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Born in Reading. First loves
were the sonic experiments of the Beatles, the Velvet Underground and
70's reggae. He studied music and sound in Cardiff and London. Began
early on to specialise in electroacoustics and interactivity, using
the IRCAM signal processing workstation (ISPW) during postgraduate
studies at the Royal College of Music.
Whilst at the RCM he began collaborating with saxophonist/composer
Andy Visser on a series of works exploring notions of performance,
including live appearances at the Colourscape Festival in Clapham,
CADE 95 at Brighton University and the South Bank Centre,
London. They were also involved in interactive cinema with Chris
Hales of the Royal College of Art, resulting in showings
in Cannes, Nagoya, Sheffield and London. The CD ROM Twelve (1994)
is available from Research Publishing.
Soon afterwards he began to incorporate lo tech analogue approaches,
developing the lo-fi sonic experiments of his youth. He has developed
a unique practice drawing on a diverse range of sources, from 60's experimentalists
Alvin Lucier and LaMonte Young through to dub pioneers King Tubby and
Lee Perry.A common
theme is the use of sound as conveyor of hidden worlds, exploring physiological
and environmental processes through the creation of sensitised fields.
Has also produced work for Sonic Arts Network, the Royal Ballet,
Too Too Physical Film Theatre, Moving Being and others,
and has worked over several years with Wales based composer Charlie
Barber.
He is also a founder of the Negative Records record label, and
keyboard/electronics player in Venus
Ray. Their first LP Chuck Berry vs IBM was released in
April 2001, with the second, The World Woke Up Without Me, out
in Spring 2002, and a third in production for 2004. Also in production
is a unique collaboration with legendary cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko,
composer of the first songs ever to be written in space (during an extended
stay on the MIR space station).
He has recently relocated to Melbourne, Australia.