Isobel Anderson

MUSIC RELEASE The first release in eight years from vocalist, composer and sound artist Isobel Anderson, a voice leaked out from a crack in my throat revisits the site of the voice physically, socially and internally. After an initial vocal strain left her unable to sing for several years, Isobel began exploring what it truly means to sing: how a voice forms, what makes it distinctive, and why it moves us. This composition confronts the currency, power and playfulness of the female voice,...

SPATIAL SOUND INSTALLATION AT V&A EAST FOR CMMR-25 Hyperterrestrial  drifts through soundscapes that, while seemingly faithful, reveal themselves as layered, hyper-real interpretations of place; versions that evoke how we might imagine, desire, or misremember them to sound. Constructed from field recordings gathered across four trips to three sites — Dungeness Nuclear Power Station, the Denge Sound Mirrors, and Romney Sands Holiday Park — the work focuses on one of England’s most paradoxical...

LIVE ELECTRONICS WORKSHOP WITH VOICES ON THE EDGE As part of Isobel’s Voices on the Edge residency, she led a workshop for gender diverse participants on using live electronics to channel dark and esoteric archetypes. The session drew on folk figures such as the siren, the beast and the banshee to explore ways of subverting and distorting the feminine, and incorporated the inclusive teaching approaches Isobel has developed through Girls Twiddling Knobs to support each person’s relationship...