PARKING NON-STOP is a psychogeographical experiment in combining soundscape and field recordings with spoken word and music.
In recent years we have built up a body of work that explores the sonic geography of a wider Europe within the context of north Wales, where we live. The main focus of this work is a series of musical pieces that integrate field recordings we've made in various European locations with recordings made in our own home studio. These pieces generally combine an experimental soundscape approach with an aesthetic that veers unpredictably between europop and industrial minimalism. Another aim is to achieve a Welsh sound that is based in the present, and in relationships with elsewhere. We are not interested in a mythical past, but in exploring the sonic possibilities of the mines, quarries and rusting machinery in the landscape as we know it today - as a decaying rural-industrial environment rich with unexpected noise.
Primarily, this is a recording project. We play live only at carefully-chosen venues, often in collaboration with like-minded artists, poets and musicians. Recent performances have taken place in Wales, England, Ireland, Slovakia, Bosnia, Germany and France.
