Delia Derbyshire Day 2014 – Manchester and now on tour in England
Following on from the glowing success of Delia Derbyshire Day 2013, DD Day 2014 took place on SAT 12 APRIL at The Anthony Burgess Foundation here in Manchester UK. Nice that we had another full house and warm audience for our event honouring one of the pioneering...
Recent random rarities – sound tourism, breaking glass and experimental music school
As spring finally springs over here, I wanted to share a couple of candid random rarities I have happened across recently. Sound tourism - Prof Trevor Cox's Sonic Wonders As part of the University of Manchester's Cafe Scientifique series, I thoroughly enjoyed a...
new year = new electronic music actions
I really am thankful nigh on everyday for being able to do more so free of yesteryear's draining pain. O the joy for lucky me. And this year already has some right fun creative music projects in store. DD DAY 2014 After the shimmering success of Delia Derbyshire Day...
Outcomes of Delia Derbyshire inspired music technology course in schools pilot
With Delia Derbyshire estate approval, thanks to Arts Council England support and in partnership with One Education and John Rylands library, we have now completed the pilot course of workshops in 2 primary schools in Greater Manchester as part of our Delia Derbyshire...
Back to skool thanks to fascinating Delia Derbyshire archive
After the inspiring journey that led to Delia Derbyshire Day in MCR in Jan 2013, I am rather stoked to be about to deliver a pilot electronic music and music technology course of workshops based around the work and archive of the late great electronic music pioneer...
An all-female electronic music festival – good idea or not?
So, we're back to that old chestnut: women in electronic music/digital arts. And then the question of whether all-female festivals are a good idea. So, context: Female Pressure is an international network and database of female artists operating in the fields of...
Caro C soundcloud – new cloud of sound for new phase
Yes, a whole new Caro C jukebox is amassing. And there was me thinking I haven't written much new stuff of late. And here is a little visual stimuli courtesy of Kara Blake to "Audient, my dear" - my experimental electronic music response to hanging out with the...
A Wondrous Place now on tour – theatre music and sound design
Tweet A Wondrous Place is new writing, animation, video, music and delicious set design all directed by Chris Meads. And yes, this one is also about me (again) - for I provided the theatre music and sound design. With suitably wondrous contributions from talented...
Northern Spirit – A Wondrous Place – theatre music and sound design
Tweet Northern Spirit is creating a brand new theatre show in MAY/JUNE 2013: A Wondrous Place for which I am currently working on sound design and soundtrack with a spirited team and wonderful guest musicians indeed. My first ride of making theatre music 🙂 The show...
It’s Dynamic Range Day!
Tweet I am continuing to support mastering engineer & music producer Ian Shepherd's campaign for dynamic range in music (ie. quiet and loud volumes, not just all loud volume). The campaign is expanding each year, so you can hop over to Dynamic Range Day website to...