Chris Menes Sound Design

Recorded during the short days and long nights of winter 2018-19, ‘Ember’ is a collection of atmospheric tracks focusing more on texture and mood than on melody or rhythm. The record pulls together inspiration from ambient music, drone, glitch and electroacoustic music and adds field recordings and sparse minimal piano to create a contemplative yet occasionally challenging body of work.

You can stream or download the album on Bandcamp.

Above is a video for the opening track (Also named ‘Ember’)

Sound design for Soap Soup Theatre’s ‘Mathilda Mathilda’ which opened at Weston Super-Mare Museum in May 2019 with and will tour nationally throughout 2019.

Assistant Sound Designer (Alongside Matt Huxley) for Tessa Bide Productions and Soap Soup Theatre’s ‘The Selfish Giant’ which opened for a month long run during Christmas 2018 at Clapham Omnibus, London, and is touring nationally throughout 2019.

Sound design for Hive Theatre’s ‘This Perfect World’ which opened at The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath in July 2018

Sound design for an R&D of ‘Threads’, an experimental dance and circus performance directed by Gwen Hales. March 2018

Co-sound designer (with Nick Janaway) for an R&D residency at The Brewhouse, Taunton for ‘Babble’, an experimental, interactive early years work by Flibberdigibbert Theatre. February 2018

Sound design for New Model Theatre’s ‘Happiness Ltd’ which opened at The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter for a two week run in October 2017 and was performed at Salisbury Playhouse, Theatre Royal Plymouth and New Diorama Theatre, London.

Sound design for Soap Soup Theatre’s family show, ‘The Pixies’ Scarf’, which opened at The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol for a week run over Easter 2017 and toured nationally between 2017 and 2019.

Building electronic sound effect machines for Fine Chisel’s ‘Beneath the Blizzard’, which opened Christmas 2016 at the Exeter Bike Shed before moving to The Tropicana, Weston-super-Mare and The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath.

Sound design for Theatre West’s ‘The Orator’ written by Marietta Kirkbride and directed by Chloe Masterton which had a two week run at The Acta Centre, Bristol in September 2016.

Working alongside Timothy X Atack (Sleepdogs) to assist in delivering the sound design for Lucy Cassidy’s ‘Can You See Me?’ at The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath. September 2016.

Sound design for Lady Strong’s Bonfire’s ‘The Bed’ which opened at The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol in May 2016,

Sound design for the R&D of Liz Hart’s ‘Mummy Monster’ (Produced by Lady Strong’s Bonfire).

Sound design for Soap Soup Theatre’s ‘The Environs’. A walk about festival show which has been performed at Shambala and Boom Town Fair.

Operating sound and lights in over 40 venues for the national tours of Soap Soup Theatre’s ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’s Treasury of Nonsense’ and ‘The Snow Baby’.

Operating Tessa Bide’s Christmas 2015 show ‘The Melody Makers’ for its runs at The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol and The Marine, Lyme Regis.