A Danger to Ourselves – Covenstead Blues

‘working obsessively with sound’

‘I’ve been slightly afraid,’ revealed Lucrecia Dalt as her album A Danger to Ourselves was released after months of intricate crafting and then the best part of a year taken up with the practical machinations required for its public launch. ‘I say afraid because I recognise it as a fear to expose the personal in music. I’ve always been somewhat reluctant to do it, so it felt more comfortable to invent a whole story that I could talk about, so I could detach emotionally and create something based on that. But in this one it felt for the first time, very naturally, like I wanted to work from the process of pretty raw sincerity.’

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Cosa Rara

‘a strange thing’

The Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts is part of the University of Sussex, occupying an impressive building within their Brighton campus. Originally opened in 1969, the architecture was the design of Basil Spence, facilities being housed within three red-brick rings which apparently represent the unity between the arts. Despite earning listed building status in recognition of its architectural significance, the space was closed in 2007 due to funding difficulties. It ultimately reopened for public use in 2016 following extensive refurbishment.

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