ABOUT US

The Bicrophonic Research Institute (BRI) is an organisation that makes sound and music with people and places to play from bikes ridden by you the cyclist.

Over twelve years of international projects we have developed the
sonic bike
to do this. A bike with two mounted speakers on the front and GPS receiver and Raspberry Pi computer on the back. With our bespoke mapping software, different sounds are linked to different places meaning that the interactive music played by the bike changes depending on where the cyclist goes and how fast they pedal.

Not an app and free of the internet, the
sonic bike
creates an outdoor listening experience for everyone – reaching new audiences on the street or hillside, far beyond the confines of concert halls and galleries.

Established by Kaffe Matthews and Dave Griffiths in 2013, the BRI works collectively from Berlin and Cornish labs, undertaking multiple projects annually, each one realising new site-specific music made through residential collaborations with producers and communities. Politics, time, cycling possibilities, architecture and finances all bear on each
project,
making them utterly contemporary.

Alongside, we run local
workshops
in
sonic bike making

and open source development, all information of which is
shared online.

These projects are resulting in the growth of independent sonic cycling hubs worldwide – currently in London, Finland, Houston, Brussels, Berlin and Magdeburg.

Discover the

original concept

to the sonic bike.

PEOPLE

BRI artists and coders have interdisciplinary expertise with all age ranges and abilities, able to design with children or deliver lectures at cutting edge conferences, industry events, or community centres. Audio awareness, listening, and music making across all genres and abilities is encouraged and supported.