Meet Mark Slater's
Nightports at Hull Minster
Immersive ambient electronic music experience.
Mark Slater is a producer, composer, pianist, and arranger, whose music spans intricate, often uncompromising electronic textures and delicate instrumental timbres. His music explores the familiar and the unpredictable, the stable and the volatile, the beautiful and the erratic, and traverses wide stylistic territories. His work sits at the crossroads between improvised spontaneity and the forensic manipulation of sound. He’s always searching for new and interesting sources of sound and ways of working – whether that’s for solo projects or collaborations – though improvisation is always at the centre of how he works.
About the work
Nightports present an immersive ambient electronic music experience celebrating the beautiful sounds and acoustics of Hull Minster. Following rare access to the bell tower, Nightports delve deep into the resonances of the bells and the microscopic sounds of the clock to create a rich and poignant musical work.
Nightports is based on a simple rule of restriction: only sounds captured for a particular project can be used. Nothing else – no samples or synths or drum machines – though the sounds captured can be stretched, cut, morphed and twisted, ordered and reordered. All of the sounds of this performance come from Hull Minster.
Wander in and around this immersive performance to hear the building like never before.
Nightports takes place at site 8 inside Hull Minster.
17 March only
Live performances at: 18:00, 19:00, 20:00, 21:00
No tickets or reservations are necessary to attend these performances. although there may be a queue at peak times. Performances start at the times listed and are half an hour each. Audiences are welcome to come and go as they please during the performance, although we recommended staying to enjoy the full experience.
Nightports (Mark Slater and Adam Martin) is supported by PRS Foundation’s The Open Fund
In-kind support provided by the University of Hull
