FPG Sounds: Vibe Southend

Focal Point Gallery is pleased to announce the thirteenth commission as part of ‘FPG Sounds’, an online project to support the development of new sound works by artists or groups from or based in Southend-on-Sea.

For this commission,  participants from Vibe Southend were joined by Frazer Merrick and Jack Vernon from CLIP for a series of workshops on making music from everyday sounds. Using the iPad app Koala, the group were encouraged to listen to and record sounds from the room around them and turn them into drum beats, melodies and even whole songs. The result is a mix of audio tracks and discussions that emerged from the workshop. 

Vibe Southend is a social club and multi-media studio for adults with learning disabilities based in Southchurch, Southend-on-Sea.

CLIP provide musical services and products which enable and empower people to take creative risks and create exciting new music. Based in North Essex, their free accessible music workshops support creatives to explore new technologies and get curious with sound in supportive and encouraging environments, ensuring self-perceived ability is never a barrier to entry. CLIP’s innovative range of music instruments offers exciting new accessible ways of making electronic music, and in turn generating income with supports our social cause.