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Recent Reviews & Press

  • 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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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
handmadetheatre catch up at 326artspace in St Ann’s allotments yesterday.. thanks valturton for sharing this beautiful space with us. curly_suze80 miriamkeyevibes
Last minute transition from punter to performer last night (get well soon @r_loomes !) at @thegrovenotts for another amazing @hellothorrecords night. Was great to catch @greet.lds and @chimehours.band and their respective harmoniums live. Many thanks
‘But though I’m very for permaculture, self sustainability etc, the thing that fills me with a real deep sense of calm and connectedness is the reclaiming that nature does. It’s all around St Anns — old summer houses being (ba

Radio Archive

The Sleeping Forecast

Featured Track - The Silence Has Spoken

BBC Radio 3 - Unwind
18th July, 2023

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Iggy Confidential

Stuart Maconie’s Freak Zone

Featured Track - The Growing Space (feat. Val Turton)

BBC 6Music
8th February, 2026

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Dream Time with Zakia

The Sleeping Forecast

Featured Track - Pardon The Garden

BBC Radio 3 - Dreaming of a Festive Chill
9th December, 2022

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Dream Time with Zakia

Featured Track - The Silence Has Spoken

BBC 6Music
13th August, 2021

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Featured Track - The Growing Space

BBC 6Music
11th January, 2026

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

BBC 6Music
30th March, 2025

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