We're gearing up for our performances at this year's Lakes Alive, the theme for the festival in 2019 is 'Changing Landscapes' so what better place to visit with Loom, all about our collective experience of a landscape permanently on the move!? Based in Kendal at the heart of the Lake District National Park, this festival of contemporary arts is a...

We hope you can join us for the first date on our Loom tour at Birmingham's beautiful Town Hall on 8th May. We're seriously excited to finally be bringing the piece out on the road and we'll be launching the album at this event so it's going to be extra special - there will also be a very exciting collaboration...

We caught up with Propellor guitarist Robin Beatty to chat about his approach to creating the animated projections for Loom, ahead of it going on tour... Why are the visuals in "Loom" on the floor? We realised that it was important that accompanying visuals must function to draw the focus in the space rather than disperse it. The idea of...

We caught up with Bethan Lumb to chat about her approach to creating the visuals for the live performance of Loom ahead of designing the release artwork... What made you want to be part of "Loom"? Loom sounded like a really exciting, and innovative project to get involved with. I was particularly drawn by the narrative of the water course...

...Propellor's residency at Snape Maltings has come to an end. We've been thrilled to get to share our work with those of you who have come along to both our Festival of New performance and the Open Session. Your support and feedback has been amazing. It's also been wonderful to meet those of you who recorded interviews for the piece...

We're very excited to be gearing up for the premiere of Loom at Festival of New! "A whirlwind two days of freshly-devised music, Festival of New explores some of the most exciting work being made in the UK. All of it has been made at Snape in residencies that take place in our Creative Campus throughout the year. Some of the work...

At the start of May we took to ground on the Suffolk coast once more and recorded 'Loom' with the amazing ears (and paper-dry witticisms) of producer Calum Malcolm. It was an emotional and physically knackering process (it's a big piece and it's been two years in the making!) - but most of all a really brilliant experience to get everyone in the...

After the success of February's Open Session at Snape Maltings where we gave a first preview of the new work 'Loom', we're very excited to be heading back to the Britten Studio in May to record the piece in full! With the brilliant Calum Malcom (Linn Records) at the helm, we'll be making the most of Snape's fantastic acoustic to...

Huge thanks to everyone that came along to our Open Space - Open Session on February 9th! It was fantastic to be able to share this work in progress with you all and really brilliant to see so many people getting different things from the performance. You moved, listened and engaged in the whole event so thank you - if ever...

The rig is up and we're trialing our projections from John Beatty and Bethan Lumb which Robin has been mapping alongside the live music! These will be projected straight down from the ceiling onto a large 'pool' projection screen in the centre of the ensemble during the performance. It's all coming together and there's a buzz about the place ahead of the...

We had a really productive residency working alongside Aidan O'Rourke (LAU) who has been mentoring on the project. Three intense January days (yes it was cold) of rehearsing, writing and keeping warm in the Britten Studio at Snape Maltings proved to be exactly what the piece and the ensemble needed to knock larger sections of the (eventually) hour-long 'Loom' together. Tim Southorn...

Propellor are working with Manchester-based illustrator and graphic designer Bethan Lumb to produce images which will be used in conjunction with the stunning photography of John Beatty. Bethan has been responding to the narrative of the work, it's literal journey backwards from the sea to the sky as well as rehearsal recordings as the piece and ensemble sound have developed. We're...