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#Quartweets

A Quartweet is a string quartet in 140 notes or less. Tied notes are not counted but grace notes are.

As part of https://twitter.com/SignumQuartet's PSO residency - a coupla' #quartweets...

Filtered Noise:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwC0ZW6a4wi5eVRBaGZvWDROQ1k/view

Stately:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwC0ZW6a4wi5UHZqdG9tTVV3TGs/view

Radio Silence

GOSH! how quickly a long time has passed. Really, I must share more often.

Here is a recent track I like... xx

Venetian Snares Short Story

In an experiment with new music reviewing, I wrote a short story for Freq.org.uk about Venetian Snares' new record My Love is a Bulldozer...

CHECK IT

HXLXFX DEMO

the early unfinished recordings of HLF - including leadtowine cover

South London

Swagger, an EP by moi
audio and video in general made using London, gleaned from public transport missions
well into the environmental-deep-broken-experimental-minimal at the mo x

Zen Lino

well well well - it's been a while...
and here is... my second ever lino print (of the Citti Patti)

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

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...
free_noise_1
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.