Published sound and music works
Many works listed below are also available directly through Simon's Bandcamp site
Releases
Year
Title
Label
Format
Description
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
2020
Forced to Repeat Myself
Misanthropic Agenda
CD
Composed from performance recordings during a tour in 2018 through Lituania, Italy and Germany.
Available here
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
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
2020
Proximity Effects
Amplify 2020
Download
A combination of rehearsal and source recordings for cancelled performances.Recorded and reworked from 17th-21st March 2020, Marseille, France. Available here
2020
(R)ASSEMBLE
Self-published
Download
Commissioned by Yarmonics 2020, UK to develop video and audio piece from found objects and site recordings. Materials sent to Marseille. Available here
2020
The Beginners
Self-published
Download
Collaboration with Rebecca Sharp.
Part deep-mapping, part wayward archaeology; exploration of ruins in Fife, Scotland with sound and text. Available here
2020
Unincarcerated
Self-published
Download
Composition began in 2013 during Tsonami Festival, Chile. Sound material from Valparaíso, mainly in ex-carcel and from performance using gaol doors. Available here
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
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
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
2017
Watering the Piano
LINE
Download
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
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
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
2016
Contact
Crónica
Download
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
2016
Against Nature
Crónica
CD
Source material generated, destroyed and captured October-November 2013, Agder Kunstsenter, Kristiansand, Norway. Available here
2016
Two Quarters
Echomusic
Download
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
2015
Contrivance
1000füssler
Mini CDR
Composed from recordings of installation and performative actions at Artist Residency TEMI, Daejeon, Korea.
Available here
2015
What Matters Is That It Matters
Baskaru
CD
Compositions combine sound materials collected from 13 countries throughout 2012. Available here
2015
a need for material possession
13/silentes
8" Vinyl
Commissioned composition in response to photography by Stefano Gentile. Currently unavailable.
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
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
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
2013
Hydrostatic
Aufabwegen
CD
Recomposition of performance piece commissioned by McNeill Street Pumping Station New Music Festival 2011, Shreveport, USA. Available here
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
2013
El Parque Está Situado En Su Propia Casa
LINE
Download
Performance and installation with found objects and field recordings, Campos De Gutierrez, Medellin, Colombia. Available here
2013
Un Año Tranquilo
3Leaves
CD
Particular scenes and situations from each of the 13 countries visited through 2012. Available here
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
2013
Yoi
Unfathomless
CD
Split release with David Vélez - Source material: field recordings - Amazonas, Colombia, 2011. Available here
2012
Concert for No-one
Impulsive Habitat
Download
Performance recordings with found objects - Pro Cathedral, Bristol, UK. Available here
2011
Solo Activity
Traceable Echoes
CDR
Special world tour edition limited to 100 copies.
Currently unavailable
2011
Mall Muzak
Unfathomless
CD
Source material: field recordings - 'The Mall' shopping centre, Bristol, UK. Available here
2011
Velvet
Taâlem
Mini CD
Source material: field recordings/hydrophone recordings - Manorbier, Wales. Available here
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
2011
She floated away...
Kaon
Mini CD
Source material: field recordings from Valley Taurion, France, recorded by Cedric Peyronnet. Available here
2011
Slopt
SiRiDisc
CD
Source material: field recordings - Edinburgh, Scotland.
Currently unavailable
2011
Cold Shoulder
Audio Gourmet
Download
Source material: field recordings - St. Philips, Bristol, UK.
Available here
2011
Prayers Unheard
Dragon's Eye
CDR
Source material: field recordings and radio transmissions - Krakow, Poland. Available here
2011
mic.madeira
Crónica
DVD
Collaboration with visual artist Hugo Olim, commissioned by MadeiraDig Festival 2010, Madeira Island, Portugal.
Available here
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
2010
Greyscale: Restricted Access
White Line Editions
CDR
Source material: field recordings - Estonia and Riga.
Currently unavailable
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
2010
Sanctuary
Con-V
Download
Live collaboration with Paul Khimasia Morgan. Source material: field recordings & objects - Sanctuary, Brighton, UK.
Available here
2010
The Clearing
Grünrekorder
CDR
Recording of Rebecca Joy Sharp improvising on harp with dawn chorus, Sefton Park, Liverpool, UK.
Available here
2010
Eineandereweltstrasse
Install
CDR
Collaboration with mise_en_scene (Shay Nassi). Source material: field recordings - Berlin, Germany - recorded by Simon Whetham. Currently unavailable
2010
Active Crossover
Impulsive Habitat
Download
Simon Whetham & VA: features pieces by all artists involved in first iteration of Active Crossover project.
Information and piece available here
2010
Beneath the Swinging Bridge
Mystery Sea
CDR
Source material: field recordings - Cumberland Basin, Bristol, UK. Available here
2009
Undercurrent
Slightly Off Kilter
CDR
Live performance recording, Grey Area Gallery, Brighton, UK. Available here
2009
D/R
1000füssler
CDR
Source material: Performance and field recordings - Tallinn, Estonia. Available here
2009
Quiet Please
Lens Records
CDR
Commission for Collision Festival 2007. Source material: field recordings - Peckham Library, London, UK. Available here
2009
Lightyears
Traceable Echoes
CDR
Commissioned by Kathryn Thomas Ltd. for painting exhibition. Source material: music samples, field recordings, transmissions.
Currently unavailable
2008
Landlocked
Gruenrekorder
CDR
Source material: field recordings of water in all forms in Mongolia. Available here
2008
Understory
Trente Oiseaux
Download
Source material: field recordings - Lake Mamori, Amazonas, Brazil during the Amazonas Sound Project 2007.
Currently unavailable
2008
a dark light - winter lights edition
Earth Monkey Productions
Download
Source material: field recordings - Iceland.
Available here
2008
dark light audio tracks
Earth Monkey Productions
Download
Source material: field recordings - Iceland - reissue of 2006 Filament release.
Available here
2006
ascension_suspension
Entr'acte
CDR
Source material: field recordings of cablecars, Portes du Soleil, France. Currently unavailable
2006
dark light audio tracks
Filament Recordings
Download
Source material: field recordings - Iceland.
Currently unavailable
