My Phd research is focused on an examination of physical interactions with electronic music composition, primarily in performance situations in the studio, the extension and blurring of the identity of the composer to include the instrument designer and engineer and the notion of the composition extending into the physical manifestation of the particluar instrument itself.

The traces of physical interaction through performance in a live situation are also central to the relationship bewteen the instrument design and the resulting sonic output. To this end I am designing and making synthesizer modules, both from a sonic and interface point of view, as well as performing regularly with the Monosynth Orchestra and with several other performers and ensembles.

Conference Presentations

ARP Art of Record Production

Leeds, 3-5 December 2010.
Tubby's Dub Style - the live art of record production.

ICMPC 11 International Conference for Music Perception and Cognition

Seattle, 22-27 August 2010.
Noise and fidelity – poles apart? Noise as an active medium for communicating physical traces of music makers.
Poster session 3. Abstract is in the programme. Paper is not in the proceedings but will be published elsewhere.

BSHS British Society for the History of Science

Aberdeen, 23-25 July 2010.
Stockhausen meets King Tubby: the stepped filter and its influence as a musical instrument on two different styles of music.

ICMSN International Conference of Music Since Nineteenhundred

Keele, 3-5 July 2009.
The Maihak W49 filter, fidelity, and noise
Abstract pdf:The Maihak W49 filter, fidelity, and noise

FiMPAC Forum for Innovation in Music Production and Composition

Leeds, 20 February 2009.
When Hi-fi Becomes Lo-fi: incidental noise and its influence on listening practice.
Abstract pdf: When Hi-fi Becomes Lo-fi
The paper will be uploaded soon.

My supervisors are Dr. Martin Parker and Prof. Simon Frith, both of whom I have studied with in the last year in Edinburgh. As my research continues, this page will be updated. For now, individual projects are listed in the main menu.