New release: Blackout on Ash International
New release on Ash International. Blackout is available for pre-order on July 3rd and released on July 24th.
Blackout is the first release of an extended series in which I retire my composition/improvisation palette. Over the years, it has functioned as a sort of living archive, containing close to 500 sounds from previous works, as well as new ones developed as part of an extended composition and improvisation template. I’ve used this for almost 20 years for all of my pieces.
At a certain point, however, I transitioned away from performing with a laptop. Rather than retire the palette outright I decided to work my way through it one final time. I developed a new template that ‘blacks out’ any sound once it’s been used, and thus permanently retires it from future use.
Blackout, and its two tracks, within and without, are the first works in this series.
More info here.
Intraspect Review: Waveform Magazine
New review of Intraspect by Sam Chittenden in Waveform Magazine.
New release: Blue Sun
New release – Blue Sun – with zerøspace (Lucia H Chung, Ian Stonehouse, Bill Thompson) on the Hundred Years Gallery label. All proceeds go towards supporting Hundred Years Gallery during the shutdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
New release: ruimte
New release with Phil Maguire on the verz imprint. All proceeds go towards supporting Hundred Years Gallery during the shutdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Self Isolating Compilation, Linear Obsessional
171119 included on Linear Obsessional’s Self Isolating Compilaton. The track is made from processed electromagnetic recordings of streaming data during the Coronavirus lockdown.
Review of Intraspect in The Sound Projector
Ed Pinsent reviews Intraspect in the The Sound Projector: Monochord Therapy
Also included in the January episode of The Sound Projector radio show: How Dry I Am.
Monsoon Assemblages Project, Venice Biennale 2020
Working with Neal White and Erik Kearney in the Office of Experiments, in collaboration with Monsoon Assemblages Project, on an installation for the 2020 Venice Architecture Biennale. Email for more information. Edit – postponed (but not cancelled) due to the current pandemic. Stay tuned for more information and dates.
Mouthful of Air awarded ‘Fave Five of 2019’
Mouthful of Air was named within Massimo Ricci‘s Top 5 music releases of 2019 on Toneshift music blog.
Mouthful of Air is a Limited Edition Cassette release featuring alternative mixes of Mouthful of Silence from 2018. These mixes were based on suggestions by sound and visual artist Ian Stonehouse who also designed the album art (including hand painting the first 15 covers) and composing a bonus track made from the original tracks of MoS combined with his own improvisation using modular electronics.
Review on Touching Extremes
Review on Waveform Magazine
Review on The Sound Projector
Touch night, Cafe Oto, Feb 25th
Touch presents… UnicaZürn + Zachary Paul + Howlround + Bill Thompson
Cafe Oto, Feb 25th, 7.30pm £8/£10 otd
Information about the Halldorophone (that I’m playing at the Touch gig):
Intraspect 3 – Guildford, Feb 27th
Intraspect is a concert series featuring experimental music and live electronics with artist from around the world.
The evening features three sets: a duo by the excellent live electronics group HARMERGEDDON (Polyphoniefae and Nathan Greywater), a duo between experimental and improvising musician Richard Sanderson and Bill Thompson , and an opening set by students of the University of Surrey’s Creative Music Technology program.
University of Surrey, PATS Building, Studio One, Feb 27th, 7pm – free
Promotional Video for Intraspect III
Promotional video made during a rehearsal with Richard Sanderson for the upcoming Intraspect III concert. Sanderson is on melodeon and electronics. I’m on Moog guitar and electronics. The video is the view from my studio window.
Mercury Over Maps 12, Hundred Years Gallery, Mar 14th
The 12th installment of the extended residency at Hundred Years Gallery – Mercury Over Maps 12
Featuring Rotten Bliss, Alex Bonney with Pierre Alexandre Tremblay, and Phil Maguire with Bill Thompson
Hundred Years Gallery, Mar 14th, 7:30.
COMING SOON
Nonclassical, September 23rd
Nonclassical event featuring Heather Roche and Eva Zöllner, Bill Thompson and others tbc.