Sound Bank 2 Grant Winners Announced!

September 30, 2011 / 0 comments

We are very excited to announce that the next round of Sound Bank Grant winners are (in alphabetical order): Mair Bosworth – Ringing the Rocks Ellie Richold – The Signing – A Portrait of dole scum on opposing sides of the bureaucratic divide Phil Smith  – Bolo Mark Vernon – 130-1 We’ll be back with…

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Next In The Dark Sydney @ St Stephens Church, Newtown

September 1, 2011 / 0 comments

ABC Radio National, 2SER 107.3 and FBi’s All the Best presents the second In the Dark listening event in a unique location in the heart of Newtown, Sydney. This time the event will be all ages and take place inside St Stephens Church in Newtown, a 137 year old building considered a masterpiece in gothic…

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Sound Bank funded Production “Lights Out” aired on RTE’s Curious Ear

August 13, 2011 / 0 comments

Following the recent UK riots RTE’s Curious Ear played Delaney Hall’s story of riots, looting and the birth of hiphop, Breaking Records (aka Lights Out). You can listen to the broadcast online here >> You can hear all the Sound Bank funded productions here >> And don’t forget to get your submissions in for the…

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Elizabeth Mahoney talks about the Sound Bank Features in the weekly Guardian column “Radio Head”

July 21, 2011 / 0 comments

“It was exciting afterwards,” said one of the DJs featured in Lights Out, a short radio feature produced by Delaney Hall, “but while it was going on, it was scary.” He was referring to the 1977 massive blackout in New York that brought his set – along with everything else in the city – to…

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12th August: An evening of audio shorts @ Folly For A Flyover 8.00pm

July 17, 2011 / 0 comments

As part of our exciting collaboration with the Folly for a Flyover, next month In The Dark will be curating an evening of audio shorts taken from submissions sent to us over the past 2 months (along side some of our old favorites). Come along and spend an evening transported by the world of audio…

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In The (Spot)light!

July 8, 2011 / 0 comments

After a lovely premiere evening where we were joined by Rikke Houd (in person) and Delaney Hall and Paolo Pietropaolo (in voice and spirit) we are very pleased to be able to release to public ears the final pieces produced with the financial support of the first Sound Bank grant scheme. We are incredibly proud…

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Sound Bank 2 Launched!

July 8, 2011 / 0 comments

In The Dark is very pleased to announce the launch of the second Sound Bank Grant Scheme , a new international fund for adventurous audio. The Sound Bank scheme is offering funding of between £500 and £1500 towards the production of new audio pieces of 3 to 15 minutes duration each. The fund is open…

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The Sound Bank Premiere Party! 7th July, 7.30pm, The Tabernacle, London

June 14, 2011 / 0 comments

A celebration of In The Dark’s exciting first year and an exclusive listening evening for the first features to be created through the Sound Bank grant scheme! Featuring: Signal To Noise by Paolo Pietropaolo (Canada) Lights Out by Delaney Hall (USA) Magga – Rikke Houd (Denmark) The Sound Bank will also be launching its next…

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The First Ever In The Dark in Sydney: A Tribute to Tony Barrell

May 25, 2011 / 0 comments

ABC Radio National and 2SER 107.3 are proud to be supporting the very first In the Dark listening event in Sydney, Australia at GoodGod Small Club on Friday June 17th. The first Sydney In the Dark will be a particularly special event which will pay tribute to radio documentary producer, film-maker and writer Tony Barrell…

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