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🔥 @daisyrickman and @magpahi take a side each on Ceremonial County Series Vol.XXIII – East Sussex | Lancashire, the penultimate volume in @folklore_tapes’ ongoing series. 🌊
Side 1: Rickman’s ‘Salamander Salamandra’ takes as its starting point the myth that salamanders are birthed in flame — a legend rooted in their habit of scuttling from freshly-lit bonfires. She ties this to the famous bonfire night celebrations in Lewes and the pagan roots of those rituals. Beginning in discordance with scraped strings and droning harmonium, her chanted vocals and clattering percussion soon arrive. Playing every instrument herself — cello, violin, bouzouki, guitar, recorder, whistles and bells — she builds an impressive, immersive wave of sound.
Side 2: Magpahi (Todmorden-based Alison Cooper) summons Jenny Greenteeth, the malevolent Lancashire water spirit with the alarming hobby of pulling children into the water. Whistles and plucked strings sketch a leafy, watery tableau before her crystalline, folky singing lures you further off the beaten path. Halfway through, acoustic instrumentation gives way to spooky electronics and creepy spoken word — imagine Delia Derbyshire scoring an Arthur Machen adaptation. 🌒
A startling slice of psych-folk that slips easily between worlds — the unearthly charms of weird England. ✨
Read the full review and more from this series on KLOF - link in bio
#DaisyRickman #Magpahi #FolkloreTapes #WeirdEngland

📣✨ FIFTEEN CYCLES of the SUN: A FOLKLORE TAPES RETROSPECTIVE ✨🌞

We are incredibly proud to collaborate with the @museum_of_british_folklore to present a landmark exhibition celebrating fifteen years of @folklore_tapes one of Britain’s most radical and singular cultural projects. Opening on Friday, June 5th, at @field.system in Ashburton Devon (hence the visual selection!), this major retrospective offers the most comprehensive survey ever assembled of the collective’s work, inviting you on an immersive journey through a decade and a half of sonic archaeology, esoteric publishing, and the art of the uncanny.

Since its founding in 2010, Folklore Tapes has occupied a space entirely its own—part archive, part art collective, and part magical act—reimagining the British Isles not as a fixed landscape, but as a terrain teeming with living mystery. Visitors will have the rare opportunity to trace the project’s full evolution through original tape artwork, archival photography, specially commissioned musical instruments, and artist films that explore the deep lore of our moorlands, coastlines, and urban edges.

📣To mark this momentous opening, original duo David Chatton Barker and Ian Humberstone will perform a bespoke live set at the historic St. Lawrence Chapel, interweaving archival compositions with analogue projections and “optical light wizardry” for a truly ritualistic experience.📣

Exhibition Dates: Friday 5 June – Saturday 20 June 2026
Opening Concert: Friday 5 June (Tickets £15–£18 advance)
Link in bio for performance tickets and full details!

#FolkloreTapes #MuseumOfBritishFolklore #FieldSystem #SonicArchaeology

📣✨ FIFTEEN CYCLES of the SUN: A FOLKLORE TAPES RETROSPECTIVE ✨🌞

We are incredibly proud to collaborate with the @museum_of_british_folklore to present a landmark exhibition celebrating fifteen years of @folklore_tapes one of Britain’s most radical and singular cultural projects. Opening on Friday, June 5th, at @field.system in Ashburton Devon (hence the visual selection!), this major retrospective offers the most comprehensive survey ever assembled of the collective’s work, inviting you on an immersive journey through a decade and a half of sonic archaeology, esoteric publishing, and the art of the uncanny.

Since its founding in 2010, Folklore Tapes has occupied a space entirely its own—part archive, part art collective, and part magical act—reimagining the British Isles not as a fixed landscape, but as a terrain teeming with living mystery. Visitors will have the rare opportunity to trace the project’s full evolution through original tape artwork, archival photography, specially commissioned musical instruments, and artist films that explore the deep lore of our moorlands, coastlines, and urban edges.

📣To mark this momentous opening, original duo David Chatton Barker and Ian Humberstone will perform a bespoke live set at the historic St. Lawrence Chapel, interweaving archival compositions with analogue projections and “optical light wizardry” for a truly ritualistic experience.📣

Exhibition Dates: Friday 5 June – Saturday 20 June 2026
Opening Concert: Friday 5 June (Tickets £15–£18 advance)
Link in bio for performance tickets and full details!

