Hidden Britain presents Wren's Nest / The Balloonist

Hidden Britain

'Wren's Nest', an experimental ghost story which combines an immersive, live soundtrack with cinematic storytelling, will premiere in the UK in late 2025. The performance draws on the British supernatural and social realist work of film-makers such as Lawrence Gordon Clark, John Smith and Alan Clarke to explore the grief, loss and denial which haunts a family over three generations. Performed by musician and visual artist Rob Glover from Hidden Britain, epic45 and The Toy Library, 'Wren's Nest' will incorporate an enveloping mix of visuals, tape loops, abstract electronics and noise, around a spoken word narrative.

'Wren's Nest' takes its name from the ancient site on the western edgelands of the Black Country, where it was filmed and produced by Hidden Britain.

Trailer : www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wgr-ChQAr4

Plus The Balloonist

'The Balloonist' is the solo project of Ben Holton from epic45, My Autumn Empire and Wayside & Woodland Recordings. Hazy, half-remembered childhood memory fragments, faded TV incidental music, schools programmes, quiet suburban afternoons of the 70s, 80s and early 90s, Ceefax and Teletext, old shopping centres, film grain, VHS quality loss and tape hiss.

In it you'll hear shades of The Caretaker, July Skies, William Basinski as well as the ghostly echoes of Prefab Sprout, Pet Shop Boys and other smudged 80s/early 90s sounds.

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