innovation in music production - University of Central Lancashire

INNOVATION IN
MUSIC PRODUCTION
THIRD YEAR FINAL DEGREE SHOW
WEDNESDAY 11 MAY TO FRIDAY 13 MAY, 2.00PM - 11.00PM
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/ Knowle Green Congregational Church, Longridge
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Blue Malta is the self-titled online digital release of a
collection of compositions by Blackpool based composer
and producer Matthew Billington. Matt works as a
freelance recording engineer and is manager of the
independent production company Six Twelve
(www.sixtwelveproduction.co.uk).
The pieces within share influences ranging from the
ambient works of Boards of Canada, Brian Eno and
Aphex Twin, to the droning music of Phill Niblock and
Yellow Swans. There are also elements of noise music
and audio disintegration present. Underpinning the
focus of the collection is very much the idea of
hauntology, or ‘the figure of the ghost’. A reference
to the past, fundamentally present within the sonic
textures of the music.
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Credits:
Matt Billington (Blue Malta) – Composition, recording, and production.
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Online:
https://soundcloud.com/matt-billington-162197124
Tom Blackburn
Preparation
Is Vital
“Preparation is vital. No detail can be overlooked and the
ritual is intoxicating: duct tape, rubber sheets; necessary
tools for play.”
Preparation Is Vital is a sound installation that utilises
a mixture of acousmatic sound, sampling, musical
composition and recorded audio to create a sonic
environment that places the listener in the position of
a victim at the hands of a serial killer, savouring the
moment as they perform their rituals and prepare for the
kill. Heavily sedated and without vision, the victim is left
with sound alone to decipher their surroundings while
experiencing drug-induced auditory hallucinations.
The composition takes influence from a variety of horror
films and crime drama TV series and how the audio is
often an integral and driving force to a scene.
The composer, Tom Blackburn, is a sound engineer and
frequent composer who has taken a keen interest in the
horror/crime genres and the importance of composition
and sound effects to create suspense and tension.
Image credit:
http://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/assets/images/hostage-song-main.jpg
Jordan Clark /
Blacklight
Faculty 6
‘Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be
free from it even if we so desired.’ – Boëthius
Jordan Clark, working under the pseudonym Blacklight, is
an artist operating within the field of audiovisual installation
and electronic music production. Through studying Music
Production at UCLan, he has been involved within the
development and realisation of several different audiovisual
installations and exhibitions, including ‘Superbia in Proelia’
and ‘Reflected Reality’ at 53°, Preston, Lancashire.
‘Faculty 6’ is a multi-screen audiovisual installation
exploring six mental faculties that psychologist Steven
Pinker theorises are vital to how the brain comprehends
music. Pinker’s faculties provide evidence of how our
species has established such a strong connection with
music. Drawing influence from video artist Nam June
Paik, the installation will explore each mental faculty
through both audio and visual compositions.
Viewers are invited to read about the faculties and explore
the set of the installation in order to understand various
ways in which music can connect with the human species.
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Billy Clements
In Their Mind
‘In Their Mind’ is a surround sound piece by Billy Clements
that follows a creative working on a new piece of music.
It places the listener in the creative space and in the
mind of the creative as they start a new project and the
troubles they go through.
Billy Clements is an audio engineer originally from
Manchester. He is in the final year of a BA (Hons) in
music production at UCLan. In late 2013 he set up his own
recording company Generation Records, now known as
Outlander Records. He has recorded bands and solo artist
a like however a production on this scale was something
he had never done before, he wanted to rise to the
challenge and spread awareness.
Jack Davenport
‘blink’
‘blink.’ is a series of short abstract films, exhibited as a
multi-screen presentation. The three separate films are
presented simultaneously and are accompanied by the
same original soundtrack. ‘blink.’ explores the idea of
themes within abstract film through the unity of audio
and visuals.
These works take influence from a wide variety of films
and albums, and elements from a number of styles
and musical genres have been employed in the final
presentation.
