Brian D’Souza, aka Auntie Flo, is a Scottish musician, and DJ who creates music from plants. Tom Raine follows Brian as he conducts field recordings for a new album.
Brian D’Souza, aka Auntie Flo, is a Scottish musician, DJ and sound recordist who has played at some of the biggest festivals and clubs around the world. His compositions fuse field recordings from around the globe with cutting edge production techniques to transport the listener to different places and states.
He has spent the last few years trying to bring together the natural and electronic worlds, expanding his work as a field recordist and experimenting with a complex setup of sensors and synthesisers to create music from plants. Last year he released an EP called Mycorrhizal Funghi, that sampled the sounds of four different mushroom species, as well as a full-length album called In My Dreams (I’m A Bird and I’m Free), built from field recordings and genres from across the world.
Tom Raine follows Brian on a trip to Kenya and Goa to conduct field recordings and create plant music for a brand-new album, as well as a deep listening app he’ is developing. It is also a personal journey, as he will be following in the footsteps of his great auntie Florinda who came from Goa, and from whom he takes his artist name, Auntie Flo.
Producer/presenter: Tom Raine
