Duo with Peter Whitehead 
Recorded in the Mission, SF on  9may2012

Peter Whitehead & Paul Stapleton

Duo with Mark Applebaum
Recorded on 23 april 2012

Mark Applebaum & Paul Stapleton

Duo with Michael Speers.
Recorded in the Sonic Arts Research Centre on 12 August 2013
Full album available here: http://stapleton-speers.bandcamp.com/

Michael Speers & Paul Stapleton 'Four'

Dave Stockard - Percussion
Ricardo Jacinto - Cello
Paul Stapleton - Bonsai Sound Sculpture (BoSS) & Tromba Marina
Recorded at the Sonic Arts Research Centre by Craig Jackson
11th November 2013

Dave Stockard, Ricardo Jacinto & Paul Stapleton 'Three'

Sonic Arts Research Centre, Belfast
13th October 2011

Simon Rose - baritone/ alto saxophone
Paul Stapleton - Bonsai Sound Sculpture (BoSS)    
Stephen Davis - drum kit


Paul Stapleton, Simon Rose and Steve Davis

**Please listen with headphones**
Reassembled, Slightly Askew is an immersive, audio-based artwork that transports you inside the head of artist Shannon Yee as she descends into coma from a rare brain infection and her re-emergence into the world with an acquired brain injury. Audience members experience Reassembled individually, accompanied by a nurse who leads each to a hospital bed to lie down, put on an eye-mask and headphones and listen to the audio. The use of binaural microphone technology makes the listener feel s/he is inside Shannon’s head. Reassembled has been developed with experts in Neurology from the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast and an interdisciplinary team of artists using the Sonic Arts Research Centre (SARC).

Artistic Team:
Shannon Yee (Playwright)
Anna Newell (Director)
Paul Stapleton (Composer / Sound Designer) 
Hanna Slättne (Dramaturg)
Stevie Prickett (Choreographer)

Biomedical Science Advisors:
Roy McConnell, Consultant Neurosurgeon
Colin Williamson, Head Injury Liaison Nurse (Belfast Trust) 
Wendy Spence, Consultant Neuropsychologist

Reassembled was made possible with support from The Wellcome Trust, Arts & Disability Award Ireland, Belfast’s Metropolitan Arts Centre (MAC), and SARC. The project began development in 2010, with a draft of the first section having been shown at the MAC and the Arts & Disability Forum Gallery in 2012. The final version was launched at the MAC in 2015, followed by a tour of arts centres in Northern Ireland. The piece will continue to tour widely in a diverse range of contexts including: theatre and sound art festivals, arts galleries and museums, biomedical conferences, and will potentially be used as a training tool for future neurosurgeons.

Reassembled, Slightly Askew Audio Trailer

track 7 - "do you know christ mask"
a middle sex (karl sveinsson - guitar & vox, philip sykes - drums)
ft. paul stapleton (guitar)
circa 2004

a middle sex, ft. paul stapleton (guitar)

"making things vibrate in improvisation" - part2
Adam Pultz Melbye - double bass
Paul Stapleton - tromba marina
Sonic Lab, SARC, Belfast 
27 October 2016

Adam Pultz Melbye & Paul Stapleton, Part 2

From improvisations at CCRMA (Stanford) on the 28 February 2012
Chris Chafe (celletto)
Paul Stapleton (BoSS)

Chris Chafe & Paul Stapleton 'Vexed Elvis'

Improvisation with
Ted Byrnes (drum kit)
Paul Stapleton (BoSS)
23 March 2012

Ted Byrnes & Paul Stapleton 'Take5a'

Ted Byrnes & Paul Stapleton 'Take1a'

PAUL STAPLETON is an improviser, sound artist and writer originally from Southern California, currently based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 

Paul designs and performs with a variety of modular metallic sound sculptures, custom made electronics, found objects and electric guitars in locations ranging from experimental music clubs in Berlin to remote beaches on Vancouver Island. 

He is involved in a diverse range of artistic collaborations including: improvisation duos with saxophonist Simon Rose & percussionist Michael Speers, networked installation design and performance with Tom Davis, Eric Lyon's Noise Quartet, and the co-direction of QUBe experimental music ensemble with Steve Davis. 

Since 2007, Paul has been lecturing at the Sonic Arts Research Centre (Queen’s University Belfast), where he teaches and supervises MA & PhD research in performance technologies, interaction design and site-specific art.



Paul Stapleton

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