This is a live recording of my latest work for Organ and Electronics: Beneath the Darkening Sea. It premiered in Aberdeen during the 2015 Sound Festival in November and features Roger B Williams on organ and myself on live electronics. The recording was made using a handheld device during the live performance and is […]
Bournemouth Fringe, 2015
Although I worked in Bournemouth for a year, it took me leaving to get a gig. These are some few photos (and a recording) from the performance during the Bournemouth Fringe Festival in 2015 (Oct 15th to be exact) with artists of the Bournemouth Emerge Group. Because my contribution didn’t occur till much later in the […]
YELLOW!
Every time we do one of these I’m amazed by what happens. It’s not just the inventiveness and skill of those involved – there is that, of course, because fast+Dirty is for professionals – these people know their craft, how to put a piece together, how to put on a show, run a company, set […]
SEXTOYS BANNED FROM HIDDEN DOOR!
Hard to believe, I know. Actually, it is hard to believe – but first I should probably tell you about SEXTOYS (the band). SEXTOYS was an idea that Ian Spink and I had after my residency at Rough Mix in 2013 (you can read more about it here). For that residency I was experimenting with […]
Noisefloor Festival, 2015
I’m excited to be playing the NoiseFloor Festival again after many years. The last time was at the invitation of my good friend David Revill who was still lecturing at Staffordshire University where it’s hosted. The gig was great and I met quite a few people I was destined to cross paths with again – […]
Lecturing Must Rest on a Foundation of Practice
I took a full-time lecturing post 9 months ago and in that time progress on my own work slowed significantly – very significantly. I was able to master one piece (co-composed with Brent Fariss), lead 1/3rd of an artist workshop (fast+Dirty 2014), host and perform in one Burning Harpsichord event (the first in London!), perform […]