Rob Mackay is a composer, sound artist and performer. He gained a degree in Geology and Music at the University of Keele, studying composition there with Mike Vaughan, before going on to complete a Master’s and PhD with Andrew Lewis at the University of Wales, Bangor. Currently he is a Reader in Creative Music Technology at the University of Hull.

Recent projects have moved towards a cross-disciplinary approach, including theatre, audio/visual installation work, and human/computer interaction. Prizes and honours include: IMEB Bourges (1997 and 2001); EAR99 from Hungarian Radio (1999); Confluencias (2003); La Muse en Circuit (2004 and 2006). His work has received over 100 performances in 16 countries (including several performances on BBC Radio 3). Currently he is working with percussionist Evelyn Glennie on a composition project as part of Ruskin Rocks (http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ruskinrocks/).

He has held composer residencies at Slovak Radio (Bratislava), La Muse en Circuit (Paris), and the Tyrone Guthre Arts Centre (Ireland).

He is an improvisor working across many genres, and for several years played with the improvisation ensemble 'Imp'. He has also enjoyed improvising with Rhodri Davies and Jez Riley French. He has played, written and produced in a number of bands and ensembles, including the Welsh Hip-Hop collective 'Tystion' with whom he collaborated alongside John Cale on the film ‘A Beautiful Mistake’, as well as recording two John Peel sessions on BBC Radio 1 and supporting PJ Harvey. More recently, he has done session work for Gowel Owen and Euros Childs as well as playing in the Welsh Afrofunk outfit 'Drymbago'.

6 CDs including his compositions are available. More information and pieces at: www.digital-music-archives.com and http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/dramamusicandscreen/ourstaff/musicstaff/robmackay.aspx

Free Range is an award-winning arts charity that presents high-quality adventurous music and combined arts events in Canterbury, Kent.
Since we started in 2012 until the time of writing in 2021, we've presented 214 events, worked with 1004 artists, and reached an audience of over 13,000. All events are free-entry.

Abraham Chavelas (Acapulco, Mexico. 1979). 
Sound art/Cultural Management.
He has been coordinator and producer of artistic and cultural events since 1999: Music festivals, exhibitions, performances, etc.
His pieces of sound art have been activated live and exhibited in places like Bargehouse / Oxo Tower in London, The Mexican Cultural Institute of New York, Bosque Sonoro, Casa del Lago, Laboratorio Arte Alameda, University Museum of Contemporary Art (MUAC) Mexico City, among others.
He is the founder of the initiative called Más Música Menos Balas (More Music Less Gunshots), that proposes to promote art and culture as influencers of social transformation.
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Experimentador sonoro/Promotor cultural.
Ha estado involucrado en la coordinación y producción de eventos artísticos y culturales desde 1999: Festivales musicales, exposiciones, performances, etc.

Sus piezas de arte sonoro han sido activadas en vivo y expuestas en lugares como Bargehouse/Oxo Tower en Londres, The Mexican Cultural Institute of New York, Bosque Sonoro del Museo de Arte Moderno, Casa del Lago, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC) Ciudad de México, entre otros. 

Es fundador de la iniciativa Más Música Menos Balas que propone fomentar el arte y la cultura como medios de transformación social.

sonic-rituals, composer-performer, uses voice, synths, field recordings and electronic devices to make experimental music, noise and sound art. is part of medula collective for experimental sounds (brazil)and part of the feminist networks female pressure, feminoise latinoamerica and WISWOS.

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