This work was generated by gramophone and carpet protectors donated by elders from the West Indian community in Chapeltown, Leeds. It was a negotiation of two generations of residents. The Gramaphone was used to listen to Church music on a Sunday and for a get-together on a Saturday. It was also able to pick up international stations. Whilst not unusual for a West Indian family, this represented a level of access to information and music that was not typical of most working-class families in Leeds at the time.
The work reflects on the effects of sound and music on the household. The clear carpet protectors covered a pristine, deep-pile red carpet, and the colour has transferred onto the protector with time. It should be hung on the wall, but it has never been displayed this way yet. The piece is fully functioning for sound, and tracks can be commissioned. Music was so important in households at a time when black people in Britain could not gather anywhere but their own homes. Some of my best childhood memories were of loud house parties in my Grandmother's terraced home.