#FolkloreTapes #MuseumOfBritishFolklore #FieldSystem #SonicArchaeology

📣✨ FIFTEEN CYCLES of the SUN: A FOLKLORE TAPES RETROSPECTIVE ✨🌞

We are incredibly proud to collaborate with the @museum_of_british_folklore to present a landmark exhibition celebrating fifteen years of @folklore_tapes one of Britain’s most radical and singular cultural projects. Opening on Friday, June 5th, at @field.system in Ashburton Devon (hence the visual selection!), this major retrospective offers the most comprehensive survey ever assembled of the collective’s work, inviting you on an immersive journey through a decade and a half of sonic archaeology, esoteric publishing, and the art of the uncanny.

Since its founding in 2010, Folklore Tapes has occupied a space entirely its own—part archive, part art collective, and part magical act—reimagining the British Isles not as a fixed landscape, but as a terrain teeming with living mystery. Visitors will have the rare opportunity to trace the project’s full evolution through original tape artwork, archival photography, specially commissioned musical instruments, and artist films that explore the deep lore of our moorlands, coastlines, and urban edges.

📣To mark this momentous opening, original duo David Chatton Barker and Ian Humberstone will perform a bespoke live set at the historic St. Lawrence Chapel, interweaving archival compositions with analogue projections and “optical light wizardry” for a truly ritualistic experience.📣

Exhibition Dates: Friday 5 June – Saturday 20 June 2026
Opening Concert: Friday 5 June (Tickets £15–£18 advance)
Link in bio for performance tickets and full details!

#FolkloreTapes #MuseumOfBritishFolklore #FieldSystem #SonicArchaeology

📣✨ FIFTEEN CYCLES of the SUN: A FOLKLORE TAPES RETROSPECTIVE ✨🌞

We are incredibly proud to collaborate with the @museum_of_british_folklore to present a landmark exhibition celebrating fifteen years of @folklore_tapes one of Britain’s most radical and singular cultural projects. Opening on Friday, June 5th, at @field.system in Ashburton Devon (hence the visual selection!), this major retrospective offers the most comprehensive survey ever assembled of the collective’s work, inviting you on an immersive journey through a decade and a half of sonic archaeology, esoteric publishing, and the art of the uncanny.

Since its founding in 2010, Folklore Tapes has occupied a space entirely its own—part archive, part art collective, and part magical act—reimagining the British Isles not as a fixed landscape, but as a terrain teeming with living mystery. Visitors will have the rare opportunity to trace the project’s full evolution through original tape artwork, archival photography, specially commissioned musical instruments, and artist films that explore the deep lore of our moorlands, coastlines, and urban edges.

📣To mark this momentous opening, original duo David Chatton Barker and Ian Humberstone will perform a bespoke live set at the historic St. Lawrence Chapel, interweaving archival compositions with analogue projections and “optical light wizardry” for a truly ritualistic experience.📣

Exhibition Dates: Friday 5 June – Saturday 20 June 2026
Opening Concert: Friday 5 June (Tickets £15–£18 advance)
Link in bio for performance tickets and full details!

#FolkloreTapes #MuseumOfBritishFolklore #FieldSystem #SonicArchaeology

📣✨ FIFTEEN CYCLES of the SUN: A FOLKLORE TAPES RETROSPECTIVE ✨🌞

We are incredibly proud to collaborate with the @museum_of_british_folklore to present a landmark exhibition celebrating fifteen years of @folklore_tapes one of Britain’s most radical and singular cultural projects. Opening on Friday, June 5th, at @field.system in Ashburton Devon (hence the visual selection!), this major retrospective offers the most comprehensive survey ever assembled of the collective’s work, inviting you on an immersive journey through a decade and a half of sonic archaeology, esoteric publishing, and the art of the uncanny.

Since its founding in 2010, Folklore Tapes has occupied a space entirely its own—part archive, part art collective, and part magical act—reimagining the British Isles not as a fixed landscape, but as a terrain teeming with living mystery. Visitors will have the rare opportunity to trace the project’s full evolution through original tape artwork, archival photography, specially commissioned musical instruments, and artist films that explore the deep lore of our moorlands, coastlines, and urban edges.

