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The Tower


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Full cast Experimental and Surreal Serial Audio Drama


Synopsis:

A young woman leaves behind her isolated, suffocating existence to climb The Tower, an abandoned relic of a forgotten age, built by a proud king who wanted to rule the sky as well as the land. It stretches up into the sky, through the smog. An experimental audio drama series from Tin Can Audio.


Official Selection - Miami Web Series Festival 2022

Official Selection - Apulia Web Fest 2022

Official Selection - New Jersey Web Festival 2022

Official Selection - Minnesota WebFest 2022

Official Selection - New Zealand WebFest 2022



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Format: Audio Drama

Continuity: Serial

Voices: Cast

Genres: Experimental and Surreal, Fantasy, Storytelling

Framing device: Communications

Maturity: All audience

Creator demographics: / LGBTQ+

Content warnings: / Mental illness

Country of origin: Scotland

Transcript details: Show notes

Completion status: Partial

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Episodes:

Live Recording - The Tower - Live With The Wind (31/08/2023)

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 09:30:10 +0000

On the 31st August 2023 Amber performed a brand new audio piece about The Tower in Glasgow supporting The Wind podcast as part of their world tour. This is a recording of their set.


You can see Amber putting together the live show and rehearsing it here: https://youtu.be/r8gZgkAdtUs


Listen to The Wind: https://thewind.org/





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Available Now - The Tower Part III Original Score

Thu, 18 May 2023 09:58:40 +0000

Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/435wzAp

Spotify: https://bit.ly/45oXfyn


This is just a quick announcement to say that the soundtrack for Part 3 of The Tower is now available to pre-order from the Tin Can Audio Bandcamp page.


If you pre-order the album you'll get my favourite track on the album, 'These Lifeless Things' right away, that's the track playing behind me.


The full album will be released on Bandcamp and on most streaming services on May 21st. I've put a pre-save link in the shownotes.


The score for Part 3 was some of the most challenging, but also some of the most rewarding, music I've ever had the pleasure of making. It ties together a lot of musical themes and threads from Part 1 & 2 while also introducing some of its own sounds and motifs.


It also has a lot of very, very tasty synth textures and we played around with a lot of tape effects with this soundtrack. I'm very proud of it, I think it's some of the best music from the series.


Thank to everyone who has listened and continues to listen to this series and its soundtrack. I can't quite believe we've made it this far!


We are in the process of figuring out the final part of the series. I don't really have any news other than that but I thought it was important to let you know that there is going to be another part.


That will hopefully be appearing sooner rather than later but, in the meantime, please enjoy the rest of this track and thank you so much for listening, and thank you so much for being here.



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VI - The Foghorn - The Tower Part III

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 12:29:11 +0000

'I'm done being weighed down by the past'


Transcript: https://bit.ly/3m5ioLs

Download the whole series here: tincanaudio.bandcamp.com

Support The Tower on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio


Starring:

Katrina Allen as Kiri

David Pellow as Chris

Mark Gallie as Ike


Written, scored and edited by David Devereux


Executive produced by Ella Watts


Artwork by Sarah Grant


Supported by Creative Scotland


tincanaudio.co.uk



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V - Lost - The Tower Part III

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 10:43:45 +0000

'Sometimes you have to be lost to find your way'


Transcript: https://bit.ly/3WGtDqj

Download the whole series here: tincanaudio.bandcamp.com

Support The Tower on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio


Listen to Forgive Me: https://pod.link/1526851765


Starring:

Katrina Allen as Kiri

with

Sarah Golding as Kiri's Mum


Additional Voices by Katrina Allen, David Pellow, Mark Gallie and Sarah Golding


Written, scored and edited by David Devereux


Executive produced by Ella Watts


Artwork by Sarah Grant


Supported by Creative Scotland


tincanaudio.co.uk



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IV - Temple of Contemplation - The Tower Part III

Fri, 30 Dec 2022 11:19:19 +0000

'What are you doing?'


