Live Set from performance at Inspace.
Live Sound by Sean Williams.

Live@Inspace Laboratory, Edinburgh 240713

From the forthcoming album 'Silence is a Rhythm Too'.

A track which a very filmic feel, would work beautifully on a soundtrack.

Strings by Paul Evans

Cicero

An eerie short piece, created using Iannix software, feeding midi and osc data to Max for Live. An interesting experiment, I don't think I would have made this without using this new approach to software...

It was included on the final compilation of the Futuresequence Series - http://www.futuresequence.com/sequence8/

The Resolve Of The Flame And The Bullet (Iannix)

A short track made using some software I've been developing. A heavy, windy landscape. 100% Synthetic...

The Wind In The Air

'Requiem for Edward Snowden' is a large scale live audiovisual performance piece. The piece focuses on a number of themes which are extremely relevant to our lives in the 21st century, based around the actions and decisions of whistleblower Edward Snowden; loss of faith and security, the hacking of digital media, invasion of privacy and personal sacrifice.

The documents released by Snowden reveal that we live in a world in which we are totally reliant not just on methods of communication, but on daily routines in which our privacy is completely compromised. The piece explores the consequences of this situation through a combination of electronic sound, acoustic instrumentation and live visuals. The gestures and performance from two live electronics performers, a clarinetist and string section are analysed and interact with real-time visual work by Jules Rawlinson (http://www.pixelmechanics.com/), exploring the piece's central themes at sonic and visual levels.

A Requiem for Edward Snowden - Audio promo 01

A Requiem for Edward Snowden - Audiopromo 02

A Requiem for Edward Snowden - Audiopromo 03

A Requiem for Edward Snowden is a new audio-visual performance work created by composer Matthew Collings and multi-media artist Jules Rawlinson. The music is performed live by four musicians against a background of video projections created live and incorporating images from on-stage cameras, stock footage and hacked documents. It will be performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August as part of Made in Scotland — a programme which showcases the best Scottish work to audiences and promoters from around the world.  

Described by its creators as a ‘digital opera’, it is based around the actions and decisions of whistleblower Edward Snowden. It focuses on themes which are extremely relevant to how we live in the 21st century: loss of faith and security, the hacking of digital media, invasion of privacy and personal sacrifice. Snowden’s revelations have shown that we live in a world where we are totally reliant not just on electronic communication, but on daily routines in which our privacy is routinely compromised. The phones that we carry with us in our pockets not only keep us connected to the world, but also allow others to delve into our most personal data. A Requiem for Edward Snowden explores the consequences of this through a combination of electronic sound, acoustic instrumentation and live visuals in a 50 minute-long performance.

A Requiem for Edward Snowden was developed with a Creative Scotland Artist’s Bursary and in collaboration with New Media Scotland and Edinburgh College of Art. It was premiered in October 2014 to a sell-out audience at Edinburgh’s Reid Concert Hall, and was subsequently performed at the CCA in Glasgow in March 2015. 

A Requiem for Edward Snowden Audio Promo 4

Track from the forthcoming 'guilt' soundtrack

You didn't tell me your name

Inspired by the Last Days of Analogue project (http://lastdaysofanalogue.wordpress.com/)

This piece was created using broken record players, recorded and affected by myself and Kevin Hay. 

Drowning world

Tiny delicate moments of intimacy and all-consuming noise; the music of composer and sound artist Matthew Collings is textural, melodic and often sonically overwhelming. Spanning the divide between Steve Reich and avant-garde guitar music, Collings has already found considerable praise from the international community for his previous releases under the curious moniker Sketches for Albinos

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