1700: sound installation

As a student at Birmingham in the 1980s, Old Joe’s chimes made an indelible imprint on my aural memory. Especially precious were those 3am chimes as I emerged from yet another long night in the composition studio. This piece is a loving tribute to that sonic heritage and the memories that go with it. The long final fade, which ends the day’s cycle of works, evokes the image of Old Joe chiming steadily over the city and across the decades, from Birmingham’s metal-and-steam past to its present-day sci-tech revolution, and on into the future.