Posted on: November 2, 2020
A collaborative project with sound artist Aleksander Kolkowski to create a website and web-based record player as a part of the Science and Media Museum’s Sonic Futures exhibition. Sound postcards were popular in the early 1900s and consisted of a postcard accompanied by a small phonograph (or gramophone) record. The website documents the history of this novel recording technology along with the making of some recently commissioned examples and includes a web-based record player for playing them.
Visit the Sound Postcards website to see (and listen to!) the new postcards.
Posted on: March 7, 2018
I. Introduction The availability of locative and biophysical sensors and the personal data they capture offer new opportunities for personal soundtrack generation. Existing approaches to generative and interactive musical composition often rely on pre-composed segments of music [1], and can be plagued with issues regarding musical mechanization, repetitiveness and a lack of creative integrity [1]. This paper presents on-going research into new methods and understanding to support listener’s in self-generating and performing their own interactive,… read more
Posted on: September 20, 2009
King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown was described as ‘one of the most influential pop records of the last thirty years” by author and music journalist Jeff Chang, listed as the third best song ever recorded by Mojo and according to Allmusic, is ‘widely regarded as the finest example of dub ever recorded”. Producer and engineer King Tubby is renowned for his pioneering production and engineering techniques. They have become common place in today”s popular music and he is credited… read more