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Steven Brown/Listen Hear Sound Projects

About Me

Steven Brown is a sound designer and soundscape composer.

As Listen Hear Sound Projects he explores sound design, soundscape composition and audio ecology through many commissions and projects whilst working both as a collaborator and in his own right. He has recently collaborated with Steam Control ('Why Won't You Tell Me?' - National Film Theatre/ Sassoon Gallery) and was commissioned by Dody Nash ('Listening Shell' installation - Victoria and Albert Museum).

He is best known for his work as a sound designer for theatre, having worked with many of the leading theatre companies and directors across the globe during a career that has spanned more than twenty years. Steven recently curated and designed the sound design section of Collaborators: Design for Performance exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and was also Sound Design Project Head for Scenofest at the 2007 Prague Quadrennial.

While as a lecturer and educator he has presented his work and ideas at many Universities, Institutions and Conferences. Most recently he's spoken at Yale and Purdue Universities in the USA, for the United States Institute of Theatre Technology at conferences, in Toronto, Louisville and Houston, Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, Rose Bruford College and the Vereniging voor Podiumtechnologie (VPT) in The Netherlands.

Steven is currently Sound Design Curator for the Prague Quadrennial 2011, Head of The Sound Design Working Group for Organisation Internationale des Scénographes, Techniciens et Architectes de Théâtre (OISTAT), Head of Sound for The Royal Exchange Theatre Company, Manchester and a Committee Member for The Society of British Theatre Designers (SBTD).


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Member Since: 28/01/2007
Band Website: http://www.listenhear.co.uk
Band Members:
Steven Brown : Sound Designer
Specialising in and exploring immersive sound techniques. Most of the sounds on this page we're designed so that the individual audio components were heard through immersive systems ranging from 20 to 110 loudspeakers, surrounding and filling the entire space occupied by both the audience and performer .
Influences: ........
Murch, Chion, Lynch, R. Thom, Eno, T. Yorke, Tatti, Brecht, Chekhov, Miro, Magnum. Fugard, B.S Johnson, Orwell.:
People who experiment, explore, challenge and discover. No boundries. :
My world, your world.:

Sunshine and showers, sleet and snow. La mer.:
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Music I like includes : : Radiohead, Lamb, Portishead, Guru, Devo, The Clash, Aurthur Lee, Ojos De Brujo, Nitin Sawhney, Aphex Twin, Thievery Corporation, Les Negresses Vertes, Asian Dub Foundation, Massive Attack, Zero 7, Nick Cave, The Sex Pistols, The Fall, Jeff Buckley, Arvo Part, Erik Satie, Chopin, Bach, Kurt Weill, Miles Davis, Jill Scott. :
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Barcelona, Seville, Prague, Brighton, Tokyo, Milan, Arcachon.:

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My Blog

Plasa Focus

Further to my March 2009 update, in formation on my seminar at PLASA Focus here
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:39:00 GMT

March 2009 Update

It's been a busy year so far....Current projects include Widowers Houses and Everyone Loves a Winner.....Im also preparing for a weekend of Sound Design Workshops at the Lighting Institute in Prague ...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Mar 2009 11:57:00 GMT

Antigone

Information on the current production I'm working on here.
Posted by on Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:57:00 GMT

A Sudden Leap Forward

Steam Control presents A Sudden Leap Forward a multi-sensory evening of danger, damage and bewitchment featuring ·         poetic new video by Steam Control c...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:01:00 GMT

New Releases!

New Listen Hear Sound Projects releases available for just 49p!   Cambridge Road - written for a multimedia project examining the effect constant media references to terrorism have on ordinary...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:43:00 GMT

Coward and Brecht

Upcoming project here Current project here
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:37:00 GMT

An interesting project

An interesting project to be involved with.
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:48:00 GMT

Current Project

The Revenger's Tragedy Cast: Stephen Tompkinson, Jonathan Keeble, Merryn Owen, Sam Fletcher, Mikey North, Damian O'Hare, Robert Demeger, John Gillett, Corinna Powlesland, Stephanie Brittain, Eileen ...
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 13:01:00 GMT

April Update

I've now returned from the USA having enjoyed meeting some wonderfully creative and extremely receptive sound design students at Yale and Purdue Universities. I also (eventually) got to Houston where ...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:08:00 GMT

Tell Me Tonight

Tell me Tonight - A collaboration between Steven Brown and Nicola Field/Steam Control. This piece was part of 'Why Won't You Tell Me?' which was recently presented at the X08 Festival at the BFI. The ...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:28:00 GMT