A new commission for BBC Studios and PBS, and again working with Nic Stacey who wrote and directed the Order & Disorder and Mechanical Marvels documentaries. Described by BBC2 as “Drama-documentary telling the gripping story of an encounter with an…
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 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
Recently commissioned by SSE and music therapy charity Nordoff-Robbins, ‘Seven Rare Deems’ is a piece created from recordings of music therapy sessions at Aberdeen’s Alzheimer Scotland Centre. It incorporates voice, piano, kalimba, chimes and xylophone played by the six women in…
The new season teaser for Scottish Ballet has been released, filmed by Eve McConnachie, who shot the beautiful Sophie Laplane piece ‘Maze”. It features another unreleased piece of music of mine.