Jack Davenport is a composer and producer based in
the north west of England. He is involved with a number
of music based projects. Jack releases music under a
pseudonym and runs an Instagram based arts project
called ‘10SecondBeats’.
www.soundcloud.com/jckdvnprt
www.instagram.com/10secondbeats
Jez / Jérémie
Djossou
Micro Calamity
Micro Calamity is a series of electronic compositional
works in the form of an EP.
Jez (Jérémie Djossou) is an aspiring freelance composer.
With a wide range of skills implemented and developed
over his years of practice in media, he specializes in
electronic and vocal composition as well as music video
shooting end editing. Influenced by a wide range of
artists, both electronic and instrumental, his familiar poplike melodic style is fused with innovative structure and
creative implementations of the human voice as a musical
instrument through the use of electronic processing
reminiscent of artists such as Daft Punk.
The pieces in Micro Calamity represent a culmination of
years of refinement of Jez’s individual sound.
Ayrton Drake
Back to
the roots
Ayrton Drake, artist alias ‘Sensei’. His first major influence
and origins as an artist are deeply routed in Dubstep, taking
great inspiration from record labels such as DMZ, and Deep
Medi.Since then Sensei’s sound has evolved into its own,
lowering the speed to 120BPM whilst keeping a dark and
moody atmosphere. His sound can only be described as UK
Bass music, if it was to be plotted on a graph it would be
found somewhere between Dubstep and Techno.
The concept of this piece was to embrace the original
principals and ideas in dance music and dance music
culture and combine them with todays. The motivation
behind this idea stemmed from how dance music is
portrayed and perceived in today’s modern adaptation of
the music, specifically for and by its mainstream audience.
Within the mainstream area of dance music, a great deal of
emphasis is placed on the idea of ‘super-star DJs’ and large
scale productions / shows with little on the actual music.
‘Back To The Roots’ (a take on the title of Jonny L’s Drum
and Bass Record ‘Back To Your Roots’) looks at taking a
step back from this with four original pieces composed and
produced by Sensei using original material (found sound)
and classic material (Roland drum machine samples).
The pieces also utilize classic dance music compositional
methods such as sampling and combines them with
modern day production techniques, drawing inspiration
from genres that have influenced the scene and Sensei alike.
Credits:
Composition and Artwork - Jez Djossou
Presented on a white label vinyl with only a pair of
headphones to listen, the piece completely disassociates
itself from any of modern dance music’s mainstream fame.
Jake
DullentyHarrington
In Between is
No Place to Be
A six track extended play created by composer and
producer Jake Dullenty-Harrington. He has worked with
independent artists from various genres, which include
Palace Arcade, Lyon Road, Cavana and Beth Thomas.
Notable influences that have helped craft the stylish
and modern indie pop sound include the albums ‘Holy
Fire’ by Foals and ‘Continuum’ by John Mayer. Working
within a genre, which can be described as ‘Landfill Indie’,
‘In between is no place to be’ attempts to innovate new
and unique ways to craft the typical musical and stylistic
features of the genre.
The instrumentation for the compositions consist
of drums, bass guitar, synthesizers and guitars,
accompanied by vocals depicting life in a northern
English town. The work focuses on typical pop structure,
melody and harmonic underpinning, with sonic quality
and interest applied with use of analogue synthesizer
and bowed guitar.
Credits:
Composed and produced by Jake Dullenty-Harrington
Vocals performed by Tom Byrom
Drums performed by Josh Whittington
Johnathan
(Fan) Evans
Solstice
Solstice is a short film that follows the thoughts and
actions of two individuals within a bleak present day
setting. Dealing with their own personal issues of
delirium, frustration, loneliness and their torments from
these difficulties.
You are welcomed to compose your own soundtrack
to this interpretive piece of film and will be provided
with a midi keyboard, a choice of five timbres and your
imagination, adding your own unique touch to the film.
Fan is a filmmaker, musician and producer whose
workings are usually within horror, occultism and
surrealism, typically accompanied with compositions
ranging from atmospheric textures, electronica, extreme
metal and minimalistic drones.
Oliver Halstead
Music For
An Ending
Oliver Halstead is a composer, producer and sound
designer from Southport, England, who specialises
in original composition and the utilisation of various
instruments to create intriguing sonic textures and
landscapes. Over the past five years, Oliver has
developed a range of skills and techniques that assist
him in the creation of musical works that differ in both
style and concept.
