@longplayer

A thousand year long composition https://xitter.cf/t.co/sRfNUqHcvW

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Find out how to support the work of the Longplayer Trust into the distant future… bit.ly/supportlongplayer
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EM Acoustics are delighted to have sponsored the @longplayer listening post at Trinity Buoy Wharf with 10 of our EMS-51 loudspeakers. Learn more about Longplayer here: longplayer.org/ #Longplayer #EMAcoustics #Sponsors #ProAV #AVTweeps Image credit: James Whitaker.
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David Cook@Spiddly21 Apr 2025
“The live performance of @longplayer offers an experience akin to a sense of ceremony, which draws parallels with those undertaken by our ancestors.” A new entry on the Stone Diaries blog, as Jem Finer’s Bronze Age synthesiser plays at Camden Roundhouse bit.ly/4jBgc70

LONGPLAYER LIVE, CAMDEN ROUNDHOUSE

5th April 2025 A musical performance at Camden Roundhouse might at first seem like a bit of an outlier for Stone Diaries. However, on reflection, this rare opportunity to see Longplayer as it …

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David Cook@Spiddly6 Apr 2025
1,000 minutes of live performance, of a musical composition lasting 1,000 years. A rare opportunity to catch Jem Finer’s @longplayer as it should be played at @RoundhouseLDN #Longplayer2025
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This Saturday: Longplayer Live @RoundhouseLDN - 7.20am-midnight. Book your tickets now (link in bio)! channel4.com/news/longplayer…

Longplayer: a piece of music that lasts for 1,000 years without repetition

'Longplayer' is a piece of music that began playing 25 years ago on Tibetan singing bowls, and it is designed to ring out in total for 1,000 years without repetition.

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Jem Finer chats to Darran Anderson ⁦@theQuietus⁩ about ⁦@longplayer⁩ & the Pogues. Plus a ticket link to Longplayer ⁦@RoundhouseLDN⁩ this saturday, 5th April. thequietus.com/interviews/je…

Quests in Time and Space: Jem Finer on The Pogues and his 1000-year Longplayer | The Quietus

What will life be like in 1000 years? Will humans still exist? Will there be a recognisable London? Such are the idle thoughts that flow to mind as I stand on Trinity Buoy Wharf, downriver from the...

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One of those pleasing moments on @longplayer where two singing bowls chime in quick succession. Like the planets in orbit, who knows when these will align again? Looking forward to watching the live performance on 5th April at @RoundhouseLDN #Longplayer2025
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Last week, Jem Finer and Ansuman Biswas trained 16 young creatives from@RoundhouseLDN in the performance of Longplayer on its live instrument of 234 singing bowls. instagram.com/p/DHEVi6eoDqk/ Join us on the 5th of April for the final performance! Info and booking on our website.
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One month to go until Longplayer Live takes place at @RoundhouseLDN on the 5th April, 1000 minutes of a 1000 year long song, from 7.20am-midnight. Tickets now include access to Longplayer: Longpoem, a 100 minute long poem by @CalebFemi_ - book yours now: roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/l…
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Great to see @longplayer included in this article! londonist.com/london/feature…
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Longplayer’s listening post in London’s only lighthouse @artsTBW has been featured in a brilliant article on the area for @TelegraphTravel by @Greg_Dickinson - you can read it in full here: telegraph.co.uk/travel/desti…

London’s last truly creative quarter lies in the shadow of Canary Wharf

Surrounded by a sea of skyscrapers, Trinity Buoy Wharf is one of London’s most eccentric corners

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Midday today (GMT; Midnight IDL) marked an important milestone in the long lifespan of Longplayer, as the composition reached a quarter century. We want to thank our community of listeners and invite you to join us in celebrating throughout 2025 longplayer.org/news/2024/12/…
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David Cook@Spiddly31 Dec 2024
The sound of 25 years. Deep time, continuous movement. Happy 25th birthday @longplayer, here’s to the next 975 years!
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SimonF@SycamoreFlint31 Dec 2024
Happy 25th @longplayer Here's to the next 975 years... and beyond
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David Cook@Spiddly26 Dec 2024
25 years of @longplayer approaches…
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Looking for a gift that will also help to keep a 1000-year-long song playing? The Longplayer 2025 Calendar, featuring original artworks inspired by the composition, is now available to pre-order for £10 + P&P. longplayer.org/support/shop/
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LONGPLAYER LIVE, Roundhouse, 7.20am to midnight, 5th April 2025 Celebrate Longplayer's 25th anniversary year with the first live performance of Longplayer in over a decade for @RoundhouseLDN Three Sixty Festival. Tickets: £25 standard, £5 under 30s. longplayer.org/news/2024/11/…
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Only one week left to enter The 7th Ruskin Prize! With a theme of From the Eye to the Hand, this renowned art competition offers £7,500 in awards, including a top prize of £3,000: trinitybuoywharf.com/news/th…

The 7th John Ruskin Prize Calls for Entries: From the Eye to the Hand - News - Trinity Buoy Wharf

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BOOKING NOW OPEN for The Longplayer Conversation 2024. Join us at @swedenborghouse 12th December, 7pm, for a conversation between Kate Briggs and Daisy Hildyard, two brilliant authors working on the politics and poetics of the long form and the long term. eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-longp…
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OUT TODAY: 'odds & evens: 24 year mix' by Jem Finer, a mix of short selections of Longplayer taken from every year of its life at midday on 1st July. The mix is available to download on bandcamp from £3.33. All proceeds help keep Longplayer playing! longplayer.bandcamp.com/albu…

odds and evens: 24 year mix, by Jem Finer

1 track album

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