Written in collaboration with Ioana Selaru. An Afonica Sound production for BBC Radio 4
About: Alternative reality drama. Extended Life Syndrome (ELS) is a rare genetic condition that makes some people live twice as long. But would you want it? Now think again. Would you?
Music composition for the 20 year anniversary of adidas’ Y-3 campaign
Chapter 1
Chapter 1.5 feat Ioana Selaru
Production Credits:
Photography: Gabriel Moses
Creative Direction: Jamie Reid
Styling: Robbie Spencer
Movement Director: Blackhaine
Makeup: Nami Yoshida
Hair: Kiyoko Odo
Casting: Sarah Small
Set Design: Samuel Overs
Groomer: Nao Gayoso
Retouch: Studio Private
Editor: Joseph Taylor (The Assembly Rooms)
Colourist: Adam Kaniowski (Grain Post Production)
Online Editor : Matthew Blacklock
Online Editor: Otis Tree
Talent: Zinedine Zidane, Joe Grey Adams, @invuharry, Marcelo Zhang, Max Cookward, Ratiba Ayadi, Isabel Phua, Nandi
Production: Farago Projects
A debut collection of poems by Axel Kacoutié.
Please do not touch the paintings or other exhibits, and do not cross barriers.
“A frenzy exultations she commands with soft vibrations
that induce a meditation
from her touch, ah! from her vivifying touch upon my skin.”
An intimate look at the man behind Liverpool’s last-minute magic.
A paranormal entity offers a lost boy an identity in the form on an Avirex jacket as The Gift blends Grime with surrealism, exploring the theme of identity and the dark external forces that chose to influence and manipulate the genre.
A seemingly composed man whose battle with his inner thoughts leads to a dark and truthful outburst when talking to an old friend.
In 2008, 20 year-old Brenda Birungi got into a fight in a nightclub to protect her sister. With no previous convictions, Brenda ended up serving 11 months in prison. It altered the course of her life.
In Unchained we hear from:
Paula, who called the police to her house 9 times to report domestic violence in the year before her arrest;
Amanda, who became a sex worker to support her partner’s drug use;
Krystal, who was arrested after stealing a duvet for her child;
Georgia, who was left to fend for herself at 15 while her single mum served a 3 month sentence.
All statistics in this documentary come from research by Women in Prison.
Producer: Jessie Lawson
Sound Design: Axel Kacoutié
A Prison Radio Association production for BBC Radio 4
We are wrong to look for uniformity and objectivity. We have all mapped associations to what our subjective experience is like.
My experience of the colour red is different from yours. Our brains light up the same way when hearing water but our relationship to its sounds will never be the same.
Because of this, I wanted to illustrate how I’ve mapped mine using abstract terms like solitude, sunbathing, patricide etc. All as an attempt to say, “you don’t have to understand, I just want to connect and have you see (listen) how I relate to the world.”
Axel Kacoutié was the Creative Director of Sound for Guardian Podcasts working with the wider production team levelling up current offerings as well as developing the sonic identity of new shows.
They were also the award-winning lead Sound Designer for the Guardian’s daily news podcast, Today in Focus.
Awards:
– Lovie Awards 2019
Apps, Mobile, Podcasts & Voice: Podcasts – Best Series: SILVER (Today in Focus)
– British Podcast Awards 2020
Best Current Affairs Podcast: GOLD (Today in Focus)
Best Interview: SILVER (Today in Focus)
Best Daily Podcast: SILVER (Today in Focus)
– Lovie Awards 2020
Best News and Politics: GOLD (Today in Focus)
– The ARIAs Radio Academy 2021
Best Speech Presenter: SILVER (Today in Focus/Anushka Astana)
– British Podcast Awards 2021
Best Interview supported by Pod Bible: BRONZE (Today in Focus)