Aug 4, 2010
I’ve just completed a sound installation devised for the library of the atmospheric National Trust for Scotland’s Newhailes Estate. Dr Johnston once described this room as “the most learned drawing room in Europe” but its shelves are now empty.
The work was devised and created in collaboration with artist Anna Chapman whose exhibition “Subjects of Melancholy Retrospection” has drawn extensively from the books that once belonged to the library and now reside in the National Library of Scotland.
Subjects for Melancholy Retrospection
Newhailes, near Edinburgh, Scotland, 5 August – 6 September 2010
private view Wednesday 4 August 6-8pm
additional late opening Thursday 26 August 6-8pm
More information about the estate and how to get there is available here; www.nts.org.uk/Property/47/.
Apr 1, 2010
Taking Sean Williams, Owen Green and Lauren Hayes to STEIM for a week of orientation and introduction to what’s going on there.
Here is a link to our blogs; steim.org/projectblog/.
Links to some of our late night studio 2 improvisations are below:
Ode to Sextant
Have we started yet?
Master System
Short, Sweet
Beetles and Chips
TVmovie
Frittata
Grimula
Long and Boring
Jurassic Parker (Vocal Mix)
LateLurpak
Chit Chat
VeeSeeEss
Smerge
Apr 1, 2010
My opera for cinema is finally finished and on tour.
www.airless.tinpark.com
Songs for an airless room on tour, February 2010;
Friday 19th February, 6:45pm
Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT)
www.gft.org.uk/
Showing as part of the Glasgow Film Festival
www.glasgowfilmfestival.org.uk/
Tickets: 0141 332 6535
Sunday 21st February, 9:30
Cameo Cinema, Edinburgh
www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema_home_date.aspx?venueId=edbg
Tickets: 0871 704 2052
Monday 22nd February, 8pm
FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) Liverpool
www.fact.co.uk/
Tickets: 0871 704 2063
Apr 1, 2010
In December 2009, Jennifer Williams, Anna Chapman and I finally released our project Chiaroscuro Pentimenti.
The book has been beautifully designed by Anna Chapman (www.fogbank.co.uk) and is available as a limited edition of 200 for £12 including PnP, please get in touch if you want to get hold of a copy.
Apr 1, 2010
Lapslap release Zuppa Inglese, our third release on Leo Records.
You can buy the disc here: http://www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_550
Jul 15, 2009
I’ll play a concert with long-time collaborator Hannes Raffaseder at the SMC conference in Porto on the 23rd July.
This is the 6th Sound and Music Computing conference: smc2009.smcnetwork.org/. It will take place at the extraordinary Casa da Música.
Other performers on the bill that night include;
Diemo Schwarz, Yasuhiro Otani and Alexander Schubert
smc2009.smcnetwork.org/programme/concerts.html#concert2
Mar 18, 2009
In Feb 2009, lapslap released Scratch, our second album on Leo Records.
The disc can be bought from Leo Records www.leorecords.com/?m=select&id=CD_LR_531
The album was recently reviewed by John Eyles on allaboutjazz.com:
www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=32104
Dec 13, 2008
I’m writing a new piece for Music at the Brewhouse, to be performed on the Rock and Roll swindle tour in April 2009.
Dec 10, 2008
I’ll write a new work for headphones to be presented at the East Neuk festival in June 2009.
Dec 7, 2008
In December 2008, I joined online music publisher www.sumtone.com
Several older and some new pieces are published there including:
Grab 2008
Steinmetzarbeiten 1997
Sounds of Line 2000