Hayling Stories – a short story collaboration – performances in OCT 2017
I'm quite stoked and very grateful to be part of a new creative endeavour called "Hayling Stories". Initiated and led by writer and spoken word artist Michelle Green, Hayling Stories is a collaborative team endeavour tapping into impressions and inherited memories of...
Caro C gig coming up in Manchester, SUNDAY 1 OCTOBER
Tram tracks – a piece for The Bridgewater Hall
Here's a little thing wrote for the 25th anniversary of the trams in Manchester and the 21st birthday of The Bridgewater Hall. I took a ride from Chorlton tram stop direct up to Rochdale Train Station, recording sounds on the way using my new Rode iXY stereo mic which...
Delia Derbyshire Day electronic music live shows coming up
Another successful Delia Derbyshire Day 2017 at Band on the Wall, MCR in the bag, it is now time for us to get on the road again and take our DD Day roadshow beyond Manchester. We were at Blue Dot festival on SAT 8 JULY and will be at Festival No.6 (7-10 Sept). We...
For Interest Only…Delia Derbyshire Day 2017 is on its way!
Countdown to Delia Derbyshire Day 2017 at Band on the Wall, Manchester, UK on SAT 10 JUNE, managed by yours truly! Join us as we honour the 80th anniversary of electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire (1937-2001) with new art, live music, new DD Archive collage,...
Electronic Music Initiative – 24 schools covered!
For a few years now, I have designed and been delivering an introduction to electronic music and music technology in partnership with One Education Music. For academic years 2015-2017 the course has been subsidised by Manchester Music Hub as a New Initiative, making...
Delia Derbyshire electronic music heritage project is go!
Amidst the crazy wonderful of it all, I am pleased to announce our Delia Derbyshire 80th birthday electronic music heritage project thanks for being awarded Heritage Lottery Fund support. To celebrate what would have been Delia's 80th birthday on 5 May 2017, we will...
My electronic music projects 2016 round-up
What to say..Here's to a year of evolution in terms of emotional intelligence on the political stage - please, please, please..! In the mean/kind time, here are a few highlights from wonderful projects I was involved in in 2016: AGENTS OF CHANGE - Transition Festival...
Solstice Solidarity Session event in Manchester
POST EVENT UPDATE: Mammoth thanks to all who helped make this event a lovely heartwarming evening, a definite glow in the dark (nights). Magic performances by all, wonderful cakes and cuppa's by Thyme for a Caper, excellent raffle prizes and so many helpful helpers on...
Nature, Skin and Bones – music and sound design for sculpture
After performing Mammoth Mountain live at a friend's birthday party, sculptor Sarah Smith invited me to bring my sound(s) to a new scultpure exhibition Nature, skin and bones which will show at The Dales Countryside Museum in Hawes, Yorkshire Dales from 3 October -...