Initiatives
Perennial Processes Gallery Takeover
Gallery takeover - West End Centre, Aldershot, UK - 3rd - 28th March 2026
Perennial Processes featured three multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriters — Charlotte Hatherley, Ruth Mac and Enid. The exhibition highlighted the cyclical nature of songwriting craft and creative processes, exploring how they can shape sonic and visual composition in the realm of popular music.
The Perennial Processes exhibition was a collaboration between Not Clean Creative, Forward 4 Wiz Trust and West End Centre, with a programme of songwriting, music production-focused performances and workshops
Featured artists
DJ.AM - Open DJ Sessions
DJ Open Sessions and Workshops - West End Centre, UK 2025-2026
The informal and inclusive-style DJ sessions are open to all abilities, and participants are encouraged to bring their own music, try new things and have good coffee. We explore different DJing formats, with vinyl, CDJs and controllers. They happen monthly on a Saturday morning and are held in the bar area. DJAM is supported by Forward for Wiz Trust.
Masterclasses and Panel Discussions
Perth, Scotland, UK, Berlin, Germany and Fredrikstad, Norway, 2025-2026
At Not Clean Creative, we deliver specialist talks and masterclasses. Mark delivered a Masterclass in Composition in Production Music at BIMM Berlin on exploring the world of sync, from bespoke to production music.
Laura was asked to join as a guest panellist with JM Norway who organised the one-day conference "Amplify! Music and Youth Empowerment" in Fredrikstad, Norway, which aimed to create a common meeting point for national and international stakeholders in the youth cultural sector. She joined the panel discussion “From Participation to Pathways - How Mentorship Builds Long-Term Access in Culture”.
Laura joined a panel discussion at the University of the Highlands and Islands for their conference Voices in Practice: advancing music research for education, wellbeing & community. to discuss her expertise in innovation in Contemporary Music Production with Charlotte Hatherley from ICMP, which was supported through Ableton.
KinoSonic - Festival of Sound and Image
KinoSonic, Festival of Sound and Image - Farnham Maltings, UK 8th - 10th November, 2024
KinoSonic was a three-day festival connecting the worlds of film, music, and sound. Focused on fostering creativity, it offered a diverse programme of performances, screenings, workshops, and networking events.
The three-day film festival was created by Laura Lee, Simon Aeppli, Matthew Lindsey and Sophie Easterbrook. Hosted at the Farnham Maltings, the festival was supported by funding from the University for the Creative Arts through Knowledge Exchange.
Not Clean Creative collaborated on the curation of the festival, performances, and delivery of an Ableton workshop. Highlights of KinoSonic 2024 included acclaimed industry filmmakers and musicians, including Peter Strickland, Charlotte Hatherley, and Natasha Khan, known as Bat for Lashes, with her screening of The Dream of Delphi—A New Transmission.
SRH, University of Applied Sciences, Berlin - Creative Mentorship - Exhibition, Performances & Podcasting
SRH University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany, 2023-2025
At SRH, we collaborated to deliver a variety of creative leadership, production and performance projects which include exhibitions, production music labels, podcasting, and an Ableton-supported mentorship programme for female audio designers. We facilitated creative teams from concept and production to delivery.
