
Alice Boyd
Musician, Sound Artist and Audio Producer
Featured work
Alice Boyd’s latest single, Return of the White-Tailed Eagle, was created in collaboration with the RSPB to mark 50 years since the species’ reintroduction to the UK. Inspired by hours spent recording in nature, the track captures the anticipation, mystery and quiet triumph of a once-lost bird returning home.
Alice Boyd’s latest single, All We Are, is inspired by a journey to Birmingham’s Bluebell Wood, retracing the sonic footsteps of audio naturalist Martyn Stewart. Weaving together field recordings from 1976 and 2024, the track reflects on how our natural soundscapes have changed over time — and what’s at stake if we stop listening.
Alice travels through the UK, capturing immersive field recordings and conversations with people who live and work closely with the land.
Alice Boyd’s second EP, Cloud Walking, draws deeply from her experiences on a recent expedition into Scotland's Cairngorm Mountains, retracing the footsteps of pioneering Scottish nature writer Nan Shepherd.
Musician and sound artist Alice Boyd retraces the steps of legendary field recordist Martyn Stewart, capturing the changing sounds of our environments.
Arctic Ice: Under The Midnight Sun is a collaboration between filmmaker Michelle Sanders and composer Alice Boyd. An audiovisual exploration of the beauty of Arctic ice – and the perils it faces – the film is a love letter to an ecosystem on which we all depend, one which is rapidly disappearing.
Alice’s TEDx talk and sound piece on the role of music, sound design and field recording in the face of ecological crisis
An interactive online experience, which invites audiences to restore a virtual forest to health by creating a balanced ecosystem. Created by Alice Boyd and Tom Halliwell, with support from the Eden Project and Sound and Music.
A live streamed immersive digital experience with the aim of connecting audiences with natural world. Featuring Alice’s music created after an artist residency at the Eden Project. Supported by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Audio lead and original music for Poltergeist’s new audio walk in the City of London, featuring all-star cast, led by Juliet Stevenson. Also starring Adam Buxton, Lydia West, Paterson Joseph, Tanya Reynolds, Nina Wadia and David Mumeni. One of the Guardian’s top 25 Christmas shows for 2021.
An audio piece in collaboration with non-fiction writer Laura Grace Simpkins, about her experience with lithium, prescribed to manage symptoms of bipolar disorder. Commissioned by the Wellcome Collection.
A short audiovisual piece about loneliness in the city of London.
‘Crisis’ is an audiovisual piece by Alice Boyd, in collaboration with filmmaker James Frederick Barrett. The piece was shortlisted for #CreateCOP25, a competition for the UN’s COP25 Climate Conference in Madrid, 2019.
Supporters
Thank you to PRS Foundation, Arts Council England, Sound and Music and Eden Project for their support.