Excuse the Mess is an award winning music podcast hosted by composer Ben Corrigan, getting to know some of today's most exciting music makers - talking about them and their music, hearing excerpts throughout the episode followed by a music challenge; to co-compose a new piece of music in a day using only one instrument in a matter of hours. Listeners hear the journey of the new track, starting with the 'blank page' and finishing, hopefully, with a new piece of music.

In February 2022 Hidden Notes Records released the creative collaborations born out of the podcast as limited edition books and album downloads. Released as two volumes, to mirror the two series of excuse the mess in which they were made..17 unique voices from contemporary music worlds and beyond featuring Hannah Peel, Gold Panda, Anna Meredith, Galya Bisengalieva, Manu Delago, Robert Ames, Emily Hall, Oliver Coates, Mira Calix, Matt Calvert, Douglas Dare, Laura Jurd, Mark Lockheart, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, Anne Nikitin, Alev Lenz and Elliot Galvin.

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