Another bit of scoring work sees the light of day, this time for David Eagleman’s documentary on creativity. It features a pretty diverse array of creative people including Tim Robbins, Kelis, Michael Chabon and Nick Cave, and it’s on Netflix…
My first score proper, for Ninian Doff’s lysergic comedy of teens, lords, guns and the Highlands, can finally be announced. Boyz In The Wood got its premiere at SXSW, winning the Midnighters Audience Award in the process, and deservedly so…
A new commission from Sonic-A in collaboration with multimedia artist Robbie Thomson. Portal is a huge multimedia installation in the walkway of the Clyde Tunnel, incorporating sound, light and movement, and making full use of the otherworldly acoustics and atmosphere of the…
The first official result of my last year’s music fellowship with the NHS, exploring the links between health and sound. Of the many fascinating avenues that I explored, this album encapsulates ideas from just a few of them, and is…
New album of music inspired by various musical traditions and ideas. There’s no doubt that the period of musical creativity at the end of the 1960s has also fed in there. Tape only at present.
My current fellowship with NHS Lothian and the new Department of Clinical Neuroscience (DCN) is now nearing the practical stage. It is concerned with investigating ways that sound and music can be utilised in the healthcare environment. As part of…
My latest music commission: A four part series on More4 on small scale farming. You can watch it here: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/a-year-on-the-farm
Recent commission to score the 1908 silent film ‘St Kilda, It’s People And Birds’, to be performed as part of the Edinburgh Film Festival. The premiere was at the unique Flowave facility in Edinburgh University, the world’s second largest wave…
For the last few years I have been working increasingly away from the dancefloor under my own name, and soaking up more varied influences. Other World Music will be a series of albums reflecting my explorations in these new fields,…
A new composition for Scottish Ballet’s ‘Haud Close Tae Me’ set to a poem by Scotland’s Makar Jackie Kay, choreographed by Artistic Director Christopher Hampson, and directed by Eve McConnachie. Watch it below