Transcript: https://bit.ly/3VvuKsp

Download the whole series here: tincanaudio.bandcamp.com

Support The Tower on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio


Listen to Folxlore: https://pod.link/1495636313


Starring:

Katrina Allen as Kiri

Mark Gallie as Chris


Additional Voices by Katrina Allen, David Pellow, Mark Gallie and Sarah Golding


Written, scored and edited by David Devereux


Executive produced by Ella Watts


Artwork by Sarah Grant


Supported by Creative Scotland


tincanaudio.co.uk



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III - Handprints- The Tower Part III

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 11:01:33 +0000

'You know you don't have to keep going if you don't want to?'


Transcript: https://bit.ly/3U70Qdx

Download the whole series here: tincanaudio.bandcamp.com

Support The Tower on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio


Listen to Chain Of Being: https://pod.link/1485884157


Starring:

Katrina Allen as Kiri

David Pellow as Chris


Written, scored and edited by David Devereux


Executive produced by Ella Watts


Artwork by Sarah Grant


Supported by Creative Scotland


tincanaudio.co.uk



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II - End Of The World - The Tower Part III

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 10:13:54 +0000

'I think once you realise you’ve been wrong about something about yourself you were so sure about, you start wondering what else you’ve been wrong about.'


Transcript: https://bit.ly/3fl16qJ

Download the whole series here: tincanaudio.bandcamp.com

Support The Tower on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio


Listen to The Goblet Wire: https://pod.link/1241361067


Starring:

Katrina Allen as Kiri

David Pellow as Chris

Karim Kronfli as Professor Laurie


Written, scored and edited by David Devereux


Executive produced by Ella Watts


Artwork by Sarah Grant


Supported by Creative Scotland


tincanaudio.co.uk



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I - The Fog - The Tower Part III

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 10:53:56 +0000

'I am absolutely not okay.'


Transcript: https://bit.ly/3rkUgnE

Download the whole series here: tincanaudio.bandcamp.com

Support The Tower on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio


Listen to The Far Meridian: https://pod.link/1241361067


Starring:

Katrina Allen as Kiri

David Pellow as Chris

Mark Gallie as Ike


Written, scored and edited by David Devereux


Executive produced by Ella Watts


Artwork by Sarah Grant


Supported by Creative Scotland


tincanaudio.co.uk



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Coming Soon - The Tower Part III

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 09:52:07 +0000

Transcript available here.


'...each step feels heavier the higher I go.'


The Tower Part III - Arriving September 2022



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Chill Beats To Climb Impossible Towers To - Full Mix

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 16:30:26 +0000

Buy the EP: tincanaudio.bandcamp.com/album/chill-beats-to-climb-impossible-towers-to-ep

Support The Tower on Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/tincanaudio


A collection of lo-fi remixes of some of the music from The Tower. This special mix also incorporates additional sound design from the series to create an immersive listening experience.


This started out as a joke on the Tin Can Audio Patreon Discord and then, during a week I was recovering from the flu, I started playing around with some of the music and found that it actually wasn't the worst idea.


This was a lot of fun to put together, and I hope you enjoy listening to it!



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Available Now - The Tower Part II OST

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 08:00:00 +0000

This is just a quick announcement to let you know that the soundtrack to Part II of The Tower is now available to pre-order from tincanaudio.bandcamp.com, featuring all the music cues used in the series.

If you preorder the soundtrack you’ll receive Away From Home, the opening track from Part II, straight away, with the full release coming on the 11th November.

If you can’t wait that long, you can get the album right now by signing up to our Patreon patreon.com/tincanaudio

Any money raised from pre-orders, as well as our Patreon income for November, we will be splitting between the Scottish LGBTI Equality Network, which campaigns for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) equality and human rights in Scotland, and Small Trans Library Glasgow which provides groceries and supplies funds to trans people who are out of work or struggling.

https://www.equality-network.org/

https://smalltranslibrary.org/

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VI - Two Doors - The Tower Part II

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 10:08:22 +0000

'Remember the courage.'

