Here you will find me on production (mine and others), recorded materials (some for live performances) and arrangements. In recording the cello, the capacity that I work in will depend on the artist I work with, from free improvisations to direct translation of ideas. I generate prep with lines of melody, harmony, countermelodies, chords, textures etc., anything that could be used. Recording sessions have either been done at home or in recording studios near and far. Anything is possible, just.
I have had the pleasure of working with a vast number of solo artists and bands/collectives/groups, some of which I have been a longstanding member of. You’ll find some on the discogs link below. I’ve yet to complete it with everything I’ve done, but for now this’ll do. https://www.discogs.com/artist/420572-Semay-Wu
| Artist & recording info | link | additional |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | ||
| paul baran | tbc | recorded at 61 Berkeley street, glasgow |
| Solo Music/waterfront studios in camelon & home | tbc | ongoing, in prep |
| Paper Machine Music/home | tbc | ongoing, in prep |
| 2021 | ||
| field recording experiments/Collemacchia | https://semaywu.com/2022/0/13/the-apennine-mountain-footpaths/ | ongoing, in prep |
| i Scan The Room/home & glasgow | https://semaywu.com/compositions/ | Commissioned by Stewart Smith and “Jazz at the Third Eye”, Glasgow |
| Sounds Like Scran/home | https://www.soundslikescran.com | Audiovisual production, post-production & website presentation of a Manchester-wide community project. Commission by CFCCA |
| 2020 | ||
| Henry The Rabbit/amsterdam | “Songs of the Marsh” | Recorded in 2016. Released by Moon Glyph (cassette) Feb 26 2021 |
| John-Mark Lapham/home | tbc | ongoing, in prep |
| Ilya Ziblat Shay/home | “A Fundamental mode of being in the World” | voiceover work. Published on Seismograf (peer-reviewed audio paper)-06 April 2021 |
| His Grace the Earl of Killorglin/home | tbc | cello work |
| Old Fire/home | Songs from the Haunted South | The song “Dead House Dream” for the film “Where is Palestine?”-2020. Documentary. Director: Nathan Driskell |
| Lisa Fannen/home | Faultline Chitty | Composed, recorded and produced for Lisa’s poem ‘Chitty”. ‘Faultline’ – released: May 22, 2020 |
| Semay & Gavin Brown ‘Onthefly/larbert | 02022020 space our performance | Performed live. Video produced for live-stream event, brainchild of Lam Lai, composer in The Hague. |
| 2019 | ||
| Semay Wu/amsterdam | Exquisite Corpse | Audio Production for (Flora Reznik’s) docu-video (Jan/Feb 2020) for composition ‘Exquisite Corpse’, with Dan Gibson, and New Emergences. Premiered Nov 23 2019, Splendor, Amsterdam. |
| Matthew Bourne/london | tbc | Salomé recordings for Coup D’Archet (Glenn Armstrong) label. |
| Liam Gallagher/london | Once Champagne Supernova | BBC Radio 1 Piano Sessions, at the end of his European tour. |
| Semay Wu/home | docu’ here | Live solo performance: composition with automata – Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre. Short doc produced by OnTheFly. Audio by Semay. |
| Sonja van Kerkhoff/home | An Unfinished Symphony video here | Arranged, performed and produced for video by Sonja van Kerkhoff. |
| Henry The Rabbit/amsterdam | Enola Gay | Cello recorded for the track “Enola Gay” for Petrol Chips |
| 2018 | ||
| Stephen Hero/lancashire | Deciduous Eccentric | Cello on Deciduous Eccentric, released Sept 27 2019 |
| Howie Reeve/glasgow | Cracks – Come to the Surface | Written with Howie Reeve, recorded and mastered by Jim McEwan, Glasgow. |
| Kris Weston/various | tbc | Recorded at home and lancashire. various sessions. |
| Philip Kay/home | Hennessey advert | Cello work – composed/arranged by Philip Kay for Woodwork Music. |
| Semay Wu/home | video here | Performance at White Space in Edinburgh, for Sonically Depicting. Video and audio production. |
| Semay Wu/hong kong | “Walking with Doreen” | Film made (to be completed). Field recordings from self-funded residency in HK, and voices recorded from residency in Oxford (below). |
| Semay Wu/home & oxford | docu’ here | Modern Art Oxford – public residency. Short doc (for now). |
| 2017 | ||
| Theatre Alibi/exeter | Apple John audio here | cello/performer – music composed and performed by Tom Johnson for Theatre Alibi’s production: Apple John. Recording production: Duncan Chave |
| t.b.contd. |