Articles

Hey hey hey...
a few articles and one editorial for the London based music and events webzine and newspaper guestlist network... from my first day in their office...

Jay L

Starky

Astro Dynamics

Editorial; graphic design also by yours truly: E-Careers

OLD NOISE NEVER DIES

I've set up a bandcamp from which I intend to trickle out all those albums/EPs that I've never got round to trickling out...
OLD NOISE NEVER DIES is a collection of noise / drone / ambient / improv tunes spanning from roughly 2002 to 2006. Old, but not dated (hopefully).
Seeing as you're a regular to my blog (?!) I'm going to reward you with a 95% discount code for the download...
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Here's a taster - Billy's holiday adventure - the whole album can be streamed for free from the bandcamp also...
Enjoy!




Sarariu

Recently designed by moi. Still extending content and making a few tweaks...

http://sarariu.com


Hectic Electric Slide Job Hunt

Live recording of a jam using PD, slide guitar, a few samples, and tons of reverb.
Enjoy.

Wandelweiser

A clutch of related things: Honored to play a well reviewed gig at Cafe Oto with the 40+ strong Murmeration ensemble in aid of Another Timbre's new boxed set.
And it went rather well.
Similarly related, an excellent book from James Saunders and John Lely on text-based score that I was involved in the making of is now available.

Munbefenhaat

Another engaging short from http://vimeo.com/piskifilms.

Knam c1832

Finally finished stringing this unusual Viennese square piano. Seen here with moderator strip ('celeste', in modern terms) not quite complete. All handmade strings.
An orchestral piece based upon the sounds of hammering tuning pins into the increasingly strung instrument is underway...






Clementi c1830

Making a pedal based on existing pianos of the same period, and other bits and bobs.
Forgot to take photos of the very beginning... but you get the idea...

Shaping / assembly
Fitting
Checking function
Cats enjoy the regal feel of antique piano frames

Finishing / Polishing / colour matching

Practically there!

Dealing with shrinkage - beautiful dovetails!

Patching in damage to frame
Newly made damper on the left; both cloths new

Koan 1 - Hoard

String Trio, for mixed ability.

Evil Day

Horror short from the esoteric http://vimeo.com/piskifilms.
Soundtracked with excerpts from it's a lunken's 2nd album: BOUND, out on Twilight Luggage.

Unexpected Error

Excerpts from http://bangthebore.org/ XIV:
Unexpected Error
Featuring: Stephen Cornford, Hákarl & Duncan Harrison, Barnabas Y, Seth Cooke & Greta Pistaceci, Clive Henry, Verity Spiders.
Guided improv exploration into the sonorous qualities of circular saws and spatial quirks of the venue: from 5m 20s.
Thanks to Sue, Mary, Rob, Oliver, Maz, and BTB.

Octobass

Helped design and build the winner of the
http://www.latitudefestival.co.uk/lca/ Contemporary Art Award,
Linder Sterling's Stringed Figure (Octobass for the 21st Century) (Version I),
a bowed instrument tuned at its lowest to 16 Hz, with a scale length of 2 m.
Thanks to http://www.flickr.com/photos/leadtowill. Octobass Mk1 _2

Big Hair

Barnabas Y
By Sarah BB (2010)

Bill & Ben

2 quick sketches of a dark dance floor - one per person.

Steps

Written upon the request of the august Mr Hunt for the event of his joyful matrimony to the captivating Miss Slater, specifically: the Signing.

3 Piano Pieces


Air Suite; 3 Piano Pieces (2011).
Colour scan from original score, with unique flower arrangement.


FMSynthesis

Piece for solo Drumkit and arbitrary accompaniment.

Asphyxiated Same

Piece for one or more players (2010). Project the video and follow the score; not every performer performs every card. Do not prepare. The 50 cards have also been disseminated to the public over the last 2 years. These may be performed individually, or together. If you have a card, contact me to arrange the latter.

A Mixed Bag

a selection of very different musics from 2006

Life & Times

http://www.vimeo.com/piskifilms

Zine

Short interview with Barnabas Y and short improv composition for solo instrument.

The Contrary Ability

http://soundcloud.com/hakarl/

Belief

http://www.plusminusensemble.com/

Ey Ahali: Setting a Setting; Letting a Setting Go

http://www.nowiswere.com

http://www.spikeisland.org.uk/

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Interview with the artist Can Altay, referencing the exhibition he and Barnabas collaborated on. Photo of Barnabas Y performance.