• Pollen – a film by Vishal Shah (music by Adam Stansbie) – was recently performed at Gare du Nord – Bahnhof fur Neue Musik in Basel, Switzerland. The concert was organised by Paul Clouvel of Elektramusik (www.elektramusic.com) following an invitation by the Electronic Music Studio of the Music Academy in Basel. Further details can be…

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  • I was recently invited to Edge Hill to deliver a guest lecture and workshop on sound diffusion. I had the pleasure of working with Edge Hill’s Music and Sound students who were forced to grapple with the art of diffusion after a relatively short introduction; the students prepared and presented a number of short electroacoustic…

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  • Escapade was recently performed at n.one9. The concert featured music by Pete Stollery from Aberdeen (who played two excellent pieces and gave an interesting pre-concert talk), Ewan Stefani and Dale Perkins – the concert curator. As with previous years, Dale managed to attract a large audience that clearly enjoyed the music and the event. I’m…

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  • Escapade was selected as a finalist in the Citta di Udine International Composers Competition in the summer of 2010. It was subsequently selected for publication on the Contemporanea 2010 CD. The CD has just been published/released. You can see the album cover below, find more details here: http://www.taukay.it/en/cd/cd136.html and buy a copy here: http://www.taukay.it/en/cd/cd.html

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  • I’m pleased to announce that my paper – Sounds, Agents, Works and Listeners: A Model of Computer Music Performance – has just been published in Journal of Music, Technology and Education. You can find more information here: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=10414/

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  • My recent paper “Through Thick and Thin: The Ontology of Tape Music” has been published by the Journal of Music and Meaning (http://www.musicandmeaning.net/)… here is the abstract: The ontology of music is a lively and much debated branch of metaphysical philosophy. Most of the available literature focuses upon works of the Western classical tradition, however;…

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  • I am very grateful to Paul Clouvel of Elektramusic (http://www.elektramusic.com/) who sent me the following photo showing Pollen, a film by Vishal Shah (music by me) being performed on four large plasma screens at CIUEN, Strasbourg, France in June 2010…     

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  • Escapade in Argentina

    Escapade will be performed on June 2nd 2011 at Image & Resonance – a Destellos Foundation concert in Mar del Plata, Argentina… The concert is part of the Destellos series, running from May – November 2011.

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  • On Sunday (9th), Cafe Sonore, a radio programme dedicated to experimental jazz and electroacoustic music performed the prize-winning pieces from the 2010 Destellos competition. The programme, on Holland’s Radio 6, featured Escapade alongside works by Elainie Lillios, Ambrose Seddon, Georges Forget and included an interview with the Destellos Foundation’s Elsa Justel. You can download the…

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  • 2010 ended with a New Year’s Eve performance of Escapade at Radio Centraal Antwerp-Belgium. 2011 has started with Escapade on the Elektramusic playlist – the full piece can be heard here:(http://www.elektramusic.com/radious.html). Happy listening and Happy New Year!

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