About

I am a composer, 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.

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.
  • 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.
  • Produced and mixed releases for various collaborative projects.
  • 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.
  • Held experimental digital DJ workshops at IKLECTIK, New River Studios, several universities and various schools as well as lecturing on MA and BA Music Production programmes at LCC and ICMP, London.

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

 

Photo by Matt Favero / @liminalwarp / live at IKLECTIK