Inspired by the works of figures such as Steve Reich and
Justin Vernon, with further influence from the likes of
Bryce Dessner and So Percussion, ‘Music For An Ending’
is an audio installation that focuses on the subject of
used and worn acoustic instruments, and their often
overlooked qualities.
The piece explores themes of minimalism and
degradation, allowing participants to experience the
final contribution of a small selection of instruments
towards the creation of a composition that seeks to
celebrate the character and charm of discarded items.
Rob Jepson
Space & Sound
(also hats)
Consider yourself wearing a hat.
Antony Jones
Your brain area fits nicely under this hat - congratulations!
You have successfully contained your entire reality!
Ponder this, also: you can move freely, within a space.
Soon to be a graduate in music production at UCLan, and
using the skills developed throughout the degree, he has
produced and developed previous installations; such as
‘Stress’ and ‘Home’ (53° Preston), from which the current
work draws influence.
This may be unnecessary to ponder, as it is likely
something you’re familiar with.
Continue imagining a hat.
This hat is an important hat, but why you’ll never know.
Life requires mystery.
‘One in 7’ is conceptual collection of music that explores
sound, themes, collaging and the amalgamation of all.
The sounds heard here are intended to sit alongside a
growing body of work being promoted towards film and
television soundtrack uses, in addition to existing as stand
alone instrumentals. Throughout this work, the concept
of returning to a particular theme is explored in various
ways, the ‘one’ in 7 being the theme and the protagonist.
The hat could be completely useless.
It could also be used to paint the area around you
with sound.
Is a hat still a hat when it is also a paintbrush?
Yes.
---Rob Jepson is a composer and artist, his installations
blend irreverence, interaction and aesthetic minimalism.
His latest work, Space & Sound (also hats) is an eccentric
multi-participant instrument, taking influence from
David Shrigley, Monty Python and Dadaism.
Antony Jones, working under the stage name Tony
Arnott, is a multi-instrumentalist, sound designer and
music producer with a grounding in the fields of; music
concrete, acousmatic, electronic as well as rock, postrock and soundtrack music.
soundcloud.com/tonyarnott
Daniel B. Jones Voyager Suite
Daniel B. Jones is a British composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, and cinematic music.
After enjoying creating works for a variety of mediums including: short films, independent
games and theatre productions, Daniel wanted to expand into live performance.
The Voyager Suite is his latest works, incorporating a combination of: bass guitar,
programmed material and live synthesis into the live performance.
The concept of the Voyager Suite is based upon the journey taken by the NASA Voyager
probes and their exploration and study of the outer Solar System. A work has been composed
for each of the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) after taking inspiration
from the images captured by the probes and from the descriptions of the Roman and Greek
deities from which their names are taken.
The suite opens with Jupiter, the God of Thunder, dominated by strong thundering rhythmical
figures which continue through the piece. It is a sound of anger, of inexorable power and
suggestive of the terrible storm which Jupiter brings.
The force of Jupiter is contrasted with the calm, understated, and fortuitous Saturn, the
God of Time. Instead of the belligerence percussion of Jupiter the instrumentation now
favors delicate electronics and ever-changing tempos and time signatures.
Uranus, the God of the Heavens continues the delicate aesthetic introduced by Saturn
but moves from themes of ever-changing tempos to celestial textures and ambiences.
To convey Neptune, the God of the Sea, a continuing rise and fall in dynamics creates a depiction
of the lapping of the ocean’s waves, which continues until the piece melts away into silence.
Credits:
Artwork - Photofilm - Live Performance
original pastel canvas commissioned by Bethany Anne Jones,
post-production by Daniel B. Jones
all photos & images sourced from:
http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/imagesvideo/imagesbyvoyager.html
- Bass Guitar by Rhys Sumner
Matt Kilburn
Adapted MIDO
Controller
Matt Kilburn presents an ‘Adapted MIDI Controller’ as an
exploration of composition using an unfamiliar product.
In this instance the product in question is an open-source
prototyping platform – Arduino.
