earmap of past and present
‘…a continous present’ – a short document capturing snippets of this 30-minute composition performed at the finals of my Masters in Music course, at the Institute of Sonology, Den Haag in June 2016.
my role: composer; performer (live mixing); maker – external controller DIY instruments (gestural box (25 LDRs), 2 x LDR 3-layered screens, and 3 motors); choreographic, costume, set, video & sound design (with maxMSP).
Performers:
Aurelie Lierman – voice, movement, sandbox
Manuela Lucia Tessi – movement, player of objects
video – itself
Francesca’s Barber (2016) – Semay Wu
as part of Audio DH: Sonic Manifestations of 250 creators from Den Haag (2016)
and: (october 2020)
Audiosphere: Sound Experimentation 1980-2020
https://www.museoreinasofia.es/en/publicaciones/audiosphere
By way of a selection of hundreds of sound works, Audiosphere. Sound Experimentation 1980-2020 looks to cover an historical and cultural void in terms of the recognition, exhibition and analysis of a key part of the recent changes that have taken place in the artistic conception of sound creation.
PAST
1997 onwards –
Live band performance/touring/recording:
Bridget Storm (97-07): Ep – Stitches 2000, Terrestrial Living 2000, The Sleep 2001, Lp – Here’s What’s Left 2002, Live – UK, Texas, NY – South by SouthWest, CMJ +
Analogue Catalogue (97-07): Frances McKee (Sunny Moon 2019, 2004 & live gigs), Seaming (Seaming 2012), Robin James (Paper Earth 2011), The Shivers (More 2011), Vinny Peculiar (Other People Like Me 2011), Supreme Vagabond Craftsman (Just You, Me And The Baby (lp) 2006, Check Out My Rifle Range (ep) 2006), Aidan Smith (Fancy Barrel 2005 &live gigs), Jon Thorne’s Oedipus Complex (Manchester Road 2006 & live gigs)
Homelife (97-08): Lp – Homelife 1998, Cho Cho 1999, Flying Wonders 2002, Guru Man Hubcap Lady 2004, Ep – Unknown 1999, Playground Vol.2 2001, Seedpod/Wonderly 2001, Strangers 2001, Flying Wonders/Wobbly Jack, 2003 Too Fast 2003, Other – Beck – Guerolito 2005, Giles Peterson – The BBC Sessions Vol. 1 2005. Live – UK, Europe
Mayming (01-11): album in mix stage (rec: 2010), Live – UK, Europe, HK, China
Lotus Pedals (05-12): Lp – Fabulous Faeries, Live – UK
Threads Orchestra (08-12): Lp – Threads 2011, Ranch 2012, Live – UK
Owl Ensemble (08-12): Lp – Owl 2012, Live – UK
The Earlies (03-07, 2016): Lp – These were The Earlies 2004, Enemy Chorus 2007, The Earlies / The Rakes – In Concert 2007, Ep – Song for 3 2002, 25 Easy Pieces 2002, 3 Songs 2002, Wayward Song 2003, Morning Wonder 2003, Bring it Back 2004, The Devils Country 2004, Sara Lowes & The Earlies: I’ve Been Waiting / Ballad For Thomas Danger 2005, Burn the Liars 2006, When the Wind Blows 2007, The ground we walk on 2007, No Love in Your Heart 2006, Gone for the Most Part 2008, Message from Home 2015, Little Trooper, Live – UK, Europe, US (South by Southwest, Glastonbury x 2 +)
Recordings and occasional gigging:
Henry The Rabbit, Beatrice Morel Journel & Semay Wu (Songs Of The Marsh 2021), Alabaster dePlume (Scottish gigs 2018-19), Stephen Hero (Apparition in the Woods 2009, Deciduous Eccentric 2019), Liam Gallagher (EU tour 2019), Old Fire (Songs From The Haunted South 2017), Lee Southall (Iron In The Fire 2017), Corinne Bailey Rae (The Heart Speaks In Whispers 2016, The Sea 2008-09), Zoe Kyoti (Wishbone 2015), Sara Lowes (The Joy Of Waiting 2015, Back To Creation 2011, Tomorrows Laughter 2008), Ministry Of De-Fence (10X10:10 2014), Atsuko Kamura (Kamura Obscura 2014, I Am A Kamura 2008), Matt Owens (The Aviators’ Ball 2014), Trojan Horse (World Turned Upside Down 2014), Phil France (The Swimmer 2013, & live gig), Paul Heaton (Paul Heaton Presents… The 8th 2012), King Creosote (King Creosote’s Thrawn 2011, KC Rules OK 2005 & live gigs), Oceansize (Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up 2010, Frames 2007), Thea Gilmore (Strange Communion 2009), Stuart McCallum (Stuart McCallum 2009), Emmy The Great (First Love 2009), Ladytron (Velocifero 2008), Pictish Trail (Secret Soundz Vol.1 2008), Merz (Moi Et Mon Camion 2008), Windmill (Puddle City Racing Lights 2007 & live gig), The Late Cord ( Lights From The Wheelhouse 2006), Loka (Fire Shepherds 2006), Super Numeri (The Welcome Table 2005), RSL (Every Preston Guild 2005), Gilles Peterson (The BBC Sessions Vol. 1 2005), Kay Stand / Online Personalities / Tom Costa And The Lamenters (Dallas / Shimmy Baile / Flamboyant Rework 2005), Micah P. Hinson And The Gospel Of Progress (Micah P. Hinson And The Gospel Of Progress 2004, & live gigs), L’Âme Immortelle (Gezeiten 2004), Jean Toussaint (early 00’s), Clarke (The Measure Of My Worth), Dave Derby (Even Further Behind 2003),