Things are pretty busy here at the moment with some great projects ‘Caught Up Soundtrack’ I’m pleased to say we’ll be writing music for choreographer Katie Green’s new work ‘Caught Up’ which will be performed at  Dance Base in Edinburgh 22nd August. Nanoplex at EXPO Brighton Just getting new work ready for the Nanoplex at EXPO, Brighton. We’re working on a 5.1 remix [...]

I had the great pleasure to be asked to nominate two people for the BBC’s Urban bursary scheme. I’ve nominated two talented musicians who been working hard to move forward in music. MVP - who’s doing great things with grime and hip hop Jahmarnyah who’s working his magic in the world of reggae good luck guys - you both deserve to [...]

I finally have my midi control surface up and running - BIG thanks to my studio partner Stu Smith (ASMO) for finishing off a project i started long ago and ran out of steam with.       Its based on a Doepfer pocket Electronic board and housed in an old cutlery case. I sourced the knobs over [...]

I’ve just completed making this merztin instrument, designed by John Richards. I’ll be performing with Merzbow and the Dirty Electronic orchestra in Leicester and Birmingham.    

I’ve just returned from a week at Steim taking a Supercollider course with Jeff Carey . Its music software which allows you to explore digital synthesis and sound processing using code. i can see its potential for exploring Curtis Roads inspired microsound and stochastic music techniques. i am going to have to force myself to spend [...]

i’m just working, with my studio partner stu, on the soundtrack and sound-design for the zombie gore-fest film Zombie Undead. Lots of feedback sounds and great gore recorded from fruit, veg and yogurt. i’ve been having pretty wild dreams last couple of nights though……. ZombieUndead

This is some of the outstanding music I’ve been listening to recently Stockhausen Kontakte Curtis Roads’ Point Line Cloud Ryoji Ikeda Dataplex Alva Noto Transrapid, Transspray and Transvision’ Sawako Hum I’ve just finished reading a collection of writings of Stockhausen. His depth of knowledge is astounding and is reflected in the fact that the music still sounds stunning 40 odd years [...]

i’ve got to the stage now with my MAX MSP patches, using Nathan Woleks granular abstractions and externals, where i’ve been using them to make music in the studio. i’ve built a patch that lets me control the granular parameters with a midi controller. after using the patches practically i now want to take them further [...]

just when i thought i had plenty to be getting on with a fellow student showed me Cecilia for Csound. It has a graphical interface for a good number of sound manipulation tools, including granular sythesis. I’ve had a brief tinker but will have to set aside some time for some serious play…… also on my, [...]

I’ve been investigating IRCAM’s Audiosculpt sound analysing and transforming software. been using it to extract partial overtones from guitar recordings from the Big Toe project. it has amazingly smooth time-stretching when taken to extremes. i’ve been reading some theory behind FFT in order to make the most of the analysis parameters - to cut a [...]