‘Coalface’ mp3

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CS member Dani Thomas has produced this haunting musical piece inspired by the coal mines of Wales. The track can be streamed and downloaded below. Dani recommends listening with headphones for the best effect. In this article (link) he explores Futurism and more fully explains the background of the track.

This piece was created primarily from sounds I collected from the ‘Big Pit’ Heritage Site in Blaenavon. My intention was to appeal to the listener’s most primal reactions and evoke the raw power of industrial noise, but also to instill the work with a feeling of mounting human spirit and mass movement that is initially suppressed but ultimately allowed to break forth.

With thanks to the Big Pit Coal Museum, Blaenavon Heritage Site and The Blaenavon Male Voice Choir.

Brass Players:-
Trumpet- Ali Kidd
Horn- Simon Jones
Trombone- Gareth Robinson
Tuba- Rob Graham White

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