Live Electronic Music at R10, Leicester 14.04.18

On Saturday I will be performing with Hervé Perez at R10 in Leicester. We will be performing a live version of the piece Transformation, with saxophone and turntables. The original version is a three minute ambient track I wrote with Ola Szmidt on vocals and Dave Dhonau on cello. In 2013 Hervé created a 17 minute version which allows the listener space to focus on individual textures from the original track, while adding saxophone arrangements and glitch drums. For this performance I have cut sounds from both the original track and Hervé’s remix to vinyl as locked grooves and will be creating a live extended mix of the track while Hervé plays saxophone with signal processing.

Transformation (Original Mix)

Transformation (Hervé Perez Remix)

Update: This is a recording of our live set:

Full Event line up

Sam Topley – Massive Noisy Pompom

Hervé Perez and James Kelly – Saxophone and Turntables

Megan Timings – Chiptune Pop

Paul Mazzitelli – Tempest, Filtering and Feedback

Dirty Electronics Ensemble and Kei Miyata

I recently worked with the Dirty Electronic Ensemble and Japanese choreographer Kei Miyata (Teshigawara/Karas) in residence at the Curve Theatre, Leicester, UK. It was great getting my hands dirty again with some dirty electronics and it was and honour working with Kei Miyata. Over a two week period led by Kai and John Richards, we built new electronic instruments and devised a performance piece called Rock – Papers – Scissors.

Noise Music: Dirty Electronics Ensemble with DJ Sniff

As part of MTI’s ongoing relationship with Steim, DJ Sniff visited De Montfort University to give lectures and curate a performance with the Dirty Electronics Ensemble. I performed a piece by DJ Sniff called Sssssssssss for four Turntablists. Each performer had a spoken word record and had to search for the S sounds on the vinyl.

Noise Music Synth: Dirty Electronics Ensemble and Chris Carter

The Dirty Electronics Ensemble have collaborated with Chris Carter on an instrument called the Dirty Carter. Which is an experimental sound generating instrument the size of a postcard. I was part of the 25 ensemble members who worked with Carter for a performance at Phoenix square in Leicester using the Dirty Carter and other Dirty Electronics instruments.

There is more info about the performance on Asmo’s blog post Chris Carter and the Dirty Electronics Ensemble and clips from the performance and an interview with Chris and John Richards on the Phantom Circuit Radio show.