📣To mark this momentous opening, original duo David Chatton Barker and Ian Humberstone will perform a bespoke live set at the historic St. Lawrence Chapel, interweaving archival compositions with analogue projections and “optical light wizardry” for a truly ritualistic experience.📣

Exhibition Dates: Friday 5 June – Saturday 20 June 2026
Opening Concert: Friday 5 June (Tickets £15–£18 advance)
Link in bio for performance tickets and full details!

#FolkloreTapes #MuseumOfBritishFolklore #FieldSystem #SonicArchaeology

📣✨ FIFTEEN CYCLES of the SUN: A FOLKLORE TAPES RETROSPECTIVE ✨🌞

We are incredibly proud to collaborate with the @museum_of_british_folklore to present a landmark exhibition celebrating fifteen years of @folklore_tapes one of Britain’s most radical and singular cultural projects. Opening on Friday, June 5th, at @field.system in Ashburton Devon (hence the visual selection!), this major retrospective offers the most comprehensive survey ever assembled of the collective’s work, inviting you on an immersive journey through a decade and a half of sonic archaeology, esoteric publishing, and the art of the uncanny.

Since its founding in 2010, Folklore Tapes has occupied a space entirely its own—part archive, part art collective, and part magical act—reimagining the British Isles not as a fixed landscape, but as a terrain teeming with living mystery. Visitors will have the rare opportunity to trace the project’s full evolution through original tape artwork, archival photography, specially commissioned musical instruments, and artist films that explore the deep lore of our moorlands, coastlines, and urban edges.

📣To mark this momentous opening, original duo David Chatton Barker and Ian Humberstone will perform a bespoke live set at the historic St. Lawrence Chapel, interweaving archival compositions with analogue projections and “optical light wizardry” for a truly ritualistic experience.📣

Exhibition Dates: Friday 5 June – Saturday 20 June 2026
Opening Concert: Friday 5 June (Tickets £15–£18 advance)
Link in bio for performance tickets and full details!

#FolkloreTapes #MuseumOfBritishFolklore #FieldSystem #SonicArchaeology

📣✨ FIFTEEN CYCLES of the SUN: A FOLKLORE TAPES RETROSPECTIVE ✨🌞

We are incredibly proud to collaborate with the @museum_of_british_folklore to present a landmark exhibition celebrating fifteen years of @folklore_tapes one of Britain’s most radical and singular cultural projects. Opening on Friday, June 5th, at @field.system in Ashburton Devon (hence the visual selection!), this major retrospective offers the most comprehensive survey ever assembled of the collective’s work, inviting you on an immersive journey through a decade and a half of sonic archaeology, esoteric publishing, and the art of the uncanny.

Since its founding in 2010, Folklore Tapes has occupied a space entirely its own—part archive, part art collective, and part magical act—reimagining the British Isles not as a fixed landscape, but as a terrain teeming with living mystery. Visitors will have the rare opportunity to trace the project’s full evolution through original tape artwork, archival photography, specially commissioned musical instruments, and artist films that explore the deep lore of our moorlands, coastlines, and urban edges.

📣To mark this momentous opening, original duo David Chatton Barker and Ian Humberstone will perform a bespoke live set at the historic St. Lawrence Chapel, interweaving archival compositions with analogue projections and “optical light wizardry” for a truly ritualistic experience.📣

Exhibition Dates: Friday 5 June – Saturday 20 June 2026
Opening Concert: Friday 5 June (Tickets £15–£18 advance)
Link in bio for performance tickets and full details!

