DinahBird recent audio work

When Silence Sings (29 mins)

Venice is a well known tourist stop, but how many people wander off the official paths and stop to listen to the sounds of the city?
In this sonic reflection, we hear Venice through the ears of some of its residents, including Tonie, a Norwegian psychologist who has been deaf from birth.  She leads us down alleyways and into intimate little pockets of the city, all the while meditating on what role not being able to hear has played in her life, and in turn, inviting us to reflect on how we listen to our everyday lives

 First broadcast on BBC R3's 'Between The Ears' on 22nd November 2008.

It is a Loftus Audio production.

To hear an extract from the programme click here

The Music Machine (28 mins)

A 28 minute experimental feature for BBCR4. First broadcast on 24th May 2004.

Lying silent in the corner of a tiny Paris flat is an ondioline, one of the first electronic synthesisers. This feature breathes life into the old machine, re-lives its glory days and discovers why the instrument is so important to its eccentric owner.    

'A treat ...the music's odd and thrilling, the accents are as entertaining as the anecdotes and, as the French say, you will go to bed less stupid.'' - Phil Daoust, The Guardian

Extracts played on Radio 4's Pick of the Week.

To listen to an extract click here.

Radio Three and a Half (24 mins)

'Radio Three and a Half' Is an ongoing compilation of audio collages and soundscapes that play hommage to the golden days of radio and tape recording. It has been presented as an audio CD  and broadcast at the Radiovisionen festival in Berlin, 2007 and as a part of the group exhibition Daily Noise in the Leroy Neiman gallery, New York. It features works by Jopo Stereo, Mark Vernon and the Langham Research Centre.

This recording is a solo effort recorded in Paris, summer 2007.

To listen click here.

Inside Out (7'24)

An audio work for the group exhibition Magma (Dec 2007)  commissioned by La Cartonnerie,  Reims and produced by the MU collective.

It is very easy to get lost  walking around the 18 km labyrinth of Gallo-Roman chalk vaults that are now used as  champagne cellars in Reims. Thirty metres below ground the only other sign of human presence is the distant eery sound of pick-up trucks wheeling crates onto the lift  for delivery. 
The dark damp corridors would be  identical, were it not for the client place names and dates… “Monte-Carlo 1889… Oslo 1915… London, Copenhagen, Rome… “.
Looking at the rows of meticulously stacked dusty bottles …  a whisper from the four corners of the Earth resonates through  the dank, stone tunnels.
A bottle of bubbly shared over time and space.
Inside Out distills these fractured moments together.

To listen click here.