Tomorrow I’m off to Perth where I wil partake in a residency as part of The Perth International Arts Festival.

Plenty will be happening including Live Performances, Workshops and More. First thing I will be presenting a live performance tomorrow night in Perth and then will be live on ABC radio the following morning.

Be sure to tunes in, take part or keep an eye on here.

Found some great reviews of my album Fluere from early last year.

CLICK HERE TO: Read Gaz-Eta Review

CLICK HERE TO: Read Foxy Digitalis Review

A wonderful weekend has just passed me buy. Saturday proved to be a very productive day for writting completing a number of tasks on my ‘to do’ list. The evening was much anticipated with Lawrence English’s event Micro Mono forthcoming with a very strong line up of at the IMA.

The Line-up included;

• Lawrence English
• Chris Corsano (Bjork Drummer on here Volta Tour)
• Ben Frost (amazing guitar composer/improviser)
• A trio including all three at the end.

All of the performances were amazing and some of the best live music I’ve seen in Brisbane for a while, a killer way to start the year and super inspiring. Chris Corsano’s skills on the drums are the best I’ve seen to date.

Followed up the Saturday with seeing BJORK at the Big Day Out on the Sunday, definitely the highlight for, possibly the only ;O)

I have had an interest in Physical Computing for a while now and have finally got a chance to start playing with it. I can see a way that it can be incorporated in a cohesive manner with my work to allow it to develop and grow, whilst keeping things interesting and feeding my relentless appetite for trying and learning new things.

Check out the Video

Checked out the Andy Warhol exhibition on Saturday at GOMA, nothing short of awesome. The guy was certainly onto a revolution..

Sian & I, taken in the Andy Warhol Photobooth, GOMA

As mentioned in the previous post I have received funding to produce a collaborative album with Lawrence English. The project is based around the re-synthesis of materials gathered from the live processing of instruments and found sound. These recordings will then form the basis of our pallet from which to work and will be used and reshaped in an organic approach avoiding the use of conventional post production methods such as software based composition.

More details on the process will be explained as the project unfolds.

Here are some preliminary (base) recordings involving the Live synthesis of Guitar using an electric colgate toothbrush and sound-on-sound layering.

Live Process Guitar.mp3

recordings from Nov. 2007
Processed Guitar Example1.mp3
Processed Guitar Example2.mp3

Into the new year with gusto, any kind of break was short lived.

On my list is;

● Working at the Big Day Out (I get to see Björk)

● Album launch late January on Canberra label HellosQuare

● A residency at The Perth International Arts Festival that will see the creation of a curriculum for teaching sound as an artistic medium + 3 live performances in Perth.

● Recently received funding from Arts Queensland for a collaborative album with Lawrence English (Room40) out mid 2008.

● Tour of Japan throughout April/May with Brisbane artist Mapping.26.Napping Cats taking in most major cities.

Research image from OFF, November 07