A modern reimagining of Delia Derbyshire's renowned 'Inventions for Radio' as part of Coventry’s year as City of Culture. The collaboration with Barry Bermnge, which began in 1964, brought a diverse range of voices from across the country together into one of Delia’s most loved pieces. Giving a platform to under-heard voices on the radio, 'Inventions for Radio' was pioneering in showcasing the thoughts and lives of ordinary people and extraordinary subject matter.

'Echoes of Invention' explores Delia and Barry’s original work through the lives of people living in Derbyshire’s home city of Coventry today. In 'Faith' we hear from a range of perspectives as they describe their experiences of the divine, the indefinable and their deepest beliefs. Composed collaboratively by Caro C and Charles Craggs the music is inspired by Delian techniques. Limited to the voices of singer Amy Kakoura, who improvised around the note of A, and the interviewees, the composers used modern music technology to build the soundscape; keeping the piece fundamentally rooted in the human voice.

Faith is broken down into four movements:

Acts of Faith
- Voices exploring a manifestation of faith

To Feel a Connection
- The sensation of connecting

Something...
- Voices who feel that there is something but they don't necessarily know what

I Know God
- God is there

We would like to thank Arts Council England,Coventry City Council, Coventry University, Open Theatre, The RSC, Erica Whyman, Jen Davis, Delia Derbyshire Day, Cath Cullinane, Phillipa Cross, Joshua Patel, the Patel family and David Butler for supporting the project.

We would also like to give special thanks to all of the featured participants who so kindly took the time to share with us and who trusted us with their words.

Project Director: Connor Alexander

Composed by: Caro C & Charles Craggs

Vocal Performance: Amy Kakoura

Audio mastering: Blacklisted Mastering

Voices:
Balbir K. Sohal
Deepak G Naik
Alka Naren Gandhi
Daljit Dhami
Cllr Asha Masih
Mrs. Abeda Suleman Vorajee
Avraham Tordjman
Mehru Fitter MBE
Manjit Kaur Chair of SCARE Coventry
Dr T Jotangia
Rehana Malek
Mike Jo
Madeleine Levy
Luke Greenwood
Jessica Rowe
James Kitney
Wes Finch
Kalvinder Rai
Helen Maoudis

Visuals: created by Connor Alexander using the Oscistudio by Jerobeam

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