About
Phil Durrant
Free Improviser/Sound Designer/Composer/Modular synthesist/Computer/Mandolin/

Born near London in 1957, Phil Durrant is an improviser/composer/sound artist who has devised his own virtual performance instruments using Reaktor. Recently, he has been performing solo, duo (with Phil Maguire) and trio concerts (with Mark Wastell and Richard Sanderson), using an analogue/digital modular synthesizer system. 

As a violinist (and member of the Butcher/Russell/Durrant trio), he was one of the key exponents of the "group voice approach" style of improvised music. In the late 90s, his trio with Radu Malfatti and Thomas Lehn represented a shift to a more “reductionist” approach.

Durrant’s exploration in the use of live electronics to expand the timbre of the violin, evolved into the creation and building of self-made virtual instruments. His live sampling/treatments duo with John Butcher and his work MIMEO, saw Durrant move from the use of hardware to the use of software in live situations. He has always been keen to transfer the flexibility of playing an acoustic instrument, into his laptop performances.

Durrant also performs regularly with the acoustic/electronic group Trio Sowari (with Bertrand Denzler and Burkhard Beins) and Mark Wastell’s The Seen. In addition, he is an Associate Lecturer at Southampton Solent University.

Phil Durrant has also collaborated and composed site-specific music for a wide variety of choreographers, including Maxine Doyle, Susanne Thomas, and Gill Clarke.

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Umlaut is a European music collective born 2004 in Stockholm, and based in Berlin and Paris.
“Transformation of sound” is our motto and we gather people around this idea, releasing albums, setting up shows, discovering new exciting artists and playing music together. Umlaut has released more than 30 albums and set up international festivals since 2009. We believe in spreading a music that is too rarely shared and discovered ; at the same time we’re strongly convinced in the principle of undividing contemporary musical practices and getting rid of restrictive labels.

also available in the duo MESHMASS here, i was singer, lyricist and saxophonist with post-punk unit 'live sex' in the early 1980's. we made an album for hopewell records of new jersey. after 'the beings' i formed 'brahma chop', an alternative rock group who recorded what might have been the last vinyl-only release in the universe. all my bands have had strong roots in improvisation. i started to play guitar and write songs by myself, and then decided to give up and get educated.  i taught, briefly, at sussex university and then returned to music as one half of 'meshmass'. i now play saxophone mostly and am also a member of improvising quartet 'the bare springs'.  i am working on songs again, i do like songs, and i hope to make a good one soon. further material can be found at auralwitness on bandcamp and on soundcloud at 'meshmass' and 'the bare springs'.

All Pictures by Electron Zero
Find me on Instagram here:  @electron_zero_alterations

This is my Dirty Poor Pop. There are so many well-crafted tracks out there that I thought it was important to come up with some raw material that didn't need to be surgically mixed. I didn't have the means to do it, but now I want to. It's my sound, whether we like it or not, that's not the problem. 
All songs are homemade, instrumentals and lyrics by ELECTRON ZERO.
I never will sing these tracks in any venue so, if someone wants to use it and make it a hit, it would be my pleasure! (as long as my copyrights are respected!).

Es gibt so viele Stücke, die so gut gemacht sind, dass ich Lust hatte, etwas Rohes anzubieten, das nicht chirurgisch abgemischt wurde. Am Anfang hatte ich nicht die Mittel, das zu tun, aber heute ist es ein Wille, das nicht zu tun! Es ist mein Weg, ob er gefällt oder nicht, das ist nicht das Problem.
Alle stücke (Instrumentalstücke und Texte) sind von ELECTRON ZERO. 
Ich werde nie öffentlich singen, alle Lieder hier sind für jeden verfügbar, der sie verwenden möchte! (solange meine Copyrights respektiert werden).

Il y a tellement de morceaux si bien faits que j'ai eu envie de proposer des choses brutes, qui ne passent pas par un mixage chirurgical. Au début je n'avais pas les moyens de le faire mais aujourd'hui c'est une volonté de ne pas le faire! C'est mon son, qu'il plaise ou non, ça n'est pas le problème.
Tous les morceaux (instrumentaux et paroles) sont d'ELECTRON ZERO. 
Je ne chanterai jamais en public, toutes les chansons ici sont disponibles pour ceux qui voudraient les utiliser! (tant que mes copyrights sont respectés!)

All Draws by Violette Beaumont
except on "I Don't Care How Tough You Are", draw by @mireg_art

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