Music project captures ‘sound of carbon’ by recording in Durham coalmine

Piece that will premiere at book festival includes mine's cavernous' effects, music by colliery bands and interviews

It was odd, but really fun," said Adam Cooper about his time spent helping to record the sound of an empty coalmine. To put it in one word, I'd say it sounds cavernous. But it also has its own complexities and depth to it."

Cooper and his colleagues spent time down an old drift mine to capture the sound of carbon" for a new musical commission that will premiere this weekend.