Vox Magna
2003
fixed medium - stereo
12’35”
Awards:
Honourable Mention, Musica Nova, Czech Republic, 2003
In 2001, I was involved in the sound design for a large multimedia visitor attraction in Rotherham, UK called Magna. This permanent exhibition, set in a disused steel manufacturing plant, is a celebration of the steel industry which was at one time prominent in that area of the UK. During the project I collected a number of recordings of machines used in the steel making process and was fascinated by the richness and depth of these sounds, recorded in their different environments. I wanted to create a piece which used these sounds in a more musical manner than I was able to for the sound design and to bring these sounds out of the huge spaces which were their original context - the mills in which they were recorded and the Magna exhibition centre - and to secure them for listening to in much more intimate performance spaces.
Thanks to Peter Key for original recordings.
Vox Magna appears on Un Son Peut En Cacher Un Autre available from bandcamp
Performances
2003
Mar 21 - Musée d’Art Contemporaine, Montréal, Canada - Rien à Voir (13)
Apr 11 - Powis Hall, University of Wales, Bangor - Bangor New Music Festival; A Portrait of Pete Stollery
May 8 - RSAMD, Glasgow - Academy Now!
May 31 - University of Sheffield -Sonic Arts Network Festival
Jul 4 - Scarborough - SEA03
Oct 10 - Salle de Concert Oscar Peterson, Montréal - EuCuE
Oct 23 - Mitchell Hall, Aberdeen - discoveries xxx
Oct 30 - Kansas City, USA Electronic Music Midwest
Nov 15 - Reid Hall, Edinburgh - Soundings
Dec 5 - Prague , Czech Republic - Musica Nova
2004
Jan 20 - University of Dundee
Mar 5 - CBSO Centre, Birmingham - De Natura Sonorum
Apr 3 - University of Florida, Gainesville, USA - 13th Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival
Jun 12 - SESC Vila Mariana, Sao Paulo, Brazil - V BIMESP
Nov 18 - l’Amphi X de l’Université Paris VIII, Paris - Cycle de Concerts de Musique par Ordinateur
2005
May 2 - Foldover, WOBC 91.5 FM, Oberlin, Ohio, USA - Foldover
May 5 - St Paul’s Hall, University of Huddersfield
Jul 16 - Vivid, Birmingham - Nuit Bleue – UK
Jul 9/10 - la Saline Royale d’Arc et Senans, Doubs, France - Nuit Bleue – France
Nov - Brussels
2006
Mar 3 - University of Manchester - MANTIS Festival
Mar 6 - Fuse-FM, Manchester, UK - MANTIS in Motion
Apr 1 & 2 - Neighborhood Unitarian Church, Pasadena - Los Angeles Sonic Odyssey
May 27 - University of Sheffield - Sound Junction
Jun 5 - Grand Theatre de la Maison de la Culture, Bourges, France - Bourges Synthese
Oct 4 - Foldover, WOBC 91.5 FM, Oberlin, Ohio, USA - Foldover
Nov 21 - Rai Radio 1, Italy
Dec 8 - The LAB, Dublin - EAR-plugged
2007
Feb 2 - Reid Hall, University of Edinburgh - Soundings
Mar 11 - CKLN 88.1 FM, Toronto, Canada - Electric Storm/Missing Sense
Apr 1 - Radio Horizon 93.9, South Africa
May 5 - It’s Too Damn Early, WDBX, Carbondale, Illinois, USA - ITDE
May 30 - Radio Centraal, Belgium - Kicks Extreme Radio
2008
Feb 27 - Elgar Room, University of Birmingham - Minibeast
whole of Feb - Elektramusic Radioshow - Elektramusic
Mar 1 - Radio Horizon 93.9, South Africa
May 11 - YLE Radio 1, Finland - Avaruusromua
Sep 13 - Fylkingen, Sweden - SEAMS
2009
Feb 6 - Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh - Soundings
Feb 19 - Sonic Arts Research Centre, Belfast - SARC/5 Composers/5 Days
2010
Mar 6 - CBSO Centre, Birmingham - BEAST
Mar 25-27 - Segal Hall, Graduate Center, City University New York - 2nd New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival
May 6 - Zeste, Aberdeen - University of Aberdeen
2011
Feb 10 - Inspace, University of Edinburgh - Non-Bio Boom
Feb 11 - Adam Smith College, Glenrothes
2013
Feb 25 - CKCU-FM 93.1, Ottawa, Canada - Acoustic Frontiers
2014
26 Feb - King’s College Chapel, University of Aberdeen - Re-Discoveries 1
2015
Jun 8 - CKCU-FM 93.1, Ottawa, Canada - Acoustic Frontiers
2016
Feb 24 - Espace Senghor, Brussels - Musiques & Recherches
2017
Sep 4 - CKCU-FM 93.1, Ottawa, Canada - Acoustic Frontiers
2019
Nov 29 - The Word Radio, Belgium - Influx - Festival L’Espace du Son
2022
May 18- FOLDOVER, USA