electro-acoustic
composer, sound designer, performer
Wanderers in the Skies Mvt. 1
2021
Wanderers in the Skies is a 3 movement piece for Choir and Electronics, with words by Jamie Lee. Mvt 1 is wordless, exploring the theme of outer space.
interactive composition (choir)
Wanderers in the Skies Mvt. 2
2021
Unlike the vast emptiness of the first movement, Mvt 2 is the sound of meteors flying and galaxies colliding. The choir splits in two, either side of the audience.
interactive composition (choir)
Wanderers in the Skies Mvt. 3
2021
Mvt 3 focuses on humanity's place in the universe. All sounds in the electronics part are field recordings.
interactive composition (choir)
By Human Design
2021
An exploration of two of my favourite inventions: the bicycle and the typewriter. The sounds develop and morph into their respective successors: the motorcycle and the computer.
fixed-media composition
Skein#7
2020
This track flows between distinct 'temporal bubbles'. The listener will be placed in different locations and times, stitched together with relevant transitions.
fixed-media composition
Vimanica
2018
Exploring the relationship between the human voice and the voice of a 'machine'. Live processing of the voice of soprano Freya Parry.
interactive composition (soprano singer)
Child's Play Mvt. 1
2019
Movement 1 - Innocence. The exploration of child-like innocence through the processing and manipulation of recordings of kid's toys.
fixed-media composition
Child's Play Mvt. 2
2019
Movement 2 - Discovery. Exploring the idea of child's discovery of the world with wide-eyed excitement.
fixed-media composition
Child's Play Mvt. 3
2019
Movement 3 - Destrutction. Exploring the idea of the destruction of childhood innocence by external worldly realities.
fixed-media composition
Sub 4.5
2020
‘Sub 4.5’ is a sonification of the data from Felix Zemdegs’ 4.22 second 3x3 Rubik’s cube solve on May 6th, 2018. Each Rubik's cube move is represented by a gestural sound.
data sonification
To Rest
2020
A piece exploration climate action. Performed on Oxford Road in Manchester - when passerbys take a climate action leaflet, the music progesses. If rejected, it recesses.
interactive composition (public)
Handel Re-Imagined
2018
Comission for Collective31's re-imagined project, borrowing all harmony and melody from the Messiah movements 'How beautiful are the feet' and 'Why do the nations rage'.
interactive composition (choir)
Spaceport
2016
An early electro-acoustic composition, manipulating recorded sounds of a tin-can and a Pyrex™ jug.
fixed-media composition
An electronic garden
2019
A piece composed for collaboration with Distractfold music ensemble - live electronics performed by myself; Rocío Bolaño on Bass Clarinet; Alice Purton on cello.
interactive composition (bass clarinet, cello)
Arch #1
2019
Collaboration with Architecture student Charlotte De Moor. A sonification of some of her designs.
fixed-media composition
When Two Souls Danced
2017
Composition for live electronics and melodica. Both here are performed by myself in a live performance scenario.
interactive composition (melodica)
The Shack
2015
My first ever electro-acoustic composition, using a limited set of recorded sounds. It portrays a abstract image of a shack.
fixed-media composition
The Effect of Fear
2017
A sound representation of how fear can alter the brain.
fixed-media composition
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