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Recent Reviews & Press

  • Moonbuilding

    July 2026

    “These things are such a delightful listen. You’re as keen on hearing the chat as you are immersing yourself in the sounds”

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  • Sun 13

    July 2026

    “It’s a strong idea, and one that few others have explored.”

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  • a closer listen

    June 2026

    “Allowing the allotment to speak for itself is a perfect way to end the half year, as the artist’s footsteps vanish into the green.”

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  • Moonbuilding

    May 2026

    “the warmth of the allotment holders just radiates out from this delightful work”

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  • Caught By The River

    April 2026

    “Ben McElroy introduces his audio project documenting historic Nottingham allotments.”

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  • Moonbuilding

    March 2026

    “Really love this … such a good idea and created with such charm”

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  • a closer listen

    Jan 2026

    “At the intersection of history and nature there lies an invitation to wonder”

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  • Dirty Sunbeams

    September 2025

    “it is a shimmering delight of a record”

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  • The Quietus

    May 2025

    “dissonant and beautiful sonic meditations”

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  • The Guardian

    January 2022

    “A shivering seabed of sound”

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I was recently awarded a Micro Grant from the English Folk Dance and Song society to support the purchase of new audio equipment for live performance.

Read more about the grant and the other awardees here

I am grateful to PRS Foundation for their recent Open Fund For Music Creators award, supporting the production of my recent Elkwort album. This allowed me to work with some new collaborators, spend extra time in the studio and produce some film to accompany the work. You can read more about it here

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Delighted to share that on MONDAY 15TH JUNE I'll be playing at @guild_sessions_lincoln , St Mary's Guild Hall, Lincoln. Tickets are on the door only and I can't wait to see you there!
Allotment Tapes #5 is out today alongside a lovely review on this weeks @moonbuildingmag that made me smile- thanks Neil and thanks for having me at your party. The tape visits the double plot of wife and husband Gail and Peter. I’ve also poste
TOMORROW NIGHT! Join me down on the plot for our regular Listening Party. This month we will be taking an exclusive listen to May's release Allotment Tapes #5 - I Wanted the Trees over on my Bandcamp. Bring your flask and bask in the new summer heat.
Allotment Tapes #5 - I Wanted The Trees (with Gail and Peter) is released one week today! Mays tape visits the double allotment plot of wife and husband Gail and Peter. Gail's plot sits behind Peter's and is only accesible via his. They're both amaz
GIG NEWS! Delighted to be participating in an Ambient Leeds line up in August with @themidsommars and @black_brxnswicker @foxandnewtpub Tickets are live now and in all the usual spots.
Hello, How are you finding Allotment Tapes so far? Do you have a favourite? I’d love to hear your feedback. 😀 Been a busy old year. Have just been putting the finishing touches to tape 6 and 5 goes out for pre release this weeks.. More new
OUT TODAY! Allotment Tapes #4 - St Anns In The Countryside (with Mo Cooper) is out today via my Bandcamp. Aprils tape meets with community historian (and gardener) Mo Cooper.. formerly the heritage officer at STAA, now retired but keeps getting 'dra

Radio Archive

  • The Stillness & The Dancing - July 22nd

    CFRU 93.3 FM

    22nd July, 2026

    Featured Track: Nostalgia For Broad Beans

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  • Insomniac Monthly with Jon More

    SOHO RADIO

    19th July, 2026

    Featured Track: Nostalgia For Broad Beans

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  • Unclassified - A Deeper Listen

    BBC RADIO 3

    31st May, 2026

    Featured Track: Urban Nature

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  • Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone

    BBC 6MUSIC

    8th February, 2026

    Featured Track: The Growing Space (feat Val Turton)

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  • Dreamtime with Zakia

    BBC 6MUSIC

    11th January, 2026

    Featured Track: The Growing Space (feat Val Turton

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  • Dreamtime with Zakia

    BBC 6MUSIC

    30th March, 2025

    Featured Track: I Must Have Walked Past There A Thousand Times (with Eleanor Rowland)

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  • The Sleeping Forecast

    BBC RADIO 3 - UNWIND

    18th July, 2023

    Featured Track: The Silence Has Spoken

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  • The Sleeping Forecarst

    BBC RADIO 3 - DREAMING OF A FESTIVE CHILL

    9th December, 2022

    Featured Track: Pardon The Garden

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  • Iggy Confidential

    BBC 6MUSIC

    13th August, 2021

    Featured Track: The Silence Has Spoken

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