Transcript: https://bit.ly/2XzFa2w

Download the whole series here: tincanaudio.bandcamp.com

Support The Tower on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio

Starring:

Katrina Allen as Kiri

David Pellow as Chris

with Charlotte Ryder as Jessie

Written and Produced by David Devereux

Artwork by Sarah Grant

tincanaudio.co.uk



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V - Clock Tower - The Tower Part II

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 10:57:25 +0000

'I really can't go back, can I? Too much has changed.'

Transcript: https://bit.ly/2XzFa2w

Download the whole series here: tincanaudio.bandcamp.com

Support The Tower on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio

Starring:

Katrina Allen as Kiri

Mark Gallie as Ike

with Sarah Golding as Kiri's Mum

Written and Produced by David Devereux

Artwork by Sarah Grant

tincanaudio.co.uk



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IV - Storm (Interlude) - The Tower Part II

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 10:53:50 +0000

Transcript: https://bit.ly/2XzFa2w

Download the whole series here: tincanaudio.bandcamp.com

Support The Tower on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio

Performed by David Devereux

Artwork by Sarah Grant

tincanaudio.co.uk

 



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III - Church - The Tower Part II

Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:43:45 +0000

'Why won't you let me through? Why are you making this hard?'

Transcript: https://bit.ly/2XzFa2w

Download the whole series here: tincanaudio.bandcamp.com

Support The Tower on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio

Starring:

Katrina Allen as Kiri

David Pellow as Chris

Written and Produced by David Devereux

Artwork by Sarah Grant

tincanaudio.co.uk



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II - Library - The Tower Part II

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 11:06:27 +0000

'...I don't know how to explain, something's happening, and I don't know how it works or why it's happening...'

Transcript: https://bit.ly/2XzFa2w

Download the whole series here: tincanaudio.bandcamp.com

Support The Tower on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio

Starring:

Katrina Allen as Kiri

David Pellow as Chris

Mark Gallie as Ike

Written and Produced by David Devereux

Artwork by Sarah Grant

tincanaudio.co.uk



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I - Homesteads - The Tower Part II

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 11:00:51 +0000

'I'm away from home again.'

Transcript: https://bit.ly/2XzFa2w

Download the whole series here: tincanaudio.bandcamp.com

Support The Tower on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio

Starring:

Katrina Allen as Kiri

David Pellow as Chris

Mark Gallie as Ike

with Roger Best as the Radio Announcer

Written and Produced by David Devereux

Artwork by Sarah Grant

tincanaudio.co.uk



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Coming Tomorrow: The Tower Part II

Sat, 18 Sep 2021 21:00:00 +0000

Tomorrow we will be releasing the 1st episode of The Tower Part II.

We will also be releasing the whole series as an album on Bandcamp: tincanaudio.bandcamp.com

You can get the whole series right now, as well as access to upcoming commentary tracks for each episode, by signing up to our Patreon page: patreon.com/tincanaudio

We hope you enjoy listening to The Tower Part II

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Soundtrack Now On Spotify - The Tower

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 09:35:03 +0000

This is just a quick update to say that you can now find the soundtrack to The Tower, as well as Music For The Climb, and our other soundtracks on Spotify, just search Tin Can Audio.

The soundtracks are also still available on our bandcamp page, tincanaudio.bandcamp.com, where you can purchase and download higher quality versions of the tracks, as well as a couple of little bonus features, including the earliest demo of the show.

Part 2 of The Tower will be released on September 20th 2021, we hope you can join us.



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The Climb Continues - The Tower Part II

Sun, 30 May 2021 10:03:38 +0000

'It feels like everything’s changing and all I can do is stand and watch it all happen, and try to not let it wash over me.'

Transcript available here.

The Tower Part II, arriving September 2021



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The Tower: One Year On (+ Series Update)

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 23:00:00 +0000

It has been one year since we released the first episode of The Tower. To mark the occasion, the cast of the show; Katrina Allen, David Pellow, Mark Gallie and Sarah Golding, came together to share their thoughts one year on.

We also have an update on the next part of the story.



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Music For The Climb EP - Pre-Order Now

Sun, 19 Apr 2020 09:09:47 +0000

A companion EP for The Tower.

