Gareth Stack

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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.

  • Too Late For Christmas

    Finally, my years of romantic tragedy have served a purpose. I’ve a wee part in the new music video from Gar Cox, as one half of a warring couple. Let’s hope it’s as big a hit as the last video I had a cameo in. Read more

  • Sound as a way of telling stories – Part 1

    I’ve written before about building a studio for radio drama, recording on location, and applying for funding through the BAI’s Sound & Vision scheme. But, I just realised I’ve never taken the time to write about storytelling through sound. I’ll be teaching a course at A4 Sounds on using sound to tell stories early next Read more

  • The Wall in the Mind – New Drama Series Coming Early 2016

    The Wall in the Mind is an upcoming radio drama series on Newstalk, launching early 2016. Claire O’Hanlon, a young Irish woman, became caught up in the events sweeping East Berlin just prior to the fall of the Berlin wall. Arrested at a pro-democracy protest, Claire and her friends were imprisoned by the East German Read more

  • Paraudolia Part 2 [Mechanical Blasphemy]

    A companion to Paraudiolia 1 (a piece composed as part of Bluebottle Collective’s ‘Hibernation Radio’ project), Paraudiolia Part 2 deals with degeneration in a cosmic context – the personal and collective dementia experienced as we flail beyond our capacities. This is a series of works employing musique concrete, anonymised interview and reflexive writing, to reflect Read more

  • Stardust

    This piece was made during last years Hearsay Festival, and won a tiny award for best story in the In The Dark audio scavenger hunt! It features Pat Herbert of the Hurdy Gurdy Radio Museum, the sounds of the Hearsay Festival church heater, and György Ligeti’s ‘Requiem’. Download: Stardust Read more

  • A Creature of Myth

    Where do we turn for love in the modern age? A variety of apps promise instant sex, momentary intimacy, group vouched safety. In this odd little story, one Irish man talks about his disenchantingly modern experience with a creature of myth. This is the first episode in Dead Medium Productions new podcast. This will be Read more