Jonathan Coleclough

Biography

Jonathan Coleclough is a composer who transforms the delicate sounds of everyday objects into mysterious and sensuous music. Starting from raw sounds as diverse as water boiling on a stove, sheep bells ringing on a remote hillside or pins dropping onto the floor, he creates music of richly textured drones and fragile details. Sometimes the music is far removed from the original sources, at other times it exposes and explores fine details of the sounds.

In solo performance this process of transformation of the everyday is made explicit by live video projections that show close-up details of him using the objects that serve as his instruments: a sheet of glass, a burning sparkler, a metal bowl, a melting ice cube.

He also makes sound installations which offer listeners an opportunity to explore a created sound world at their own pace. These installations incorporate sound material from the environment where they are located.

He has performed in the UK, Europe, Australia, USA and Japan.

Selected releases

Since 1996 he has had over thirty releases on CD, LP and 7" vinyl including:
2008 ‘Bad Light’ CDR, duo with Colin Potter
2007 ‘Torch Songs’ 2LP, duo with Andrew Liles
2006 ‘Husk’ CD, duo with murmer
2005 ‘Long heat’ CD, duo with Lethe
2004 ‘Drop’ 7" vinyl, solo
2004 ‘Makruna · Minya’ CD, solo
2003 ‘Jonathan Coleclough · Bass Communion · Colin Potter ’ double CD
2003 ‘Casino’ LP & CD, solo
2003 ‘Beech for John and Miho’ CD, duo with Tim Hill
2001 ‘Period’ LP & CD, solo
1999 ‘Sumac’ CD, duo with Andrew Chalk

Further details of performances and recordings, including numerous reviews, can be found on this website.