Breathing Space with Jason Singh
Breathing Space is an immersive audio podcast series that celebrates outdoor spaces, sound, live performances and conversations with musician from around Scotland. Travelling from Edinburgh to Glasgow, Falkirk to Aberdeenshire, to the Highlands and on to Skye, Jason is joined by a diverse range of musicians exploring how their lives and music are inspired by outside spaces alongside playing improvised pieces in response to the environments in which they find themselves. The series' aim is to have honest and open conversations about life, music, performance and nature …all recorded using binaural immersive audio. With thanks to Creative Scotland for supporting Breathing Space.
Episodes
8 episodes
Breathing Space with Jason Singh Episode 8 featuring Malin Lewis
For our final epsiode, Malin Lewis meets with Jason on the remote landscapes of Skye, and together they talk about the ideas of home, sound, and fitting in - along with some wonderful tunes from Malin's pipes.
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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58:28
Breathing Space with Jason Singh Episode 7 featuring Hamish Napier
Jason climbs under a bridge and chats with Hamish Napier - Highland storyteller, folk musician and teacher, a serious all-rounder. Follow them under the bridge to discover some of his secrets and thoughts - you'll struggle to find a greater sch...
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Episode 7
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40:23
Breathing Space with Jason Singh Episode 6 featuring Su-a Lee
Jason meets with Su-a Lee, a cellist in the Scottish Chamber Orchestra who’s worked with rock and jazz musicians like Eric Clapton and Weather Report’s Peter Erskine. She speaks to us from Granton-on-Spey, about moving from Bedfordshire to Hawa...
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Episode 6
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1:05:40
Breathing Space with Jason Singh Episode 5 featuring Jenny Sturgeon
This time we're in Alford, in Aberdeenshire, speaking to Jenny Sturgeon. Ornithologist turned musician, her and Jason meet on the banks of the river Don.
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Episode 5
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1:02:19
Breathing Space with Jason Singh Episode 4 featuring Semay Wu
Semay Wu is a composer, cellist, media/sound artist and improviser and she works in theatre, dance, film as well as performing with bands and musicians. Jason travels to Stenhousemuir to meet, chat, and hear an extra-special improvised performa...
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Episode 4
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1:00:07
Breathing Space with Jason Singh Episode 3 featuring Gyan Panesar
Young multi-instrumentalist Gyan Panesar invites Jason into his family home in Glasgow. Hear him jam on his saxophones and the Bubul Tarang - a unique string instrument with keys, drones, and a beautiful sound.Astrosnax for Worldwide Gl...
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Episode 3
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45:50
Breathing Space with Jason Singh Episode 2 featuring Dr Diljeet Bhachu
Jason meets Dr Diljeet Bhachu, musician, educator, researcher and activist, in the beautiful Hidden Gardens at the Tramway in Glasgow. Their conversation explores Diljeet's music practice, her faith and playing Kirtan, sacred music perfor...
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39:34
Breathing Space with Jason Singh Episode 1 featuring Aidan O'Rourke
In this personal and intimate conversation, Jason Singh speaks with musician Aidan O'Rourke in his Edinburgh courtyard garden about home performance, connecting - and jamming - with his neighbours in lockdown and how he thinks about sound, inte...
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43:09