Gorgeous. And one of the greatest albums ever made.
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www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Delighted to have been reunited with Afonica Productions for series 2 of psycho-myco-horror epic Spores by @mazkirkbride.bsky.social - out now on BBC Sounds!
You can still hear Aidan Gillen, Daniel Mays & Michelle Fairley in Brian Friel's marvellous Faith Healer on BBC Sounds - I was lucky to work with some wonderful musicians on the score for this one: Joni Fuller (violin) and James Marchese (clarinet). on.soundcloud.com/0x3vSWY6jo3e...
A delight composing for this wonderful production and a treat to work with such terrific musicians; huge thanks to Joni Fuller (violin) and James Marchese (clarinet). Directed & produced by @jassicrea.bsky.social & @marypeate.bsky.social - listen now on BBC Sounds!
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Thrilled In Dark Corners series 2 has received a Prix Europa nomination; v proud to have been part of the team telling this story.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Anita Sullivan's meticulously researched hugely powerful drama about the infected blood scandal and almost equally shocking compensation scandal, with Christine Bottomley, Mat Fraser and Amanda Wilkin. Prod. Polly Thomas, sound design JN. Now available on BBC Sounds.
Thinking of Tom Lehrer happily poisoning pigeons in a celestial park somewhere
A truly humbling experience being involved in telling this shocking story still affecting thousands of lives. Powerful meticulously researched new drama from Anita Sullivan, with Mat Fraser, Christine Bottomley and Amanda Wilkin; dir. Polly Thomas, sound design by me. TX 29.7.25 on BBC Radio 4.
Arvon calling...for anyone wanting to develop their writing into audio, come and join audio fiction gurus Polly Thomas and @danrebellato.bsky.social (and me!) at @arvonfoundation.bsky.social in September. www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
A snapshot of the intolerable working conditions I had to endure while making this...
Illuminated: A Walk In Time is now up on BBC Sounds; take a walk through human and geological time on the beaches of the Jurassic Coast. Co-produced by myself and Monica Whitlock, with music and sound design by me.https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002cz8y
Delighted to have had a sonic hand in this brilliant film from Imogen Lea & Joe Carver - out now
Jury comments: 'This gripping audio drama reimagines the sci-fi classic with powerful storytelling, immersive sound design, and a fresh take on an alien’s descent into a fractured world. A standout achievement in narrative radio.'
Back from two inspirational days at #thepodcastshow2025 to the lovely news that #themanwhofelltoearth (@bafflegabble.bsky.social for BBC Radio 4) won a Grand Award at #newyorkfestivalsradioawards! This was a really special one to sound design - 'A standout achievement in narrative radio.'
Delighted to have my first production credit in Radio 4's #illuminated series. Music, location recording & sound design JN; co-produced by myself and Monica Whitlock. TX 1.6.25. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Absolutely thrilled to be sound designing this, with music by the mighty @pjharveyofficial.bsky.social
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Delighted to have collaborated with Imagineear and Atlantic Theater Company on the dramatised audio companion pieces for visitors to the quite extraordinary Saya Woolfalk: Empathic Universe exhibition at NYC's Museum of Arts and Design, running to the end of September. madmuseum.org/exhibition/s...
Farewell to Australian composer Alan Lamb (1944-2025), whose works explored the magical resonances of singing wires. Hearing them is an eerie and unsettling experience. Wonderful sounds indeed. His classic works are now available on @room40.bsky.social
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riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend
of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation
Tom Morris' production of Missy Mazzoli's extraordinary opera Breaking The Waves has been touring globally since it took the Edinburgh International Festival by storm in 2019 and is due to open at Houston Grand Opera later this month. Designed by Soutra Gilmour, lights Rich Howell, sound design JN.
Delighted two of 2024's projects shortlisted at the New York Festivals Radio Awards! The Man Who Fell To Earth prod. @bafflegabble.bsky.social for BBC Radio 4 (sound design JN) and Lonely No More from @audiama.bsky.social by @sebbyb.bsky.social dir. @jassicrea.bsky.social (sound design & music JN)
that is an *excellent* excuse
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/a... Looking forward to catching up with pals and colleagues at the #BBCAudioDramaAwards2025 - fingers crossed for Song From Far Away (up for best sound), Love & Information (best adaptation) and Kate O’Flynn (up for best actress / Spores). Good luck to everyone nominated!
Repost with one of the greatest villains in cinema history…
Mural featuring a woman in blue hijab standing holding a keyboard to her chest while a row of ominous looking men with guns in black stand in a row behind her
" I believe there are many who forget all the tragedy women face in Afghanistan, that is why I use my paintings as a mean to remind the people"
- Shamsia Hassani
Afghan Artist #InternationalWomensDay