Drake Music Commission: Rufus Isabel Elliot – ‘An Consolation’ »Around ten miles south-west from here the village of Caradal lies deserted. Around ten miles north-west from here lies the gateway to the other world.
Drake Music Commission: Katy Rose Bennett – ‘Dissolution’ »‘Dissolution’ is a musical reflection on grief and loss.
Drake Music Commission: Rebekah Ubuntu – ‘Ecologies of Reflection: An Embodied Process’ »This piece was created by Rebekah Ubuntu as part of their Drake Music residency of 2022.
Drake Music Commission: Calum Perrin – ‘Peper Harow: Iain’s Story’ »In the early 1970s, Iain, a young man with severe mental health difficulties was sent to Peper Harrow Therapeutic Community.
Drake Music Commission: Florence Anna Maunders – ‘Harbingers of Change: Eight of Cups’ »This piece is directly inspired by the imagery and classical interpretations of certain cards in a tarot deck.
Drake Music commission: Elle Chante ‘Safe’ »An exciting new electronic track from Elle
Drake Music commission: R.Dyer ‘Risk’ »A broken-folk gem with lilting melodies and found sounds.
Drake Music commission: Miss Jacqui X Signkid ‘See Us’ »Collaboration from two rising stars combining BSL rap and spoken word with fierce production
Artist in Residence (2020): Gareth Cutter ‘The Anxious Mansion’ »A new type of performance, created online featuring music, narration, audio description and shadow puppets.
Artist in Residence (2020): Sonia Allori – ‘Curious-er’ »A new electro-acoustic composition for Electronic Wind Instrument, exploring themes of nature, observing and hearing loss.
Artist in Residence (2020): Elinor Rowlands – ‘I dug into the soil and I grew things’ »A series of videos and immersive soundtracks exploring the emotions contained within objects
Artists in Residence Podcast (2020) »Listen to a new kind of podcast created by the DM AiRs, Elinor Rowlands and Sonia Allori.
Drake Music commission: Remi Fox-Novak ‘Laissez-Faire’ »Psychedelic techno exploring ideas of transformation accompanied by moving image.
Drake Music commission: The Dyr Sister ‘The Rainbow Song’ »Anti-folk ballad with moving image.
Drake Music commission: Robbie Ashworth ‘Wings to Freedom (Hope)’ »A musical journey from conformity to hope.
“Will we…” by Ben Lunn »New music composed by Ben Lunn and performed by Georgina Aasgaard.
Drake Music commission: Oliver Cross ‘The Visitor’ »New folk music recorded live at the Barbican
Drake Music commission: Steve Varden ‘Cloud Looping’ »Rhythmic electronic composition, created and recorded live at the Barbican.
Drake Music commission: Robyn Steward ‘Robyn Makes Music Up For You’ »Spacey-jazz recorded live with audience interaction at the Barbican.
Drake Music commission: Dike Okoh ‘2049’ »A musical exploration of processes in our brain, in the form of a hopeful R&B pop song.
Drake Music commission: Ewan Mackay ‘Something from Nothing’ »Created anew from a blank score and audience interaction. A chance composition.
Drake Music commission: Louis Walkden ‘Magpie’ »Louis takes inspiration from his local environment to create a sunny and optimistic indiepop gem, with an infectious hook and charming video.
Drake Music commission: Luke Lundin ‘The Angle of Looking’ »New music commission, created and performed live by Luke Lundin. Commission is in partnership with Funky Llama, Theatre Royal Plymouth.
Drake Music commission: Ben Lunn ‘T-4’ »A politically-charged new commission exploring the current landscape for Disabled people in the UK
Drake Music Commission: Lucy Hale ‘In the wind’ »New music commission, composed by Lucy Hale and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Drake Music Commission: Club Soda ‘Echoes in Time’ »New music commission inspired by the brutalist architecture of the Southbank Centre.
Drake Music Commission: Cina Aissa, “Memory Circus” »New music commission from artist Cina Aissa, in partnership with Upswing
Drake Music Commission: Andreas Lopez ‘An Odyssey’ »New music commission from musician Andreas Lopez, in partnership with WAC
#DM20 – Word »Music Video: Ben Sellers' commission for #DM20 - a collaborative composition by deaf & hard-of-hearing adults and children. Video by Ivan Riches.
We Don’t Fit In A Box – John Kelly »John Kelly's protest song for We All Make Music