Category Archives: Live performance
Going live without a laptop
For the last 12+ years whenever I did a live performance I inevitably based my rig around a laptop of some form, ableton Live, some controllers , a good soundcard and that was it. Gradually over the years as my … Continue reading
First Electromatronic concert 30th May 2015
For a while Ive wanted to promote & explore live electronic art music, which I feel is still underexplored, at least in the UK. Having collaborated successfully several times with Automatronic, which was set up by a collective of organists … Continue reading
Spiralsounds- delivering the Soundspiral commission
On Saturday I delivered the Soundspiral commission “Spiralsounds”- a piece specifically for the inflatable 52 speaker system at Sonophilia festival, Lincoln. I had blogged about this here, previously. This has been a work in progress since 2012/2013 when … Continue reading
Trevor Wishart at Kettles Yard, Lunchtime concert Sunday May 11th
Its not often I feel really strongly moved about a concert to blog about it but last Sunday May 11th was one of those times. Held in the house extension part of Kettles yard, with its unique modernist space of … Continue reading
Questions from Lauren Redhead about my Organ and Electronics commission
This post first appeared on Lauren Redheads blog Copied and pasted for archive 1. How did you approach writing for the combination of organ and electronics? I started off by thinking what could electronics bring to an organ piece. From … Continue reading
A whispered Shout
Im due to perform on Aug 3rd at Matthews Yard, Croydon as part of “A Whispered Shout”. I’ve been thinking about my recent performances which have been standard laptop running ableton with launchpad, control surface and MIDI keyboard, but also … Continue reading
From the bells and the brass
At this years Colchester New Music Day we had Beskpoke Brass perform music written by Colchester New Music members and selected from a call for scores. Two used electronics in accompaniment to the live ensemble, I however, elected to go … Continue reading
Update: SAF 2012 and Hilltown festival
Sonic Arts Forum 2012- Leeds University Have returned from another very successful SAF, unveiling my piece for the cool fusion project, which went rather well. As per usual a very eclectic group of composers, musicians, computer programmers and installation artists, … Continue reading
New Music Against The Grain- December 3rd 2011- Slackspace, Colchester
New Music Against The Grain This was my second installment of curating new music which sits somewhere outside of classical music. Again I divided the evening into two distinct sections of acousmatic (playback) pieces, live electronics and live performance. The main act … Continue reading
Lauren Redhead: Straight Line Music- live electronic version at New Music Against The Grain
While I was curating “New Music Against The Grain” at Slackspace I wanted to do an electronic version of Lauren Redheads’ “Straight Line Music” as the small ensemble version that she had uploaded sounded very interesting. Original version of Straight Line … Continue reading
Stuart Russell 