Other World Music Vol.I has been nominated for the EVM Award for Electroacoustic/sound art work as part of the Scottish Awards For New Music. Awards are always a strange proposition as they suggest competition, which is a mindset far removed…
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…
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,…
The last year has represented a shift in focus in my music making, and this is the first tangible result. I’m releasing it myself on my new imprint of the same name (OWM) and it will be followed by another volume…
I am happy to announce that I have just been awarded this Fellowship, alongside Florence To, as part of NHS Lothian’s redevelopment of the Department of Clinical Neuroscience in Edinburgh. The Fellowship will be in effect all year, exploring the boundaries between sonics,…
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.
The score for Sophie Laplane’s ‘Sibilo’, commissioned by Scottish Ballet, is now available from Kathexis. An alternate version of the ‘Prologue’ is also here as a free download, and is the version actually used in the final dance piece: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qhjwpcebinkwq8e/SIBILO%20-%20Prologue%20%28BONUS%20VERSION%29.aif?dl=0
New mix of psychoacoustic and spiritual music of various times and places. I was asked to do the mix for Mexican music blog Chuckpee and given an open remit. During the compilation phase of the mix I came across some truly staggering…
Originally composed for the BBC4 documentary of the same name, the score is now getting a full release on Ricardo Donoso’s Kathexis label. Out on June 10th You can preview a few snippets over at Resident Advisor.