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Master of none

I wanted to let people know about some gigs which are making me happy; one that I have played recently and two which are coming up… ORE at Cafe OTO On the 1st of February we played our first gig as ORE...

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What would happen if I presented a Late Junction?

When Verity Sharp left Late Junction I got very close to recording a “Guest Mix”, as an experiment in What would happen if I presented a Late Junction? I was really just hoping that some good would...

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Sonic Graffiti at Monomania

When Brother Bear posted a video of one of my Sonic Graffiti pieces installed in Cambridge as part of Monomania, I was reminded of how much I enjoyed making them and how I should probably share some...

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Why I am not going back to EMS, yet…

Next month, I was supposed to travel to EMS in Stockholm for a week as Guest Composer. What an honour. EMS is nothing short of seminal in the world of electronic music, and this year it celebrates 50...

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The spice of life

I have a few gigs and events coming up and as usual they are pretty varied. I can hold opposing views as to whether more focus or less focus is best. At the moment, I am just enjoying the stuff I have...

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Creating Amplification 1

This is the first in a four-part series of blog posts to document the final stages of work towards the installation of my / MortonUnderwood‘s most ambitious sound art installation to date. I must...

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Creating Amplification 2

Here is the second weekly blog post detailing our progress creating Amplification. Overview Week commencing 4th May We made significant progress this week. Many things started to fall into place and...

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Creating Amplification 3

Here is the third weekly blog post detailing our progress creating Amplification. Overview Week commencing 11th May As you can see from Phil’s face and thumbs, this week went pretty well. We got a...

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Creating Amplification 4

Here is the fourth and penultimate weekly blog post detailing our progress creating Amplification. Overview Week commencing 18th May Our penultimate week certainly had its ups and downs. Luckily our...

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Creating Amplification 5

The final blog post detailing our work creating Amplification. Now on show in Millennium Point, Birmingham. Overview Week commencing 25th May What a week! A bit of a blur really but we got there in...

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Tumblr blogs

I started a couple of Tumblr blogs: What’s He Building In There? is a place to house updates on what I am up to that don’t really warrant a full blog post on here. Work in progress / experiments etc....

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Slap organs for Town Hall Symphony Hall Birmingham

Following on from my time as Town Hall Symphony Hall Birmingham Artist-in-Residence, I was asked to design and built two slap organs, or thongaphones. They both had novel twists on the established...

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Why I have stopped making art in order to raise money for charity

I am lucky. By most standards very lucky. I am a full-time musician and artist and as such am living the dream. Yes, it’s often poorly paid and involves far more sales and admin type tasks than anyone...

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Does the world really need another campaign?

Following on from this blog post, here are some reflections on my time running the fundraising campaign Dance How You Like. Firstly, this is how the campaign turned out financially. Not bad but was it...

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We Are The Music Makers

Pick up a copy of the latest WIRE Magazine (January 2017) if you’d like to read an article I wrote – entitled We Are The Music Makers – about “inventor musicians”.

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Ear Candy – Cheltenham Jazz Festival sonic vending machines

I have just completed a commission for Cheltenham Jazz Festival to design and build 250 handmade musical instruments. Each one needed to fit inside a vending machines capsule, for purchase at the...

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Stay At Home Artist Residency

I am a sound-artist, musician and musical instrument designer. This has been my full-time occupation for six years now and I have been lucky enough to work on some great projects with some wonderful...

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HackSpace – The interview that wasn’t…

Sometimes in life, things come out of the blue…and before you know it they pass you by. That’s what happened with this interview for HackSpace magazine. This particular bolt out of the blue was very...

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Meanwhile…

What a time we’ve had of late. Has been crushing for so many musician/artist friends and of course even worse for some. Like many, I’ve been trying to work out what the future holds and how to “stay...

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