Sonic Fields

By: Sam Tyler
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  • Sonic Fields is a new 7-part podcast which tells the story of a year-long deep dive into the British Music Festival. Sam Tyler meets the people and learns about the forces that have shaped the story since the late '60s, before taking a dizzying summer adventure across festivals of today and trying to find his place within it all.

    This is a story of how we arrived at our modern festival landscape. What even is a festival in 2024? Who are they for, and what might we have lost or gained along the way?
    © 2024 Sonic Fields
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  • 5. Castlemorton

    5. Castlemorton
    Aug 21 2024

    After the transcendental happenings at the other Glastonbury in 1990, a spark is lit for this new incarnation of free festivals...

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    sam@incrediblesociety.co.uk
    @incrediblesocietypresents on Instagram
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 4. The Other Glastonbury

    4. The Other Glastonbury
    Jul 16 2024

    Part 1 of the next chapter of this festival story. Over 2 episodes we journey from The Battle of the Beanfield in '85 right up to Castlemorton Common in '92. Britain's biggest ever Illegal rave. But first, we need to stop via a field in Glastonbury, on the summer solstice in 1990...

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    sam@incrediblesociety.co.uk
    @incrediblesocietypresents on Instagram
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    38 mins
  • 3. Stonehenge

    3. Stonehenge
    Jul 3 2024

    What happened to those that left Isle of Wight 1970 with an idea to do things differently? They began a free festival movement with Stonehenge as its cathedral.

    Produced by Sam Tyler & Evan Green.

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    sam@incrediblesociety.co.uk
    @incrediblesocietypresents on Instagram
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    1 hr and 10 mins

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Masterpiece by an unsung hero

Fascinating history dive into a rarely discussed scene set against a backdrop of huge UK cultural, social, political and legal change. Incredible work and clearly a labour of love. I doff my cap. Take a bow Sam.

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