About

I am a conposer, DJ, scholar and educator whose practice intersects turntablism and soundscape composition. I use field recordings, internet archives, Shazam, studio production and digital DJ technology to create immersive improvised performances that often explore the politics of public music-playing and draw discursive links between various experimental and dancefloor music cultures and practices.

Pedagogy forms a significant part of my practice research and I have held numerous experimental DJ workshops at schools and venues.

I cut my teeth playing live electronics with the Warp-signed avant-jazz band Red Snapper, alongside creating music and sound design for major TV shows and the occasional well-received techno record.

Since then I have –

  • Performed solo turntablist shows at venues such as: IKLECTIK; Dome Concert Hall, Birmingham; Café OTO; New River Studios; ICMC Festival, Dublin; and NTS Radio.
  • Held experimental digital DJ workshops at IKLECTIK, New River Studios, several universities and various schools.
  • Collaborated on audio-visual shows including: residencies at SAT (Montreal), The Island (Bristol), and PAC (South Wales); performances at Mutek Festival (Montreal), Open Out Festival (Tromso, Norway), NIME Festival (London), Splice Festival (London) and Abney Park Chapel (London). I also consulted on visual artist Dinos Chapman’s international touring live audio-visual show.
  • Written peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on music, sociology and urbanism. Co-edited a special edition of the Organised Sound journal entitled Radical Education in Eectronic Music Education Past and Present.

I am alaso a founder member of the electronic free improvisation group Spectral Karaoke.

I currently lecture on MA and BA Music Production programmes at LCC and ICMP, London.

Photo by Matt Favero / @liminalwarp / live at IKLECTIK