I am a sound artist and creative technologist currently concerned with augmented instruments and software development for live performance and improved accessibility. I like the idea that reconsidering access and inclusivity can have a profound effect on sound-based work. I work with organisations like Drake Music and Hackoustic, and teach experimental sound art courses at City Lit.
As Ardisson I have recorded experimental dance music, acid, and somewhat more bizarre soundscapes since 1997 – including several 12″s on Seed Records. I’ve also worked extensively with members of Southbank Gamelan Players on the Augmented Gamelan project, experimenting with modified acoustic instruments in networks of sound and light. This was the subject of my recent AHRC funded PhD research at Middlesex University.
Other recent collaborative works include making sound pieces out of hand-held vibrating torches, analysis of brainwaves under the influence of LSD, and the movement of single-celled freshwater creatures.
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| Sonic Arts course: creativity with sound, City Lit, London | 23/11/18 |
Recent events: (for booking enquiries please use this form):
| Montreal Maker Faire at Milieux (Concordia University), Quebec | 17/11/18 |
| Creating an interactive sound installation in conversation with visitors. | |
| Colourscape Music Festival, London | 15/09/18 |
| Interactive installation with handheld devices that detect colour and convert them to sound. | |
| Vactrols at Hackoustic Village (We Are Robots), London | 31/10/17 |
| Interactive installation based on transferring light patterns to vibrations. | |
| Solo set, New River Studios, London | 17/05/17 |
| Exploring a new setup involving capacitive sensing, springs, and a slowly shifting texture built in Max/MSP. | |
| Workshop: gamelan + electronic sound and light, Exeter Street Hall, Brighton | 21/01/17 |
| A workshop presented by Lost Property Arts Collective. Improvisation and group composition workshop using the Augmented Gamelan setup and a full Javanese gamelan – no prior experience required!Description on Facebook event / Buy tickets | |
| Sonic Arts course: creativity with sound, City Lit, London | 15/01/17 |
Recent events:
| Algorave, Millenium Gallery, Sheffield | 18/11/16 |
Algo-mechanical acid set including debut of the Augmented TB-303.
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| Augmented Gamelan set, New River Studios, London | 02/11/16 |
| Audio-visual chamber-style set – revisiting the material designed for the Brunel Museum as a trio. | |
| Bleep 43, Brunel Museum, London | 06/10/16 |
| Audio-visual chamber-style set specially developed for the space of the Thames Tunnel Grand Entrance Hall. | |
| Bela Bartok National Concert Hall, Budapest | 10/10/16 |
| A/V performance as Augmented Gamelan, as part of a concert programme with Plaid and Southbank Gamelan Players. | |
| Hackoustic Festival 2016, Machines Room, London | 23/07/16 |
| Interactive installation featuring Pipilan and augmented gamelan instruments. | |
| The Rest is Noise: Plaid and Southbank Gamelan Players, Muziekgebow, Amsterdam | 25/03/16 |
| Premieres of two new works: Network for Augmented Gamelan, and 3 Films in collaboration with Charlotte Pugh. | |
| Musica Dispersa: Gravitational Time Dilation, New River Studios, London | 25/03/16 |
| Collaborative improvisation with Lutfi Othman | |
| Musica Dispersa: Contemporary Electronics, I’klektic, London | 05/02/16 |
| Collaborative improvisation with Lutfi Othman | |
| Hackoustic, London Hackspace, London | 29/10/15 |
| Demonstration and informal talk about Augmented Gamelan instruments and recent compositions. |
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| Gamelan Composers Forum event at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London | 24/10/15 |
| Brief Transparencies: a new piece for small gamelan ensemble, electronically augmented instruments, light, and feedback processes. Based on ideas explored in this initial improvisation: |
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| Moving with the Chimes at The Royal Festival Hall , London | 06/09/15 3:30-4:30pm |
| Panel discussion about new music for gamelan, chaired by Gillian Moore and featuring Aris Daryono and Rolf Hind. I will talk a little bit about Pipilan, a new piece of software for composing with gamelan and electronics. |
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| Gamelan Late and Live (David Byrne’s Meltdown) at The Royal Festival Hall Clore Ballroom, Southbank Centre, London | 21/08/15 10pm-1am |
| Short Augmented Gamelan set as part of a larger performance with Southbank Gamelan PlayersLive performance including stretched out rendition of ceremonial pieces. | |