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I was first put in front of a piano at four years old. I didn’t replicate Mozart and play a classical piece from memory, but I did play an original tune I had in my head, using both hands and syncopated timing for ten minutes or so. I recall being rather taken aback by the reaction of the group of adults present in the room, who thought this act worthy of praise – a great fuss was made. My parents consequently afforded me enough additional musical education that it formed part of my life and living since then.<\/p>\n

As well as making traditionally played music using conventional instruments and voice, I work across many musical genres, composing radio-friendly three minute songs, soundtracks for moving image, month-long installation soundscapes.<\/p>\n

\"\"In the past I have been particularly interested in the space between noise and music, where one becomes the other. I improvise around found sounds and field recordings, something which I began doing at ten years old, using cassette tape recorders. An early adopter of digital media production, I have always been interested in distorting, processing and enhancing sound. At the birth of internet media, I played a role in developing the streaming technology which now underpins the likes of YouTube and Spotify.<\/p>\n

I cultivate no musical bias, having abandoned the concept of musical “taste”. This conscious openness to all forms of music was a decision I took after I left art school, so as to broaden my musical horizons, and one I have never regretted. My influences and interests include funk, world music, pre-renaissance, pop, rock, hip hop, trip hop, vintage electronic, country, ambient, glitch, pre-historic and musique concr\u00e8te.<\/p>\n

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I enjoy working alone, unhurried and contemplative, but I have also collaborated extensively, co-writing, performing with, and producing some sublimely talented people. These days people send me tracks to arrange and perform via email – how civilised that is. I don’t miss the studio clock ticking down the budget.<\/p>\n

For many years I collaborated with Mark Crook, a close friend and colleague from the age of 11. Until his untimely death in 2013, we wrote original music for artists together and produced several acts<\/a>, as well as co-writing and producing material for our own projects. Many of these musical compositions and collaborations have been released via the non-genre<\/em> art group Cinema du Lyon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cinema is Burning, a track from the album, The Particle Zoo<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n