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A new Longplayer remix by aztechsounds
06 February 2026In 2003 Jem Finer began inviting artists and musicians to choose a 10 minute section from Longplayer’s past, and to use it, in any way they chose, to make a new piece of music. The latest comes from aztechsounds. You can find them here as they are made available and also on our bandcamp page….
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Longplayer Closed to the Public Saturday 20th December 2025
16 December 2025Longplayer will be closed to the public for a private event for one day only on Saturday 20th December 2025. The Lighthouse will reopen as normal to visitors on Sunday 21st December 2025.
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Build your own Longplayer Player
16 November 2025Instructions for building your own autonomous Longplayer Player are now online. Developed and coded by Daniel Jones, this includes optional time sync via GPS which will keep all versions globally playing almost perfectly (to tiny decimal places of a second) in time. No internet connection is necessary – as long as the RPi knows the…
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An Ethnography of Longplayer
25 September 2025An Ethnography of Longplayer: Year 25 is a work by artist and animator Jess Mountfield. In the 25th anniversary year of Jem Finer’s 1000-year-long piece of music, Mountfield’s installation explored the fleeting nature of stewardship, when what is being cared for has been composed to continue for many human lifetimes. A collage of the voices…
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Open House Festival at Trinity Buoy Wharf, 13th-21st September
09 September 2025OPEN HOUSE 📍 Trinity Buoy Wharf, E14 🗓️ 13th-14th, 20th-21st September As part of Open House Festival, Trinity Buoy Wharf opened its artist studios and heritage sites to the public for two weekends in September: 13th-14th and 20th-21st. Longplayer’s Trustees and friends were at the Trinity Buoy Wharf lighthouse, home to Longplayer’s London listening post,…