Matt Kilburn’s focus within the industry is based around
studio engineering. This derives from an interest in the
technical side of recording and producing and therefore
led to the idea for using a technical outlook to aid a
composition.
Matt’s background in music composition is mainly
orientated around Rock music however since studying
he has had a growing interest in Ambient music. As his
technical knowledge and compositional skills in ambient
works are still developing, the combination of the two
in one project have helped further his understanding
of both aspects and increased his enthusiasm in these
fields of work.
Francisco
Javier
Lopez-Roberts
Synthomnia
Francisco Javier Lopez-Roberts is a composer with
a passion for music and technology. Originally from
Spain, Francisco is now based in Preston. Digital music
composition has always satisfied Francisco’s passion until
he decided to learn more about synthesisers. Ever since
then, a whole new world of sound design was revealed
before him.
Using 4 different synthesis methods (subtractive,
additive, granular and wavetable) Francisco has
developed ‘Synthomnia’, a piece where sound synthesis
itself is the main theme.
’Synthomnia’ explores every synthesiser used in it without
limitations. No genre is defined therefore no sound is
forbidden, no structure is followed and no tempo is held
more than needed. It is not a piece meant to be played
in a club but a piece meant to create questions to the
listeners and answer them to the composer.
Credits:
Artwork
Sound design and music
Francisco Javier Lopez-Roberts
Francisco Javier Lopez-Roberts
David Malone
Ellipse
My name is David and I have been using music
throughout my life, the style of music I listen to varies
depending on the mood I am in or what setting I’m
around. As for the music written for this piece I feel it will
express a more calm and subtle nature of my person.
Throughout this assignment I have produced music in the
form of a 4-track EP, the style of these tracks will be a
melodic hardcore, whilst maintaining the lighter elements
of this genre. Drawing influence from bands such as;
Basement, Listener, Knuckle puck, The story so far,
Boston Manor and early day Sum 41. Using the inferences
from these bands I have produced an equivalent to if not
similar sounding EP. I have used my Fender Jazzmaster
for the main melody of all these tracks and have used
midi instruments to accompany it.
I have written multiple tracks, which sound as if they
follow the previous almost like a story.
Josh Marshall
Day by Day
Josh Marshall is an up and coming sound designer,
specialising in the use of Foley and sound design to
produce sound effects for video games.
‘Day by Day’ is an extended soundscape piece that
implements Foley recording techniques and sound design
to create the auditory happenings of the stereotypical
‘nine to five’ office workspace. Recording objects found
in typical office workspaces and performing Foley to
produce the sounds the piece begins to explore the task
of the ‘employee’ from the moment they wake up, to the
moment they go to bed at night, the piece aims to act as
a narrative of an average day for this ‘employee’.
Running throughout the day listeners are invited to
visit the work and explore the timeline of the piece and
discover what tasks the ‘worker is currently’ undertaking.
Drew Moreland
Analogue
Manipulations
Analogue Manipulations is an installation designed and
created by Drew Moreland, a DJ and music producer
whose interests lie within not only the production of
electronic music, but the synthesis and manipulation of
analogue sound material, and where these subjects can
unite. ‘Analogue Manipulations’ is a video installation
that displays how analogue media can be synthesised
and subsequently manipulated. Exercising instruments in
ways not initially intended by their creator.
You are invited to engage with this video installation,
which demonstrates multiple techniques created and
developed to explore unconventional uses of analogue
sound media. This piece culminates in a loop based
electronic audio track similar in genre to experimental
techno or dance music. The audience is invited to not
only experience the sonic and visual media but also
to interact with one of the developed instruments
‘The Scrub-Board’.
Molly Norris
Natural
Rhythms
Natural Rhythms is an example of how nature itself has
a constant rhythm. A variety of field recordings were
used in this piece exhibiting the natural rhythms. The
installation manipulates sounds such as trees cracking,
running water, bird chirps and other sounds heard in
wooded areas in West Lancashire to demonstrate how
rhythm can be found in unexpected places.
Molly Norris is a music producer from West Lancashire.
