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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Music project captures ‘sound of carbon’ by recording in Durham coalmine

Liam Gaughan with recording equipment down a mine. He is standing next to a sign saying 'meeting station', and in front of a gate with a sign on it saying 'No road'
Liam Gaughan, a project participant, recording down a drift mine. Photograph: Supplied

“It was odd, but really fun,” said Adam Cooper about his time spent helping to record the sound of an empty coalmine. “To put it in one word, I’d say it sounds cavernous. But it also has its own complexities and depth to it.”

Cooper and his colleagues spent time down an old drift mine to capture the “sound of carbon” for a new musical commission that will premiere this weekend.

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