art, sounds, music, film

whitney houston tapestretch

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:15:33 +0000

a new sound and video piece made using slowed down cassette tape samples from a whitney houston album can be seen and heard below :

sliced up! – new slate pipe banjo draggers music and video

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:33:26 +0000

a new piece of music with film has been created using sound recordings taken from an MRI scanner. additional sounds were added to the piece using the bailey guitars custom ‘one is more not four’ one string bass and skinnerbox sbx2049 drum sequencer. the film is also on the video page

pearl is not a singer – slate pipe banjo draggers dj mix

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:40:57 +0000

here are edited highlights of an improvised dj mix session recorded over 2 days during february during 2012. using a sanyo G2615N music player, two sony portable cassette players, android phone running looper, drawmusic and dialpad android apps, delay and distortion pedals, behringer mixer, sharp minidisc recorder, lager

using a variety of 7 inch singles and cassettes from africa, sri lanka, russia, morocco and elkie brooks. recorded onto minidisc and then edited in reaper

influences : aki onda, philip jeck, butthole surfers. 32 minutes, 7 distinct pieces. listen, download, enjoy

live performers meeting rome may/june 2012

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:52:51 +0000

the slate pipe banjo draggers are collaborating with mowgli on an audio visual performance of the prime bolus music set that is occasionally performed live. we have been chosen to perform at the 2012 live performers meeting in rome. the audio and video of the performance is semi improvised and a short clip of mowgli’s current visuals, which use MRI scanner images, can be seen below :

fat bottomed girls reimagined

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:59:33 +0000

the first piece of work i have made this year is a reworking of queen’s 1978 masterpiece ‘fat bottomed girls‘. a song i have owned on 7″ vinyl and cassette since around that time.

the piece is retitled ‘daft bottomed girls’ and all sounds have been sourced from the original single, mixed in ableton live and mastered in reaper using t racks mastering suite

an accompanying remix video using images sourced from queen performing the song at the dallas convention centre can be seen below :

the piece is also on soundcloud :

live performance recording

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:22:42 +0000

the improvised live performance i did at the drop in stoke newington on 29th december was recorded straight from the desk by the sound technician. many thanks. have a listen

live performance 29th december

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:01:52 +0000

i will be playing as the slate pipe banjo draggers at the drop on church st in stoke newington on the 29th december as part of an iron events evening. come along and say hi if you are around

audience award for hippo birdwings

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:30:55 +0000

hippo birdwings won the audience award for best short film at this year’s london underground film festival. many thanks to whoever voted. expect more short films of a similar nature in the coming months

hippo birdwings at london underground film festival

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:08:47 +0000

hippo birdwings has been picked as part of the official selection of film for this year’s london underground film festival. it is being shown during the saccadic pursuit part of the evening on thursday 1st december at the horse hospital in london. come down and vote for it if you have the evening spare

you can also watch it on the video page along with other short films i have made

new video pieces and music

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:58:00 +0000

i recently took a trip to genoa in order to source some sounds from the area and to make some field recordings using different microphones and equipment. a sound piece that has resulted from this trip can be listened to on soundcloud here

i have also been in the process of making some new music with a view to producing a vinyl release. i have made some video work to accompany two of these pieces – lion cheater and moroccan slipback. they can also be seen on the video page