Commissioned by West Berkshire Council in 2010 - a musical suite of pieces in collaboration with people living in the racing village of Lambourn, in Berkshire.  Created over a period of 6 months, the composition features the voices of Jack Dowdeswell, Snowy Outen, Roy Alderton and Janet Spanswick, together with recordings made around the village, and musical contributions from students from the local primary school.

Lambourn Voices 04  Janet Spanswick

Lambourn Voices 03  Roy Alderton

Lambourn Voices 02  Snowy Outen

Lambourn Voices 01  Jack Dowdeswell

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The first of four extracts from my touring Echolocation sound installation - a live ‘happening’ that uses the ultrasonic radar broadcast by bats as they fly around of an evening in search of food.  By making use of a series of strategically placed bat detectors, the installation is able to pick up the bats’ calls, extrapolate the musical information therein, and then use this data to control an algorithmic score.  The result is a multi-channel composition that is played to a listening audience in ‘real time’, allowing them to hear the ever-changing detail in the bat calls as well as see the mammals fly in search of their evening meal.  Echolocation was shortlisted for the 2008 New Music Award, and since then has been ‘performed’ in both the UK and abroad.

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Commissioned by Newtownabbey Borough Council to celebrate the life of their local flax mill.  I visited the area and worked with students from the two local primary schools on their own music inspired by the mill, as well as visiting a nearby working mill to get a clearer idea of how the old mill might have worked and sounded.  In addition, I also recorded interviews with three people who used to work at Mossley.  The resulting compositions make use of my recordings of the working mill, snippets of the the interviews, samples of the students' music; and together with my own composing hopefully provide another way of appreciating what it might have been like to be a part of the mill's working life.

Mossley Mill 02   In To Work

Mossley Mill 01   The Factory Gate

The fourth of four short compositions, commissioned in 2012 to celebrate Northamptonshire's renowned boot & shoe industry. Working with about 30 hours of pre-recorded interviews from the museum archive, together with my own recordings from the Church's and Edward Green shoe factories, I created this suite of pieces for their 'Global Footprint' festival.

Foot Notes 04   What Is Left

The third of four short compositions, commissioned in 2012 to celebrate Northamptonshire's renowned boot & shoe industry. Working with about 30 hours of pre-recorded interviews from the museum archive, together with my own recordings from the Church's and Edward Green shoe factories, I created this suite of pieces for their 'Global Footprint' festival.

Foot Notes 03   Comfort Noise

The second of four short compositions, commissioned in 2012 to celebrate Northamptonshire's renowned boot & shoe industry. Working with about 30 hours of pre-recorded interviews from the museum archive, together with my own recordings from the Church's and Edward Green shoe factories, I created this suite of pieces for their 'Global Footprint' festival.

Foot Notes 02   Sitting With Nelly

The first of four short compositions, commissioned in 2012 to celebrate Northamptonshire's renowned boot & shoe industry. Working with about 30 hours of pre-recorded interviews from the museum archive, together with my own recordings from the Church's and Edward Green shoe factories, I created this suite of pieces for their 'Global Footprint' festival.

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