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riverrun

Project Type

Sound

Elements

Field Recording
Homemade Instruments
Physical Release

Date

2023

riverrun was released on Brighton's Hream Recordings in 2023.

riverrun is an album inspired by the glorious route of the River Stour as it rises in Suffolk and flows to meet the Orwell at the tip of the Shotley Peninsula. The titles are locations found along the route, and include some locations that are no longer present due to coastal erosion and the shifting of sand banks.

The album also references Finnegans Wake by James Joyce (from where its title was taken) in that the composition looks at Giambattista Vico's cyclical view of history and how the Stour's flow and place in history mirrors Vico's theory that society moves from chaos and proceeds on through theocratic, aristocratic, and democratic phases before returning to chaos.

Album cover image by Matt Shenton. Text and layout by Darren Holloway.

© 2026 Matthew Shenton

(Suffolk sound artist 'there are no birds here')

Homepage photo credit: Dell Atreides

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