#FolkloreTapes #MuseumOfBritishFolklore #FieldSystem #SonicArchaeology

FIFTEEN CYCLES OF THE SUN: A RETROSPECTIVE
A major retrospective celebrating one and a half decades of sonic archaeology, esoteric publishing, and the art of the uncanny — presented in partnership with the Museum of British Folklore and Field System.
Fifteen Cycles of the Sun: A Retrospective, an exhibition celebrating fifteen years of one of Britain’s most singular and quietly radical cultural enterprises. Opening in June, the exhibition will occupy the Field System gallery space, offering the most comprehensive survey of Folklore Tapes’ work ever assembled.
Since its founding in 2010, Folklore Tapes has occupied a space entirely its own — part archive, part art collective, part magical act. Born from a fascination with Britain’s layered landscape of custom, legend, and living memory, the project has produced an extraordinary body of work: handcrafted cassette releases and vinyl albums, artist publications, field recordings, visual art, film, and ritual performance, all united by a commitment to encountering the old, the strange, and the persistently overlooked.
Fifteen Cycles of the Sun, draws together the full arc of this remarkable project: original tape artwork and packaging, archival photography, specially made musical instruments, maps, artist films, and a significant selection of objects gathered or commissioned over the course of the label’s life. Visitors will be invited to trace the evolution of Folklore Tapes from its earliest releases — limited editions that circulated quietly among devotees of hauntology, psychogeography, and experimental music — through to its most ambitious collaborative and geographical projects, which have taken the collective deep into fenland, moorland, coastline, and urban edge. Field System, in collaboration with the Museum of British Folklore, itself a custodian of the material and intangible heritage of British folk life, have put together the exhibition along with David Chatton Barker, founder of Folklore Tapes. Exhibition runs from June 5th to 21st 2026 at Field System, East Street, Ashburton, Devon, TQ13 7AH @folklore_tapes @field.system #folkloretapes #fieldsystem

FIFTEEN CYCLES OF THE SUN: A RETROSPECTIVE
A major retrospective celebrating one and a half decades of sonic archaeology, esoteric publishing, and the art of the uncanny — presented in partnership with the Museum of British Folklore and Field System.
Fifteen Cycles of the Sun: A Retrospective, an exhibition celebrating fifteen years of one of Britain’s most singular and quietly radical cultural enterprises. Opening in June, the exhibition will occupy the Field System gallery space, offering the most comprehensive survey of Folklore Tapes’ work ever assembled.
Since its founding in 2010, Folklore Tapes has occupied a space entirely its own — part archive, part art collective, part magical act. Born from a fascination with Britain’s layered landscape of custom, legend, and living memory, the project has produced an extraordinary body of work: handcrafted cassette releases and vinyl albums, artist publications, field recordings, visual art, film, and ritual performance, all united by a commitment to encountering the old, the strange, and the persistently overlooked.
Fifteen Cycles of the Sun, draws together the full arc of this remarkable project: original tape artwork and packaging, archival photography, specially made musical instruments, maps, artist films, and a significant selection of objects gathered or commissioned over the course of the label’s life. Visitors will be invited to trace the evolution of Folklore Tapes from its earliest releases — limited editions that circulated quietly among devotees of hauntology, psychogeography, and experimental music — through to its most ambitious collaborative and geographical projects, which have taken the collective deep into fenland, moorland, coastline, and urban edge. Field System, in collaboration with the Museum of British Folklore, itself a custodian of the material and intangible heritage of British folk life, have put together the exhibition along with David Chatton Barker, founder of Folklore Tapes. Exhibition runs from June 5th to 21st 2026 at Field System, East Street, Ashburton, Devon, TQ13 7AH @folklore_tapes @field.system #folkloretapes #fieldsystem

FIFTEEN CYCLES OF THE SUN: A RETROSPECTIVE
A major retrospective celebrating one and a half decades of sonic archaeology, esoteric publishing, and the art of the uncanny — presented in partnership with the Museum of British Folklore and Field System.
Fifteen Cycles of the Sun: A Retrospective, an exhibition celebrating fifteen years of one of Britain’s most singular and quietly radical cultural enterprises. Opening in June, the exhibition will occupy the Field System gallery space, offering the most comprehensive survey of Folklore Tapes’ work ever assembled.
Since its founding in 2010, Folklore Tapes has occupied a space entirely its own — part archive, part art collective, part magical act. Born from a fascination with Britain’s layered landscape of custom, legend, and living memory, the project has produced an extraordinary body of work: handcrafted cassette releases and vinyl albums, artist publications, field recordings, visual art, film, and ritual performance, all united by a commitment to encountering the old, the strange, and the persistently overlooked.
Fifteen Cycles of the Sun, draws together the full arc of this remarkable project: original tape artwork and packaging, archival photography, specially made musical instruments, maps, artist films, and a significant selection of objects gathered or commissioned over the course of the label’s life. Visitors will be invited to trace the evolution of Folklore Tapes from its earliest releases — limited editions that circulated quietly among devotees of hauntology, psychogeography, and experimental music — through to its most ambitious collaborative and geographical projects, which have taken the collective deep into fenland, moorland, coastline, and urban edge. Field System, in collaboration with the Museum of British Folklore, itself a custodian of the material and intangible heritage of British folk life, have put together the exhibition along with David Chatton Barker, founder of Folklore Tapes. Exhibition runs from June 5th to 21st 2026 at Field System, East Street, Ashburton, Devon, TQ13 7AH @folklore_tapes @field.system #folkloretapes #fieldsystem

