Becoming a director of the Composer’s Desktop Project

The Composer’s Desktop Project (CDP) has just re-formed as a social enterprise/company with the intention of building a sustainable future for the innovative sound processing tools that they offer. I have just accepted a position as a director of the newly formed company and am really looking forward to working on various exciting developments that are planned for…

EPOH – animation short by Vishal Shah

I recently completed the sound/music for epoh – a short animation by Berlin-based artists, Vishal Shah. It’s very different from the animations that we’ve worked on in the past, but was a lot of fun to make. You can watch the film on vimeo, here: vimeo.com/EPOH

Piece and Paper in Korea

In recent years, the Korean Electro-Acoustic Music Society’s (KEAMS) Annual Conference has become one of the most important events in the region, bringing together academics from Asia and further afield. This year, the conference coincided with the Seoul International Computer Music Festival (SICMF) – one of the biggest electro-acoustic music festivals in Asia, which is…

Masterclass and Concert at DkIT, Ireland

A few weeks ago, I travelled to the Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) in Ireland. I was invited by Hilary Mullaney to present a selection of pieces composed at the University of Sheffield – I included works by Adrian Moore, Martin Curtis-Powell (a PhD student) and Chris Hobbs (an MA in Sonic Arts student). I also gave a…