Sing Something Extra is the last in a series of ‘mixtapes’ i made between 1981 and 1993. like the rest of the series, it’s a pile of other peoples music shovelled into a Plunderphonic concrete mixer. The four parts will be let loose on here over the coming weeks/months as a semi virtual pseudo podcast. (more…)

I’m collaborating with Cathryn Kemp for her installation ‘In Memoriam’ in the crypt at St. Mary in the Castle, A large Victorian church on the Hastings sea front. The piece is a tribute to the young women who fell victim to tuberculosis in the 19th century and sought the ‘sea cure’ in Hastings, many of whom are buried in the crypt. My job is to add ghostly utterances, whispers and unsettling stuff to the space, yay! Free admission – from Aug 6 – 12.30 pm PV 6 – 8

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A group of artists of varied disciplines were invited to The Stade Hall over two weeks culminating in a public event from 30 July – 31 July 2011 as a part of the Coastal Currents festival based in Hastings on the south east coast of England. Jon Weekes (that’s ma boy) has created a UPIC type app using Python. It’s very simple but shows off his programming skills rather well. Nice little features like saving when the screen is cleared and an event recorder.

The “Drynth” as he’s called it is projected onto a large screen in the hall and users operate it with a graphics tablet. Jon’s website is here

Hastings pier went up in flames last week. Some of the night-time images of the fire inspired me to use HyperUpic on them. The previous week i was under the pier taking videos so i used a short sample from the soundtrack as an “oscillator”.

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“Framework is a show consecrated to field recording and it’s use in composition” and on this particular occasion a batch of Ted Versicolor stuff got aired during the programme.  Some months ago, I sent Patrick McGinley a CD entitled “Lonely Fences”, a compilation of wire fence recordings i’d made since 1988. The programme contains many of the pieces. Listen to it here while stocks last.

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For more info about this essential and fascinating programme including detailed playlists see frameworkradio.net

Ok a whole hour is a bit ambitious to start with. I think 15 minutes is more interesting anyway so here’s BlOgCaSt No. 1
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That’s what this is for. Over time i will post hour long sections of audio mulch here. You can place an order for it by subscribing and i hope to blast it thru iTunes before long.