More From The Forest

Little sweetheart, we found out today that there's going to be another iteration of that super cool UK experimental radio broadcast event The Dark Outside. This one will be in September in Galloway Forest. 

It was for years an annual event, little sweetheart. The curator assembles recordings from artists all over the world and broadcasts them in a 24-hour event from this remote location. All of the recordings must be previously unreleased, never before heard, streamed or broadcast. They are premieres, usually composed specifically for the event. 

Further, it had been tradition that you could only hear the broadcast if you were in range of the transmitter itself, always outside, usually in Galloway or Epping Forest. During the pandemic, because it couldn't been done in-person, they broadcast the event online, but without archive or back announcements. You just had to tune in and hear whatever you might hear. 

Our first piece for The Dark Outside was in 2019, pre-pandemic and we've composed, recorded and participated in several more subsequently. Two of them - The Dark Outside, The Light Within and eleven:eleven we released on our Bandcamp page after. I think later this year we will release an album of them all. 

You, little sweetheart, as ever, figure prominently! 

More on all this in the days ahead. With all my love forever.