The Dead Stations by Charlotte Hathaway & Mike Vass

”..If you lose track of the trainline then you’re lost…”

Dead Stations are out of use platforms on a remote train line through the forested mountains. The piece came about as a result of the 2013 Remembered/Imagined project which commissioned pairs of composers and writers to create a collaboration of words and music inspired by the School of Scottish Studies Sound Archives; and performed by Mr McFall’s Chamber, an actor and a singer.

It was the first time Charlotte and Mike had worked together creatively and they wanted to develop this concept to create a longer, more ambitious and immersive piece.

The Dead Stations bring together music, sound design and recorded voice actors to build the atmosphere, with animators creating accompanying images.

It’s a story designed to be listened to: a mystery about loneliness and the mind, inspired by a train ride through Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest and abstract ideas about Little Red Riding Hood.

Written and conceived by Charlotte Hathaway and Mike Vass.