Ghostlore Sonic Mapping Project
Click on the blue markers to engage with ghostloristic soundscape compositions.
This is a Ghostlore Map of soundscape compositions featuring standout sites of paranormal sonic activity in the North of Scotland.
The compositions are created using sounds derived from field recordings of haunted, sacred or mystical places, such as Fyvie Castle, Slains Castle, Loch Ness, St Drostan’s Well, Mormond Hill, Ben Macdui, and other sites of supernatural interest.
Each blue marker is a sonic portal into the unexplained depths of the weird and eerie.
Project Overview
Sounding out the unexplained...
Ghostoloristics is an ongoing series of soundscape compositions that use sonic materials derived from anomalous topographical and architectural sites known for ghosts, cryptids, superstitions, folkloristic legacies, strange events, and documented sightings of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.
It adapts a variety of recording techniques to create sonic representations of the atmospheric and auratic conditions of featured places, using digital recorders, wide band and VLF radio receivers, a galvanometer and a ghostbox.
Ghostloristics is an online portal that uses modern technologies to reimagine and convey the folkloristic and paranormal legacies of Northern Scotland and to provide an alternative to established modes of storytelling (in writing, music and oration). Ultimately, it allows us to experience the ancient unfamiliar spaces of the sonic weird in a digital setting within the familiar spaces of our own homes.
Experience the sonic weird at your fingertips…
