This month we sat down with two Rotherham sweethearts. Exploring what state their arts are in, relationships we all have with music, their stories of Rotherham and getting on the 69 bus to Sheffield to find their creative community and what Rotherham looks to them now as creatives.

Your Host, Auriel Majumdar. Auriel is a Creative Coach, Consultant and Educator and the Independent Chair of FLUX Rotherham’s consortium. She grew up in Rotherham in the 1960s and 70s and now lives and works in Sheffield. She spent two years of a PhD pursuing the slippery idea that couching and supervision are art forms and she continues to explore that question in everything she does. Auriel believes that creativity is the energy that powers our lives, and she loves working in creative ways, with creative people. 

Meet your guest, Rian Treanor who re-imagines club culture, experimental art and computer music, presenting an insightful and compelling musical world of fractured and interlocking components. Having left a vivid impression with a string of releases on The Death of Rave & Warp sub-label Arcola, his debut album 'ATAXIA' for Planet Mu in 2019 established him as both a disruptive and essential new voice in British underground club music. His latest album 'File Under UK Metaplasm' takes inspiration from his residency at the Nyege Nyege collective's Boutique Studio in Kampala in 2018. Incorporating the high-def bass weight of his home town Sheffield with the enigmatic energy of Tanzanian Singeli and Footwork. Using the programming language Max/MSP he develops bespoke software to explore extended rhythmic techniques and algorithmic processes, building devices that enable spontaneous pattern modulation within various collaborations, workshops, live performances and installations.

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