FIFTEEN CYCLES OF THE SUN: A RETROSPECTIVE
A major retrospective celebrating one and a half decades of sonic archaeology, esoteric publishing, and the art of the uncanny — presented in partnership with the Museum of British Folklore and Field System.
Fifteen Cycles of the Sun: A Retrospective, an exhibition celebrating fifteen years of one of Britain’s most singular and quietly radical cultural enterprises. Opening in June, the exhibition will occupy the Field System gallery space, offering the most comprehensive survey of Folklore Tapes’ work ever assembled.
Since its founding in 2010, Folklore Tapes has occupied a space entirely its own — part archive, part art collective, part magical act. Born from a fascination with Britain’s layered landscape of custom, legend, and living memory, the project has produced an extraordinary body of work: handcrafted cassette releases and vinyl albums, artist publications, field recordings, visual art, film, and ritual performance, all united by a commitment to encountering the old, the strange, and the persistently overlooked.
Fifteen Cycles of the Sun, draws together the full arc of this remarkable project: original tape artwork and packaging, archival photography, specially made musical instruments, maps, artist films, and a significant selection of objects gathered or commissioned over the course of the label’s life. Visitors will be invited to trace the evolution of Folklore Tapes from its earliest releases — limited editions that circulated quietly among devotees of hauntology, psychogeography, and experimental music — through to its most ambitious collaborative and geographical projects, which have taken the collective deep into fenland, moorland, coastline, and urban edge. Field System, in collaboration with the Museum of British Folklore, itself a custodian of the material and intangible heritage of British folk life, have put together the exhibition along with David Chatton Barker, founder of Folklore Tapes. Exhibition runs from June 5th to 21st 2026 at Field System, East Street, Ashburton, Devon, TQ13 7AH @folklore_tapes @field.system #folkloretapes #fieldsystem

FIFTEEN CYCLES OF THE SUN: A RETROSPECTIVE
A major retrospective celebrating one and a half decades of sonic archaeology, esoteric publishing, and the art of the uncanny — presented in partnership with the Museum of British Folklore and Field System.
Fifteen Cycles of the Sun: A Retrospective, an exhibition celebrating fifteen years of one of Britain’s most singular and quietly radical cultural enterprises. Opening in June, the exhibition will occupy the Field System gallery space, offering the most comprehensive survey of Folklore Tapes’ work ever assembled.
Since its founding in 2010, Folklore Tapes has occupied a space entirely its own — part archive, part art collective, part magical act. Born from a fascination with Britain’s layered landscape of custom, legend, and living memory, the project has produced an extraordinary body of work: handcrafted cassette releases and vinyl albums, artist publications, field recordings, visual art, film, and ritual performance, all united by a commitment to encountering the old, the strange, and the persistently overlooked.
Fifteen Cycles of the Sun, draws together the full arc of this remarkable project: original tape artwork and packaging, archival photography, specially made musical instruments, maps, artist films, and a significant selection of objects gathered or commissioned over the course of the label’s life. Visitors will be invited to trace the evolution of Folklore Tapes from its earliest releases — limited editions that circulated quietly among devotees of hauntology, psychogeography, and experimental music — through to its most ambitious collaborative and geographical projects, which have taken the collective deep into fenland, moorland, coastline, and urban edge. Field System, in collaboration with the Museum of British Folklore, itself a custodian of the material and intangible heritage of British folk life, have put together the exhibition along with David Chatton Barker, founder of Folklore Tapes. Exhibition runs from June 5th to 21st 2026 at Field System, East Street, Ashburton, Devon, TQ13 7AH @folklore_tapes @field.system #folkloretapes #fieldsystem

