Hive

Please listen with headphones.

This piece is inspired and features honey bees living in a national hive in a garden in Dorset, UK. It was originally composed as one ten minute piece, I have broken it down into sections to enable the listener to reference the field recordings which are present in each track. You will need to start at the first track (Flight) and let the album play to hear the whole journey.

The piece started life as field recordings. I used a stereo mic placed at the entrance of the hive and also placed two small microphones inside the hive. The recordings were made in the summer when the bee's were very active and great care was taken not to upset them when placing the microphones in the hive.

The album is recorded, mixed and mastered by Ezra Gray. The album cover was taken by Bee-keeper & furniture maker - Tom Rowel. The bees are lovingly cared for by Nicky Brett