Pre-order now: tincanaudio.bandcamp.com/album/the-tower-music-for-the-climb-ep

Full release May 3rd 2020

tincanaudio.co.uk/thetower

 



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VII - The Tomb (Part II) - The Tower Part I

Sat, 28 Sep 2019 08:20:40 +0000

'We have some funny ideas about eternity, don't we?'

A new audio fiction miniseries from Tin Can Audio

Transcript: http://bit.ly/2nphtY3

Get the whole series: https://bit.ly/2mu338F

Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio

Starring

Katrina Allan

David Pellow

Mark Gallie

 

Music by David Devereux

A Tin Can Audio Production

Written and Produced by David Devereux

 



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VI - The Tomb (Part I) - The Tower Part I

Fri, 27 Sep 2019 08:34:29 +0000

'It's just bones, Chris...'

A new audio fiction miniseries from Tin Can Audio

Transcript: http://bit.ly/2md8YPC

Get the whole series: https://bit.ly/2mu338F

Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio

Starring

Katrina Allan

David Pellow

Mark Gallie

 

Music by David Devereux

A Tin Can Audio Production

Written and Produced by David Devereux



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V - The View - The Tower Part I

Thu, 26 Sep 2019 09:40:30 +0000

'I don't have to shout anymore, I just have to climb...'

A new audio fiction miniseries from Tin Can Audio

Transcript: http://bit.ly/2mMs0MF

Get the whole series: https://bit.ly/2mu338F

Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio

Starring

Katrina Allan

David Pellow

 

Music by David Devereux

A Tin Can Audio Production

Written and Produced by David Devereux



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IV - The Fog Clears (Interlude) - The Tower Part I

Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:20:49 +0000

Composed and performed by David Devereux

 

A new audio fiction miniseries from Tin Can Audio

Get the whole series: https://bit.ly/2mu338F

Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio 

 

Music by David Devereux

A Tin Can Audio Production

Written and Produced by David Devereux

 



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III - The Ruined Watchtower - The Tower Part I

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:59:02 +0000

'The fog is not helping and I've just...not felt good today.'

A new audio fiction miniseries from Tin Can Audio

Transcript: https://bit.ly/2mkC53j

Get the whole series: https://bit.ly/2mu338F

Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio

Starring

Katrina Allan

Mark Gallie

Sarah Golding

 

Music by David Devereux

A Tin Can Audio Production

Written and Produced by David Devereux



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II - The Little Church - The Tower Part I

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 09:10:58 +0000

'Wow, this place sure got off to an optimistic start.'

A new audio fiction miniseries from Tin Can Audio

Transcript: https://bit.ly/2m2K1pE

Get the whole series: https://bit.ly/2mu338F

Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio

Starring

Katrina Allan

David Pellow

 

Music by David Devereux

A Tin Can Audio Production

Written and Produced by David Devereux



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I - Prelude & The Staircase - The Tower Part I

Sun, 22 Sep 2019 10:24:04 +0000

'I'm going to climb the Tower'

A new audio fiction miniseries from Tin Can Audio

Transcript: https://bit.ly/2kJYeYp

Get the whole series: https://bit.ly/2mu338F

Support us on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/tincanaudio

Starring

Katrina Allan

David Pellow

Mark Gallie

Sarah Grant

Music by David Devereux

A Tin Can Audio Production

Written and Produced by David Devereux



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Live Preview (January 2019)

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 09:59:38 +0000

Performed by Katrina Allen

With live music and introduction by David Devereux

In January, Middle:Below had its first live show. At the beginning of the second half, we decided to perform a special little preview of The Tower.

The series, the monologue and even the music have all evolved since this performance (David says it's a five part series, now it's seven), but it's a nice little preview of the show.

The Tower releases September 2019, for more info visit tincanaudio.co.uk/thetower

 



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Announcement Trailer - The Tower

Sat, 22 Jun 2019 16:00:00 +0000

'I've made a decision, I'm going to climb the Tower'

A new audio fiction miniseries from Tin Can Audio, coming September 2019

Press Pack: https://bit.ly/2WXFaTi

Support Tin Can Audio: patreon.com/tincanaudio



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