FIFTEEN CYCLES OF THE SUN: A RETROSPECTIVE
A major retrospective celebrating one and a half decades of sonic archaeology, esoteric publishing, and the art of the uncanny — presented in partnership with the Museum of British Folklore and Field System.
Fifteen Cycles of the Sun: A Retrospective, an exhibition celebrating fifteen years of one of Britain’s most singular and quietly radical cultural enterprises. Opening in June, the exhibition will occupy the Field System gallery space, offering the most comprehensive survey of Folklore Tapes’ work ever assembled.
Since its founding in 2010, Folklore Tapes has occupied a space entirely its own — part archive, part art collective, part magical act. Born from a fascination with Britain’s layered landscape of custom, legend, and living memory, the project has produced an extraordinary body of work: handcrafted cassette releases and vinyl albums, artist publications, field recordings, visual art, film, and ritual performance, all united by a commitment to encountering the old, the strange, and the persistently overlooked.
Fifteen Cycles of the Sun, draws together the full arc of this remarkable project: original tape artwork and packaging, archival photography, specially made musical instruments, maps, artist films, and a significant selection of objects gathered or commissioned over the course of the label’s life. Visitors will be invited to trace the evolution of Folklore Tapes from its earliest releases — limited editions that circulated quietly among devotees of hauntology, psychogeography, and experimental music — through to its most ambitious collaborative and geographical projects, which have taken the collective deep into fenland, moorland, coastline, and urban edge. Field System, in collaboration with the Museum of British Folklore, itself a custodian of the material and intangible heritage of British folk life, have put together the exhibition along with David Chatton Barker, founder of Folklore Tapes. Exhibition runs from June 5th to 21st 2026 at Field System, East Street, Ashburton, Devon, TQ13 7AH @folklore_tapes @field.system #folkloretapes #fieldsystem

FIFTEEN CYCLES OF THE SUN: A RETROSPECTIVE
A major retrospective celebrating one and a half decades of sonic archaeology, esoteric publishing, and the art of the uncanny — presented in partnership with the Museum of British Folklore and Field System.
Fifteen Cycles of the Sun: A Retrospective, an exhibition celebrating fifteen years of one of Britain’s most singular and quietly radical cultural enterprises. Opening in June, the exhibition will occupy the Field System gallery space, offering the most comprehensive survey of Folklore Tapes’ work ever assembled.
Since its founding in 2010, Folklore Tapes has occupied a space entirely its own — part archive, part art collective, part magical act. Born from a fascination with Britain’s layered landscape of custom, legend, and living memory, the project has produced an extraordinary body of work: handcrafted cassette releases and vinyl albums, artist publications, field recordings, visual art, film, and ritual performance, all united by a commitment to encountering the old, the strange, and the persistently overlooked.
Fifteen Cycles of the Sun, draws together the full arc of this remarkable project: original tape artwork and packaging, archival photography, specially made musical instruments, maps, artist films, and a significant selection of objects gathered or commissioned over the course of the label’s life. Visitors will be invited to trace the evolution of Folklore Tapes from its earliest releases — limited editions that circulated quietly among devotees of hauntology, psychogeography, and experimental music — through to its most ambitious collaborative and geographical projects, which have taken the collective deep into fenland, moorland, coastline, and urban edge. Field System, in collaboration with the Museum of British Folklore, itself a custodian of the material and intangible heritage of British folk life, have put together the exhibition along with David Chatton Barker, founder of Folklore Tapes. Exhibition runs from June 5th to 21st 2026 at Field System, East Street, Ashburton, Devon, TQ13 7AH @folklore_tapes @field.system #folkloretapes #fieldsystem