Molly has played a variety of instruments from the age
of eight including guitar and piano. Molly began her BA
(Hons) Music Production degree in 2013 and is hoping to
begin her Post Graduate Certificate in Education in early
years education in September 2016.
A special thanks to the children of St Stephens C of E
Primary School in Preston for assisting with the aesthetic
of Natural Rhythms.
Alex O’Brien
Changing Days
‘Changing Days’ is the name of a five-track E.P of guitar
based works that I have composed. The guitars in the
work are in the forefront of the pieces, and the guitar
lines are what the compositions were built around. The
guitars tend to be providing melodic lines, as well as the
harmony and tonality of the pieces. The overall works
take influence from an array of artists such as Tears
for Fears, Michael Jackson, Teardrop Explodes, Stone
Roses, Foals, Chemical Brothers and The Strokes. An
overall influence on the work is that of 80s pop, this is
something that I have previously explored, but a way of
putting a more unique spin on these compositions was
by introducing other influences such as modern day ones.
From genres such as indie/alternative and dance. This
combination can be seen through the instrumentation on
the works, with elements such as the synths parts, and
the guitar lines. The instrumentation is also a combination
of triggered and live sound, this can be seen primarily on
the drums by the blend of this bringing together the 80s
pop elements drum machines and the indie/alternative
one of live recorded drums. On the works to give them
a slightly differing original feel and to make them more
unique, there is use of sampling. This is mainly found
sound materials, the reason for this is that it creates a
specific sound on the works as the samples are used
to blend in with the drum parts and are effected in
various ways.
Rebekah
Okpoti
Choshek Or Darkness
into Light
A walk through series of 4 installations part of the
‘Look and See, Listen and Hear Series’
1. ‘Choshek - The Darkness’ - inspired by the works
of Luciano Berio’s song cycle “Circles”. Choshek will
encompass you in its environment.
2. ‘Choice - The Gate’ - inspired by the works of
Charles Ives – ‘The Unanswered Question?’. ‘Choice’
is an interactive installation allowing space for
audience participation.
3. ‘Into Or’ – Contributors response to ‘Choshek Or’
on canvas accompanied by their stories.
rebekahokpoti.com
Choshek Or
has been hosted by:
The Studio,
Manchester
(November 2015)
Knowle Green
Church Hall
(May 2016)
Lotherton Hall,
Servants Hall
(September 2016)
4. ‘Light as a feather’ - an interactive installation based on the
weights and measurements of darkness and light typified
by a soundscape influenced by the works of Danny
Elfman combined with the sounds of Ghana and Uganda.
Date: Friday 20th and Saturday 21st May 2016
Times: Open between the hours of 3:30pm - 9pm both days
At: Knowle Green Congregational Church (Hall),
Clitheroe Road, Knowle Green,
Longridge, Preston PR3 2YQ
Rebekah Okpoti ATCL, RNCM Cert, L3 Ed and training,
Training Officer 143 Squadron (RAF/ATC),
Arts award advisor/centre.
Brendan Poxon
Sound
and Matter
Brendan Poxon is an electronic music producer, guitarist
and songwriter based in south Cumbria.
Sound and Matter is an installation that explores the
relationship between sound and matter by combining
an electronic music composition with multiple video
projections and an audio transducer plate.
The installation aims to provide the audience with a
visual representation of how the layered sounds of the
composition affect their bodies, which is portrayed
through the phenomena of Cymatics. The Cymatics will
be manifested using three types of matter, which include
solids, fluid and non-Newtonian fluid. The materials are
chosen in an attempt to represent the matter of the
human body.
The composition incorporates the stylistic elements of
Electronic Music, drawing inspiration from popular artists
such as Koan Sound, Asa and The Prodigy.
Michael Richter
Time For
Yourself
Michael Richter hails from Estonia and has lived and worked
in England for the past three years. As a self-taught multi
instrumentalist, Michael composes in many genres for a
variety of projects, both academic and commercial.
‘Time For Yourself’ is Michael’s latest work and is
concerned with the notion of escapism. The presentation
of musical composition and visual media (all composed,
filmed and edited specifically for the installation) provides
an environment that is designed to evoke an emotive
response individual to each audience member. This work
has been inspired by Brian Eno and Sigur Ros. During the
presentation the audience is invited to move around the
space and enter or leave the auditorium as they wish.
