Spell Sounds : Sea and Shore
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Alternative Stories and Fake Realities
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Spell sounds is an audiofiction soundscape series in which we combine poetry and prose with sound effects to evoke places, spaces and landscapes
In this edition you heard the voices of Tiffany Clare, Sally Walker Taylor, Cee Cee and Chris Gregory
You heard writing by
Lyndsey Croal
Ange Wilson
Anna Chorlton
Josh Holton
Joana Varanda
Cee Cee
And Chris Gregory
Soundscapes, music, mix and editing were by Alternative Stories
Sound effects were by Alternative Stories and from Freesound.org
Please listen out for more from our Spell Sound series soon. Thank you to everyone who has contributed pieces for the series.
Next week on Alternative Stories we'll bring you Audio drama : Notes from Dad's Room by Carole Pluckrose
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