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simonhellewell.bsky.social
Musician and mountaineer, PhD graduate of University of Manchester, playing experimental sounds with CoMA Glasgow and Dronehopper. He/him, opinions my own. Linktr.ee/SimonHellewell
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Effective foreign aid spending keeps us all safer than any hike in military spending and Kier Starmer should know that.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Back in the UK after almost four weeks of honeymoon, actually looking at the state of the world again and uuuuuuuugggghhhhhh

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

oh my god this is so good 😚👌

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Excited to share this recording of my recent piece 'We Were Gone' for choir and percussion. My piece starts around 14:30 but the whole concert is worth a watch m.youtube.com/watch?v=H_PN...

submitted 45 days ago • 3 comments

Time to banish those Christmas song earworms! Our CoMA Glasgow ensemble's winter concert on 17 December features pieces from graphic scores by Scottish composers Naomi McGilivray and @simonhellewell.bsky.social, experimental processes by James Saunders, and more. buff.ly/3ZD2BVQ

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

Surprisingly difficult. 1. George Crumb, Zeitgeist 2. Ligeti, Requiem 3. Deep Listening (The album and the book on the practice) 4. Godspeed You Black Emperor, Asunder Sweet and Other Distress 5. Louise Rossiter, Sacred Voices Could change daily. That's my instinct right now anyway 😅

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

Small climbing birb to brighten your day.

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

I'm trying to write more fun little text scores to prompt musical/sonic exploration recently and give a little insight into some of my sound practices. I will try to remember to post them here! Starting with this one written yesterday:

submitted 102 days ago • 2 comments

Hi Bluesky, sorry to start out with shameless self promotion, but you might be interested in the Glasgow Experimental Music Series, and my duo Dronehopper playing there on the 6th!

submitted 105 days ago • 1 comment