First studio collaboration between Philippe Petit (electronics/sounds/vocals, Marseilles, France) and Peter Hollo (cello/electronics, Sydney, Australia).

Further live and recorded work to follow!

More of Philippe's work: https://soundcloud.com/philippepetit/

Philippe Petit & Peter Hollo - Opus 1

Improvised live at Diffuse @ UTS as part of a round-robin performance. Thus it segues from a beautiful session from Gail Priest of microphone feedback with glasses of water (plus subtle vocals), into a solo cello and loop pedal improvisation, then joined by drummer Alon Ilsar at around 10:45 with gesture-controlled effects and electronic beats.

Thanks to the collaborators as well as Roger Mills & Nathan Wilson, who also performed on the night, and Jon Drummond, who convened the event.

This track is now available on an EP I released on Bandcamp called "in a cold cottage, in the dirt, in outer space". Click Buy link if you wish!

The mechanical bird yearns for outer space (raven with Gail Priest & Alon Ilsar)

I was practising again (so rare!) and this pedal remix of lockstep occurred. It's a kind of (less-)evil twin of https://soundcloud.com/frogworth/clkclkclkclkpostpestlcklck

Obviously this is totally unmastered or anything. Spontaneous bullshit, that's what you're here for after all.

lurkstep

Rehearsing for an upcoming gig (Omicron giggin' folks!), I improvised this piece with amplified cello through my trusty Line 6 DL4 looping pedal, with some added stereo FX provided through Ableton.
In the second half I'm leaning in to the un-designed effects of overdriving the pedal's feedback, which in turn modulates the pedal's ability to output the underlying loop.

against it

Recorded live at Cafe OTO on the 12th of July, 2014 at show that also featured Philippe Petit with Mia Zabelka and Jono Podmore, and The Golden Age of Steam.

For the Bown Hollo duo, Peter Hollo's cello is sent through Ollie Bown's custom software, with a Novation Launchpad as foot controller for loop recording & playback, and an iPad for additional effects. The processed/looped cello sounds are therefore able to meld perfectly, and in sync, with Bown's sounds which draw from his drum'n'bass background with Icarus as well as his more academic leanings.

Ollie Bown & Peter Hollo - Live at Cafe OTO

A DJ mix of some of my favourite 2024 music, recorded for my show Utility Fog on @fbiradiosydney

David August – Workout I
Nick Wales, Rrawun Maymuru – Yolngu (Deepchild Vocal Reconstruction)
Use Knife – Coupe d’état (Muqata’a مقاطعة remix)
Low End Activist – They Only Come Out At Night
BZDB – Stockwell
hoyah – Dubblebubble
Yetsuby – Poly Juice
GILA – Fruitful Angst
Riddla – Be Like
Innode – Air Liquide
Or:la – Chant (Midland‘s ‘Arpeggiate Me’ Remix)
Bodhi – Tri-Fold
Gremlinz & Jesta – Big White
Mazza Vision – Sun Riser
Mick Harris – We can now
Kassie Krut – Hooh Beat
Alan Johnson – Portal
Delta – Doorstop
Ben Pest X Kursa – Totally Kippered
James Massiah meets Lord Tusk – Open Up
Maral – big hands reggaeton
Slolek – Object Desire
The God In Hackney – Bardo! (Al Wootton Mix)
Nubya Garcia – The Seer
T5UMUT5UMU – 武者 Musha
Atrice – Multiplex
Skee Mask – Reminiscrmx
Clark – Donk Jewel
Batu – Other Means
Panoptique Electrical – For Bells
Sasha Elina / Eva-Maria Houben – My Sweet Love
Yally – Payday
When 2 – Away
Cocktail Party Effect – Reset
gi – feedback
Stefan Goldmann – Struma
Fanu – Green Fields Forever
T-Mirage – Existence
Sam Link – Sheepish
Azu Tiwaline – Brain Rattled
Klahrk – &3&4
Aroma Nice – 12 Hours
Reeko – Tomorrow Doesn’t Exist
Sote – ADTVESSPXLUT
Leon Mar – Acellular
Andy Odysee – Waterblade Warrior
Ruby My Dear – Monksy
Cleo AD – Charge Init (feat. Pharu)
Madobe Rika – Opening party
BEANS – ZWAARD 1
SUMAC – “World of Light” Moor Mother remix
Match Fixer – Rats
rkgk – train2catch
3Phaz – YKK
Buffalo Daughter – ET (Densha) – AMBIENT KYOTO Mix
Demdike Stare x Dolo Percussion – DOLO DS 1
DJ Die & Addison Groove – Gunsmok£
Godwin. – Massive Attack – Teardrop (Durag Bootleg)
Sully – Nights feat. Salo (Not Just A Dub Mix)
Tim Reaper – Scorched Earth A1
John Rolodex – Seeing Around Corners
Benny L & NV33 – Forever
Chimpo – Charge it 2 Da Game
Olivia Block – Violet-Green

Full tracklisting and further info:
https://utilityfog.radio/archives/2024/12/29/playlist-29-12-24-best-of-2024-part-3/

Best Of 2024 Mix

Just an improv to get comfortable with acoustic improv, employing my love of simultaneous pizz/arco and minor 2nds (and augmented intervals and bitonality).
Plenty of blemishes left in.

Acoustic improv from me to you

From the album:
the night is dark, the night is silent, the night is bright, the night is loud

Multi-tracked cello plus field recordings.

Endless thanks to Chris Hancock, who recorded it and mixed it with me. Recorded at Music Feeds, previously the mighty Megaphon, in St Peters.

the night is dark, the night is silent, the night is bright, the night is loud

vale

I was practising and this "pedal remix" of lockstep somehow happened, so here it is

clkclkclkclkpostpestlcklck

Recorded live at home, cello through Ableton with Keith McMillen Softstep 1, Roland EV-5 expression pedal, RME Babyface, Rode NT5s.

play through you

Peter Hollo is raven.
cello, piano, loop pedals, laptop processing, post-classical, drone, folktronica, noise, dubstep, breakcore...
Also plays cello in FourPlay String Quartet, Tangents and Haunts, and with Sophie Hutchings, Close to Forever etc.

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