Commission to write a piece of music for the Melodians steel pan orchestra in celebration of Clayground’s project. We wrote an arrangement of the traditional tune Birmingham Lads.

As part of the project the Melodians learned a new composition ‘Clay Cargo’ created by The Dead Rat Orchestra (Daniel Merrill and Nathaniel Mann). This was composed especially for the Melodians to play at this event and is based on a traditional tune created when the canals were first built to carry pottery from Stoke on Trent down to London.  ‘Clay Cargo’ was played 4 times over the 2 days and produced a fantastic response from all those participating in the event.  The event was recorded and a video of the weekend produced which includes the Melodians playing the Clay Cargo composition.