The live performances take different forms and approaches depending on the situation and have ranged from long-form electronic soundscapes, free percussion, to performing with an amplified coat. Often the performances will include a mixture of sound sources, electronics, homemade instruments, and objects.
Some selected reviews, recordings and documentation. More content coming soon.
A Leap In The Dark, 2020.
Performing live via Zoom for A Leap In The Dark, presented by Nightjar Press, March 2020. Tape recorder and cassettes, digital synthesizer, homemade electronics, FM radio, Turntable, and records.
Fax Fiction at Refract Festival, Waterside Arts, Sale, 2019.
Commissioned performance for Faxfiction, Part of Refract Festival, 2019. “Give Yourself A Stereo Checkout” based around a 1960s stereo demonstration record of the same name. Turntable and records, Casio PT-30 keyboard, FM radio.
Classwar Karaoke, Golden Lion, Todmorden, 2019.
An unamplified and improvised piece using a combination of free percussion with found objects and battery-operated devices including vibration motors, a Bluetooth speaker, and home-made powered speakers. An exploration of risk and playfulness vs. deliberation and purpose.
Angus-Hughes Gallery, London, 2015.
“Approaching The Object”, Constantly Evolving But Never Ending at Angus-Hughes Gallery, London. Amplified tabletop with contact mics, found objects, and cymbal.
NTS Radio, London, 2015.
Live radio performance on Fractal Meat On A Spongy Bone, with tape recorders and cassettes, digital dictaphone, and iPod.
Noise Above Noise, Manchester 2015.
During the Noise Above Noise Residency at The Penthouse. Cymbals, contact microphones, and objects including tin cans and a handful of screws.
Sluice Art Fair, London 2013.
Representing The Penthouse. Lap steel guitar, objects, amplified book, electronics, FM radio.
Islington Mill, Salford, 2013.
For “Xmas At The Mill”. Tape recorder, cassettes, reverb spring, lap steel guitar, digital synthesizer, and wind-up torch.
Manchester, 2012.
At Counting Backwards, Fuel Cafe Bar. Homemade electronics, toy keyboard, cassette dictaphone, found objects.
Gulliver's, Manchester, 2012.
At Stroke Club. Cymbal, toy keyboard, amplified book, found objects, contact microphones. Released as the live recording “Sea Of Mirrors.”
King's Arms, Salford, 2010.
At Roomtones. Amplified book, percussion, found objects, toy keyboard, electronics.
Futuresonic Festival, Manchester, 2009.
“Twelve Bars” Site-specific performance for the Start Running event at Sandbar. Contact mics on metal railings with brushes, guitar strings, and other objects.
Manchester, 2008.
For Womb at The Britons Protection. Guitar, objects, cassette dictaphone, German language tape. Released as the live recording “Live At WOMB”.