharp improvising on harp with dawn chorus, Sefton Park, Liverpool, UK.

Available here

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2010

Eineandereweltstrasse

Install

CDR

Collaboration with mise_en_scene (Shay Nassi). Source material: field recordings - Berlin, Germany - recorded by Simon Whetham. Currently unavailable

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2010

Active Crossover

Impulsive Habitat

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Simon Whetham & VA: features pieces by all artists involved in first iteration of Active Crossover project.

Information and piece available here

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2010

Beneath the Swinging Bridge

Mystery Sea

CDR

Source material: field recordings - Cumberland Basin, Bristol, UK. Available here

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2009

Undercurrent

Slightly Off Kilter

CDR

Live performance recording, Grey Area Gallery, Brighton, UK. Available here

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2009

Fractures

Entr'acte

CDR

Source material: field recordings - Iceland.

Available here

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2009

D/R

1000füssler

CDR

Source material: Performance and field recordings - Tallinn, Estonia. Available here

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2009

Quiet Please

Lens Records

CDR

Commission for Collision Festival 2007. Source material: field recordings - Peckham Library, London, UK. Available here

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2009

Lightyears

Traceable Echoes

CDR

Commissioned by Kathryn Thomas Ltd. for painting exhibition. Source material: music samples, field recordings, transmissions.

Currently unavailable

Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site

2009

Ratcha Anachak Thai

Con-V

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Source material: field recordings - Thailand.

Available here

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2008

Landlocked

Gruenrekorder

CDR

Source material: field recordings of water in all forms in Mongolia. Available here

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2008

Understory

Trente Oiseaux

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Source material: field recordings - Lake Mamori, Amazonas, Brazil during the Amazonas Sound Project 2007.

Currently unavailable

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2008

a dark light - winter lights edition

Earth Monkey Productions

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Source material: field recordings - Iceland.

Available here

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2008

dark light audio tracks

Earth Monkey Productions

Download

Source material: field recordings - Iceland - reissue of 2006 Filament release.

Available here

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2006

ascension_suspension

Entr'acte

CDR

Source material: field recordings of cablecars, Portes du Soleil, France. Currently unavailable

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2006

dark light audio tracks

Filament Recordings

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Source material: field recordings - Iceland.

Currently unavailable

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