Mateusz Rojda
Journey
Mateusz Rojda works under the pseudonym MAT CANE
and originates from the industrial city Gdansk in Poland.
Based in Manchester for the last three years Mateusz
has developed from solely DJing to producing electronic
dance music. DJ performances of his works continue on
a regular basis throughout Northern and Central England,
Poland and Spain.
‘Journey’ is Mateusz’s latest work and is an audiovisual
presentation that is composed of time-lapse videography
and unique musical composition from the past twelve
months. Recordings of the whole year will be presented,
in simulation of one day that will represent 24 hours from
sunrise to sunset.
Luke Sallis
/ Terreux
Time For
Yourself
Luke Sallis aka Terreux is a third year student on BA (Hons)
Music Production at UCLan. With successful releases on
record labels, Circular Jaw and Brunswick Sound, Terreux
has stylised his music with a substantial influence from
Breakbeats and Jungle. From an early age, Terreux was
exposed to early UK Hardcore, a genre sprung from Jungle
which has been influencing many of his compositions
through the form of Breakbeats.This project will show
Terreux going to the roots of his influences. DC-60, an
album project exclusively written for cassette playback,
consists of many stylistic approaches to the sound of
the Breakbeat with many original tracks as well as a few
remixes. It is being presented on a tape deck surrounded by
many inspirational images and famous club night posters
around 1990’s London.
Credits:
Artwork: Nikolaj Knjazev, Mateusz Rojda
Video:
Mateusz Rojda
Music:
Mateusz Rojda
SoundCloud - www.soundcloud.com/terreux
Twitter - @Terreux_Music
Ash Sargent
Dig. Chop.
Arrange
Ash Sargent is a Hip-Hop music producer from Preston,
specifically interested in sampled based compositional
approaches. His inspirations stem from a 1990s sounding
Hip-Hop style, also known as the ‘Golden era’ of Hip-Hop
music. Ash has been composing sample based music
for five years and uses a range of different sampling
techniques for his production. Due to the nature of the
sample based music Ash composes, his influences range
from a wide variety of music genres.
‘Dig. Chop. Arrange’ is a series of sample based
compositions with the intention of showcasing Ash’s
music production skills and sampling techniques. Samples
used in this project have been collected over the past
two and a half years while Ash has been studying at
university.
He has sampled from cassette tapes, vinyl records, CDs
and the internet. Over 250 Individual samples have been
used to create this body of work. Samples featured
include sounds and music from video games and
cartoons, soul, choir and rock songs, acapellas, spoken
word from documentaries and film, amongst many more.
Neil
Shackleton
Sonic
Intoxication
Neil Shackleton is a creative practitioner who has worked
within the area of electronic audio culture for over 25 years.
Sonic Intoxication is a cross platform collection of
industrial noise captured in a biscuit factory, music,
space, acoustic and aural architecture.
Some of today’s leading music technology, such as
Ableton Live’s APC 40 controller launch pad, has been
used to randomly produce electronic signals and send
them to multiple output channels. The resulting sound
based creation is an installation featuring industrial
noise as a primary aspect.
Noisy machinery characterises the urban industrial sonic
landscape. This creation contributes to the debate about
whether this noise is just disturbing or whether it is in
fact music.
Rhys Sumner
Saint Diskette
Rhys Sumner is an electronic music producer and artist,
currently operating under the pseudonym of ‘Saint Diskette’.
With the release of his self-titled Ep, Saint Diskette aims to
develop upon the ideas of his work as ‘Borsdane’, which
focused on making ambient drum & bass.
Saint Diskette combines elements of drum & bass, hip-hop,
ambient and glitch to create a variety of compositions.
A key theme in the work is creating interesting textures
through the use of custom reverbs and synths, intricate
drum programming and the sampling of reprocessed,
original material made for the Ep. In tracks such as ‘Gradient
Plaza’, Japanese media and animation are sampled to
further develop the sonic characteristics of the Ep.
