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seams studio is funded by people who want this work to exist. it funds the experiment, and the time it takes to make meaningful work, not the outcome.

presence in the process, credit on what emerges, a hand in something you believe should exist.

it starts as a conversation — write to me, or leave a note here.

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seams

seams is a studio founded by sound of fractures, working through music, memory, space and participation.

it develops projects that explore what music can make possible between people. a song can become a prompt, an archive, a film, a room, a publication or a gathering. the form changes with the question.

people are not added at the end as an audience. their memories, voices and contributions can become part of how the work develops. the studio does not try to manufacture connection. it creates reasons and invitations to reflect, contribute and feel part of something shared.

research is not separate from the work. it happens through making, listening and gathering. each project is shaped by its audience and context, and leaves behind work, documentation, relationships and new questions that inform what comes next.

music is often the starting point without defining the boundary. the tools and forms can change; the concern remains: how creative work can help people recognise something of themselves and one another.

every output is different — an album, an exhibition, a piece of research, an event. what stays the same is the ethos at the heart of them: human connection, participation, process shared in the open. the studio gives these different forms somewhere to belong.

"being easy to understand gets good clicks. pick a lane, follow its rules. i didn't want to choose one. so the studio builds the alternative in public: the use case, so people can see it, hear it, take part, and want it to exist."

— jamie reddington

question → project → participation → reflection → next question.

each project becomes part of the continuing practice rather than an isolated output.

the practice travels

the same method has now been an album, an exhibition, a book, a platform, a peer-reviewed chapter and a keynote. the thinking behind it lives in the studio.

if you're interested in collaborating, write to me — hello@soundoffractures.com.

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what this site keeps

this site is run by sound of fractures, london. it keeps three things:

your email, only if you give it — for the letters, or to reply to you.

your trail — the coloured line you draw as you wander, the name you give it, the continent your device's clock is set to, and where you arrived from (instagram, substack…). trails are shared on the map; your email never is.

which links get tapped, counted without names.

never your ip address, never your exact location. nothing is sold or shared. the data sits with supabase, in a locked database only jamie can read.

to see what's kept about you, or to have it removed: hello@soundoffractures.com