FIFTEEN CYCLES OF THE SUN: A RETROSPECTIVE
A major retrospective celebrating one and a half decades of sonic archaeology, esoteric publishing, and the art of the uncanny — presented in partnership with the Museum of British Folklore and Field System.
Fifteen Cycles of the Sun: A Retrospective, an exhibition celebrating fifteen years of one of Britain’s most singular and quietly radical cultural enterprises. Opening in June, the exhibition will occupy the Field System gallery space, offering the most comprehensive survey of Folklore Tapes’ work ever assembled.
Since its founding in 2010, Folklore Tapes has occupied a space entirely its own — part archive, part art collective, part magical act. Born from a fascination with Britain’s layered landscape of custom, legend, and living memory, the project has produced an extraordinary body of work: handcrafted cassette releases and vinyl albums, artist publications, field recordings, visual art, film, and ritual performance, all united by a commitment to encountering the old, the strange, and the persistently overlooked.
Fifteen Cycles of the Sun, draws together the full arc of this remarkable project: original tape artwork and packaging, archival photography, specially made musical instruments, maps, artist films, and a significant selection of objects gathered or commissioned over the course of the label’s life. Visitors will be invited to trace the evolution of Folklore Tapes from its earliest releases — limited editions that circulated quietly among devotees of hauntology, psychogeography, and experimental music — through to its most ambitious collaborative and geographical projects, which have taken the collective deep into fenland, moorland, coastline, and urban edge. Field System, in collaboration with the Museum of British Folklore, itself a custodian of the material and intangible heritage of British folk life, have put together the exhibition along with David Chatton Barker, founder of Folklore Tapes. Exhibition runs from June 5th to 21st 2026 at Field System, East Street, Ashburton, Devon, TQ13 7AH @folklore_tapes @field.system #folkloretapes #fieldsystem

Come one come all to the BEDLAM BALL! Our Saturday night party at Hand Of Glory Folklore Festival is a lush costumed ball, with live performances from @burdellenmusic and @folklore_tapes ! Bring your masks and capes and crowns and guises… Become the Kings and Queens of May! You can book a FREE ticket via the link in my bio, or just come by on the night, capacity dependent.

Folklore Tapes Ceremonial County Series is now complete...

2024-2026

48x Counties
48x Artists
48x Folk Tales
24x C30 Tapes

Thank you to the incredible artists involved and everyone who subscribed or collected the tapes along the way.

The full county cassette catalogue plus housing box, map and book will be available to order until the 14th April...

The incredible and mesmerising @folklore_tapes performance of 'The Watchers' at @todhip was one of the most brilliant things I think I've ever witnessed. Ingenious storytelling from behind screens with analogue light and shadow effects in a beautiful theatre right here in Todmorden where the original 1968 cult film was shot.

Here's a trailer I made for it recently. Hopefully it will have more life beyond the two shows in Tod and people will get the chance to marvel at this wondrous show!

A belated thank you to everyone who came to experience The Watchers live at Todmorden Hippodrome...

Thanks to Nick Farrimond @funkjazztical for filming the show and creating this short video to share...

Bowled over by this review from @klofmag of my slightly crazed side repping Worcestershire for @folklore_tapes ‘s Ceremonial Counties series. The rest of the review covers my wonderful tape mate @ahrkh_gnod so take a read on the Klof website!

After drinking a huge mugful of mugwort infused hot chocolate each, @robyndawsonproductions and I spent an intensive 12 hour stint recording this piece which I hadn’t even finished writing when I turned up. She did a stellar job of producing and mixing and I’m so grateful to her for patiently taking me and my loony ideas on.

If you want to hear me sing gazillion characters without any pitch shifting involved and intoning in Latin, head over to Bandcamp and give it a listen…

Bowled over by this review from @klofmag of my slightly crazed side repping Worcestershire for @folklore_tapes ‘s Ceremonial Counties series. The rest of the review covers my wonderful tape mate @ahrkh_gnod so take a read on the Klof website!

After drinking a huge mugful of mugwort infused hot chocolate each, @robyndawsonproductions and I spent an intensive 12 hour stint recording this piece which I hadn’t even finished writing when I turned up. She did a stellar job of producing and mixing and I’m so grateful to her for patiently taking me and my loony ideas on.

If you want to hear me sing gazillion characters without any pitch shifting involved and intoning in Latin, head over to Bandcamp and give it a listen…

Bowled over by this review from @klofmag of my slightly crazed side repping Worcestershire for @folklore_tapes ‘s Ceremonial Counties series. The rest of the review covers my wonderful tape mate @ahrkh_gnod so take a read on the Klof website!

After drinking a huge mugful of mugwort infused hot chocolate each, @robyndawsonproductions and I spent an intensive 12 hour stint recording this piece which I hadn’t even finished writing when I turned up. She did a stellar job of producing and mixing and I’m so grateful to her for patiently taking me and my loony ideas on.