Born and raised in Wigan, Rhys takes influence from art, his
hometown and the world around him. His inspirations include,
Pendulum, Etherwood, Ghost Loft, Biffy Clyro and Foals.
‘Saint Diskette’ is available to stream on SoundCloud.
Links
Twitter: @SaintDiskette
David Szalai
Infinitum
Infinitum is an electroacoustic installation, illustrating the
theme of ambiguity through algorithmic composition.
The title is inspired by the continuous nature of the piece.
Presented through the use of multiple loudspeakers,
the result is a perpetual soundscape of waveform
oscillations. Continually fluctuating in frequency and
amplitude, the soundscape manifests as a mirage of sine,
square, sawtooth, and triangle waves. As a result of the
algorithmic nature of the piece, the specific sequence
and arrangement of these parameters is entirely
random, governed by probability alone. The piece is
therefore ambiguous in that no two moments are the
same, the nature of the piece is known; yet the intricacies
of its outcome at any given point in time are unique to
the moment.
Ka Po Wong
Cyprium
Cyprium is a multiple installation which consists of
copper and a motor device, it explores the acoustic of
the device through the movement of mechanical rhythm
and noise.
This installation is built and designed by Ka Po artist, an
artist who over the past few years he has been working
with electronic devices, exploring the field of circuit
bending, experimental electronic music and DIY audio
equipment.
SWERVE SCHEDULE 2016
Preston Minster, Church Street, Preston PR1 3BU
In The City Pop-Up Shop, 44 Lune Street, Preston PR1 2NX
Knowle Green Congregational Church Hall,
Clitheroe Road, Knowle Green, Longridge PR3 2YQ
Wednesday 11 May
2.00pm - 11.00pm
Venue
Jeremie Djossou
Micro Calamity
In the City
Sean Martin (Thespian)
Through Hardship to the Stars
In the City
Jack Davenport
‘blink’
In the City
Matthew Billington
Blue Malta
In the City
David Malone
Ellipse
In the City
Dan Staniar-Page
Photosonic Laser Microphone
In the City
Jonathan (Fan) Evans
Solstice
Preston Minster
Josh Marshall
Day by Day
Preston Minster
David Szalai
Infinitum
Preston Minster
Sam Page
Present Past Selves
Preston Minster
Mateusz Rojda
Journey
Preston Minster
Mihhail Rihter
Time for Yourself
Preston Minster
Thursday 12 May
2.00pm - 11.00pm
Venue
Brendan Poxon
Sound and Matter
In the City
Anthony Jones
One in 7
In the City
Molly Norris
Natural Rhythms
In the City
Ayrton Drake
Back to the Roots
In the City
Ashley Sargent
Dig. Chop. Arrange
In the City
Billy Clements
In Their Mind
Preston Minster
Thomas Blackburn
Preparation Is Vital
Preston Minster
Jordan Clark
Faculty 6
Preston Minster
Neil Shackleton
Sonic Intoxication
Preston Minster
Tom McCann
432.1
Preston Minster
Robert Jepson
Space & Sound (also hats)
Preston Minster
Alex O’Brien
Changing Days
Preston Minster
Friday 13 May
2.00pm - 11.00pm
Venue
Luke Sallis (Terreux)
DC-60
In the City
Oliver Halstead
Music For An Ending
In the City
Jake Dullenty-Harrington
In between is no place to be
In the City
Rhys Sumner
Saint Diskette
In the City
George Young
Lease of Life
In the City
Drew Moreland
Analogue Manipulations
Preston Minster
Alex Jarvis-Pearson
He Is Amoung Us
Preston Minster
Francisco Javier Lopez-Roberts
Synthomnia
Preston Minster
Joshua Semans
Cymphon
Preston Minster
Matthew Kilburn
Adapted MIDI Controller
Preston Minster
Daniel Jones
Voyager Suite
Preston Minster
Ka Po Wong
Cyprium
Preston Minster
Friday 20 - Saturday 21 May
3.30pm - 9.00pm
Venue
Rebekah Okpoti
Choshek Or - ‘Darkness into Light’
Knowle Green