The Sound Stink: A Nose-Led Approach to Listening

Parkinson, Sion ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5698-0062 (2023) The Sound Stink: A Nose-Led Approach to Listening. PhD thesis, University of Leeds.

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Supervisors: John, Mowitt and Sam, Belinfante
Keywords: sound studies, smell studies, cultural history of smell, olfaction, stink, stink music, stinkhorn, phallus impudicus, phallus hadriani, mycology, mushrooms, fungi, experimental music composition, improvisation, performance, neurodiversity, epilepsy, smell hallucination, phantosmia
Awarding institution: University of Leeds
Academic Units: The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies (Leeds)
Depositing User: Dr Siôn Parkinson
Date Deposited: 07 Dec 2023 12:28
Last Modified: 07 Dec 2023 12:28
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Filename: 01_Phantosmia.mp3

Description: "Phantosmia," 2021. Score for violin, viola, cello, and clarinet. Duration five minutes. Commissioned and performed by Red Note Ensemble, The Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen, Scotland, May 2021.

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Filename: 02_What_a_Brain_and_Uncus.mp4

Description: "What A Brain!" and "Uncus," 2021. Compositions for voice and piano. Duration five minutes. First performed at Dundee Rep Theatre and live-streamed as part of the event “Area of a Circle,” May 28, 2020.

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Description: "Esters," 2021. Composition for Deerhorn organ. Duration two minutes.

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Filename: 05_A1_Isoamyl_Acetate_by_Raymond_MacDonald.mp3

Description: "Perfumes I," 2021. [Unreleased EP.] Improvisations on six scents for solo saxophone. Performed by Raymond MacDonald.

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Filename: 05_A2_Dimethyl_sulfide_byRaymond_MacDonald.mp3

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Filename: 05_A3_Earthy_pyrazine_by_Raymond_MacDonald.mp3

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Filename: 05_B1_Cadaverine_by_Raymond_MacDonald.mp3

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Filename: 05_B2_Castoreum_by_Raymond_MacDonald.mp3

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Filename: 05_B3_Hedione_by_Raymond_MacDonald.mp3

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Filename: 06_A1_Isoamyl_acetate_by_Sam_Annand.mp3

Description: "Perfumes II," 2021. Improvisations on six scents for modular synthesizer. Performed by Sam Annand. Duration twenty-two minutes. EP released online December 3, 2021.

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Filename: 06_A2_Earthy_pyrazine_by_Sam_Annand.mp3

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Filename: 06_A3_Dimethyl_sulfide_by_Sam_Annand.mp3

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Filename: 06_B1_Oct-1-en-3-one_by_Sam_Annand.mp3

Description: "Perfumes II," 2021. Improvisations on six scents for modular synthesizer. Performed by Sam Annand. Duration twenty-two minutes. EP released online December 3, 2021.

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Filename: 06_B2_Cadavarine_by_Sam_Annand.mp3

Description: "Perfumes II," 2021. Improvisations on six scents for modular synthesizer. Performed by Sam Annand. Duration twenty-two minutes. EP released online December 3, 2021.

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Filename: 06_B3_Castoreum_by_Sam_Annand.mp3

Description: "Perfumes II," 2021. Improvisations on six scents for modular synthesizer. Performed by Sam Annand. Duration twenty-two minutes. EP released online December 3, 2021.

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Filename: 07_Stinkhorn.mp4

Description: "Stinkhorn," 2020. Directed by Siôn Parkinson and Richard Whitby. Video. Duration three minutes. Commissioned by Lux and BBC Scotland. First broadcast BBC4, March 23, 2020.

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Filename: 08_Stink_Music_for Voice_Theremin_Modular_Synth_and_Scent.mp3

Description: "Stink Music for Voice, Theremin, Modular Synthesizer, and Scent," 2020. Installation and performance. Duration forty minutes. Developed for the exhibition “Mushrooms: The Art, Design & Future of Fungi,” London (July 16 to September 23, 2020).

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Filename: 09_Stinkhorn_Music_for_Solo_Tuba.mp3

Description: "Stinkhorn Music for Solo Tuba," 2020. Instructional score using the aroma compound 1-octen-3-1. Duration six minutes. First performed by Jack Adler-McKean, March 2020.

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Filename: 10_On_Sound_and_Smell.mp4

Description: "On Sound & Smell," 2019. Performance lecture. Duration seven minutes. First performed at Caird Hall, Dundee, May 28, 2019.

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