If you want to hear me sing gazillion characters without any pitch shifting involved and intoning in Latin, head over to Bandcamp and give it a listen…

Bowled over by this review from @klofmag of my slightly crazed side repping Worcestershire for @folklore_tapes ‘s Ceremonial Counties series. The rest of the review covers my wonderful tape mate @ahrkh_gnod so take a read on the Klof website!

After drinking a huge mugful of mugwort infused hot chocolate each, @robyndawsonproductions and I spent an intensive 12 hour stint recording this piece which I hadn’t even finished writing when I turned up. She did a stellar job of producing and mixing and I’m so grateful to her for patiently taking me and my loony ideas on.

If you want to hear me sing gazillion characters without any pitch shifting involved and intoning in Latin, head over to Bandcamp and give it a listen…

Folklore tapes has been quietly but prolifically pumping out some of the best tapes, CDRs, LPs, sound tracking films and doing whatever else the hell they want for over a decade now. The label describes itself as:

“an ongoing research and heritage project exploring the folkloric arcana of the farthest-flung recesses of Great Britain and beyond. Traversing the mysteries, myths, nature, magic, topography and strange phenomena of the old counties through abstracted musical reinterpretation and experimental visuals”

And they have cooked up something special for The Lubber Fiend!!!

Folklore Tapes will be exploring the lore and legend surrounding the Lubber Fiend, mischievous house spirit/demon who is also known as Hob, Brownie, Lob and many more.

Folklore Tapes have assembled four creatives from the collective: Bridget Hayden, Sam McLoughlin, Dan Bridgwood-Hill and David Chatton Barker.

The quartet will explore the Lubber through optical light wizardry, automated sonic spectacles and homemade instrumental jams.

Expect wild and weird wonderment

Tickets available on Fatsoma

No one turned away for lack of funds

Folklore tapes has been quietly but prolifically pumping out some of the best tapes, CDRs, LPs, sound tracking films and doing whatever else the hell they want for over a decade now. The label describes itself as:

“an ongoing research and heritage project exploring the folkloric arcana of the farthest-flung recesses of Great Britain and beyond. Traversing the mysteries, myths, nature, magic, topography and strange phenomena of the old counties through abstracted musical reinterpretation and experimental visuals”

And they have cooked up something special for The Lubber Fiend!!!

Folklore Tapes will be exploring the lore and legend surrounding the Lubber Fiend, mischievous house spirit/demon who is also known as Hob, Brownie, Lob and many more.

Folklore Tapes have assembled four creatives from the collective: Bridget Hayden, Sam McLoughlin, Dan Bridgwood-Hill and David Chatton Barker.

The quartet will explore the Lubber through optical light wizardry, automated sonic spectacles and homemade instrumental jams.

Expect wild and weird wonderment

Tickets available on Fatsoma

No one turned away for lack of funds

The last nights performance of @folklore_tapes The Watcher amazing! Thanks so much to @folklore_tapes, @kelly_art9a and @starkmaryfilms for letting me be a part of this incredible project. Fingers crossed it can go on tour

The last nights performance of @folklore_tapes The Watcher amazing! Thanks so much to @folklore_tapes, @kelly_art9a and @starkmaryfilms for letting me be a part of this incredible project. Fingers crossed it can go on tour

The last nights performance of @folklore_tapes The Watcher amazing! Thanks so much to @folklore_tapes, @kelly_art9a and @starkmaryfilms for letting me be a part of this incredible project. Fingers crossed it can go on tour

Both nights of the immersive Watchers event @todhip
Todmorden Hippodrome on the 30th and 31st Jan sold out last week...

However, due to much demand we have released additional circle seats for the saturday!

Head over to the Todmorden Hippodrome website for booking...

Its going to be an incredible evening with:
Live show + Original Film Screening + Q&A with original director: Dick Foster and editor: Marilyn Gaunt

+ official release of the re-imagined Watchers soundtrack on LP and essay art book by Kelly Loughlin...

The live show features the mulitfarious talents of:
DBH
Emma Thomas
Vincent James
Sarah Albon
Sam McLoughlin
Mary Stark
Ramsey Janini
Bridget Hayden
David Chatton Barker

Watchers illustration by @vincentjamesartist

The Watchers live theatrical adaptation, film screening and Q&A @todhip has sold out on Saturday 31st. Tickets for the Friday are going fast, so don't delay if you want a seat !