Built by Sound

Mixed Reality

Installation

Format

Mixed Reality

Year

2025

Runtime

60min

Producer

No Ghost, Dialled In

Co-Producer

Bradford 2025 City of Culture

Official Website

A mixed reality installation where memory moves to a beat.

Built by Sound is an immersive MR exploration of British South Asian communities in the 1970s and ’80s finding joy in defiance, community and music – from the thump of dhol drums in parish halls to pirate radio buzzing through walls.

Stories of the past. Technology of the future.

Created by No Ghost and Dialled In with Bradford 2025, this interactive exhibition built from archival footage, personal testimonies and spatialised rhythms, recreates a momentous era for South Asian communities in the UK – and particularly in Bradford.

Built By Sound takes us back to a time when young South Asians carved out new space in society, soundtracked their resistance against oppression, and stood up to the fascist rhetoric of the National Front – not in silence but in celebration.

Blending the physical and digital

Commissioned to celebrate the culmination of Bradford 25: City of Culture and funded by the BFI, Built By Sound expands the horizons of multi-user attractions. Designed to be highly accessible, BBS blurs the lines between physical and digital, past and present. An experiential documentary that’s built to be shared.

A mixed reality installation where memory moves to a beat.

Scripted by Nikesh Shukla and directed by Shehani Fernando, Built by Sound is a tribute to the power of collective memory as a force against racism and erasure. For anyone who’s ever felt unheard – and turned the volume up anyway. Whether you lived it, or it’s the first time you’re hearing it – this is your invitation in. A story of resistance through a rhythm that feels close, urgent, and alive.

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Credits

Executive Producer

Kye Dorricott, Dhruva Balram, Annabel Grundy, Kate Moore, Luke W Moody

Script Writter

Nikesh Shukla

Creative Director

Shehani Fernando

Narrator

Anita Rani

Original Music by

Provhat Rahman

Accessibility Consultant

Daniel Watts

Archive Licensing Producer

Jo Stones

Concept Artist

Jota Sadoval

Spatial Sound Design

Oliver Kadel

Workshop Consultant

Aamta Tul Waheed

Consulting Producer

Moss Sheikh, Mick Chandsoor

Executive Producers

Kye Dorricott, Luke Gibbard

Senior Producer

Joana Malagueira

CG Supervisor

Thomas Flavelle

UX Director

Lawrence Bennett

Development Supervisor

Jack Straw

Lead Unreal Developer

Fionna Tanner

Unreal Developers

Matthew Warshaw, Seonjeong Park, Patryk Ponichtera

Tech Artists

Michal Firkowski, Elliot Kajdan

3D Artist

Sarah Zimmerman

UI / UX Designer

Marianne Thomas

Executive Producer

Dhruva Balram

Creative Director

Ahad Elley

Executive Director

Ahsan-Elahi Shujaat

Head of Marketing

Mahnoor Hussain

Producer

Samia Ahmed

Production Designer

Shankho Chaudhuri

Additional Audio Support

Misbah Uddin

Development Producer

Sparsh Ahuja

Creative Director

Shanaz Gulzar

Executive Producers

Annabel Grundy, Kate Moore

Senior Producer

Jodie Noble

Producer

Kat Boon

Creative Technologist

Matt Allen

Production Manager

Joseph French

Executive Producer

Luke W Moody

Film and Production Executive

Hannah Bush Bailey

Head of Business Affairs

Suzanne Alizart

Doc Society Head of Film

Shanida Scotland

Doc Society Director

Sandra Whipham

Production Coordinator

Kit Colbourne

BHRU Archive Interviews

Tony Walker, Marsha Singh

Archive Footage

Bahoo Films, Bhangra Beat, footage courtesy of Leonard Bertoia, Bradford District Museums & Galleries, CBMDC, British Film Institute, Copyright BBC, Getty Images, I'm British...But, Yorkshire Film Archive

Archive photographs and other material

Belle Vue photos and archive recordings courtesy of Bradford District Museums & Galleries, Bradford Local Studies library, Eddie Charles, Ishaq Kazi, Mick Chandsoor, Moss Sheikh, Oriental Arts, Report Digital, Tim Smith

With special thanks to:

Colin Waddell, DJ Khalida, Dipak Mistry, Elizabeth Llabres, Ellen Oakden, Espen Bale, Farena Bashir, Ghazala Rashid, Girish Mistry, Graham Relton, Gurj Kang, Haafiz Zahid Butt, Holly Taylor, Kooj Chuhan, Leonard Bertoia, Mary Dowson & Jonathan Pinfield, Bradford, Community Broadcasting, Olivia Johnstone, Rashad Khan, Simon McCallum, Stephanie, Molloy, Tim Smith, Tim Walker

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Stories of the past. Technology of the future.

Blending the physical and digital

A mixed reality installation where memory moves to a beat.

Recognition

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Credits

Executive Producer

Script Writter

Creative Director

Narrator

Original Music by

Accessibility Consultant

Archive Licensing Producer

Concept Artist

Spatial Sound Design

Workshop Consultant

Consulting Producer

Executive Producers

Senior Producer

CG Supervisor

UX Director

Development Supervisor

Lead Unreal Developer

Unreal Developers

Tech Artists

3D Artist

UI / UX Designer

Executive Producer

Creative Director

Executive Director

Head of Marketing

Producer

Production Designer

Additional Audio Support

Development Producer

Creative Director

Executive Producers

Senior Producer

Producer

Creative Technologist

Production Manager

Executive Producer

Film and Production Executive

Head of Business Affairs

Doc Society Head of Film

Doc Society Director

Production Coordinator

BHRU Archive Interviews

Archive Footage

Archive photographs and other material

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