Our second Long Afternoon of 2023 is on 30th July, and includes a Q&A with the artist Jem Finer, who conceived and composed Longplayer.
Change in time! This weekend’s Long Afternoon (25th June) will start at the slightly later time of 2pm (instead of 1pm). This is because there is a wedding taking place in the venue beneath the lighthouse, and we don’t want to disturb the ceremony.
Two Longplayer Remixes by Robin Rimbaud / Scanner, from 2003, are now available on Longplayer’s Bandcamp page, alongside an album of music created using Cellular Automata by Jem Finer during the process of composing Longplayer in 1996.
In 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. These are now being made available here.
The new Netflix film “Rogue Agent” was partially filmed at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London, and features a scene in the Lighthouse where the main character explains what Longplayer is. Watch here: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81607404 The Longplayer scene starts approximately 24 minutes in; there is a further visit to Longplayer towards the end of the film. Below:…