BUILD/CODE/IMPROVISE/PERFORM

 

A series of free hands-on workshops as part of UNDERCONSTRUCTION,

a collaborative exhibition taking place at Catalyst Arts throughout April.

Learn to build and bend circuits, make an instrument from

your laptop and take part in a public performance at QUB's

Sonorities Festival.

BUILD

Saturday 6th April 10am – 5pm, Free

Develop your own playable musical device with circuit bender

and instrument builder Barry Cullen.

CODE

Sunday 14th April 10am – 5pm, Free

Explore programming as musical performance using networked

laptops with Graham Booth. Mac laptop required.

IMPROVISE

Wednesday 17th April 6pm – 9pm, Free

Monday 22nd April 6pm – 10pm, Free

Develop a live performance with Kevin McCullagh & Tullis Rennie

using the instruments from BUILD and CODE.

PERFORM

Thursday 25th April 9.30pm – 12.30am, Free

The performance will be presented at the EARS showcase night 

as part of the Sonorities festival.

To reserve a place, please contact catalystarts@gmail.com with

your name and details of the workshop(s) you would like to attend.

Venue: Catalyst Arts, 5 College Court, BT1 6BS

(+44) 028 90 313 303

catalystarts.org.uk  /   facebook.com/qub.ears   

twitter.com/qubears   /   sonorities.org.uk

Ensemble Economique 270712 (EDIT/UPDATE)

Unfortunately the show was cancelled at the last minute due to health issues.

Here's a recording:

This recording is a blend of three short improvisations using the tools which were selected for the show.




ENSEMBLE ECONOMIQUE (California / Not Not Fun Records)
+ Barry's Electric Workshop

Friday 27th July
Please note - this is an early show!
Door: 7.30pm. Show: 8pm - 9.30pm.
£5

ENSEMBLE ECONOMIQUE

Ensemble Economique is the immersive psychedelic sound-world of California’s Brian Pyle. In 2010, Pyle released ‘Psychical' on Not Not Fun (home of L.A. Vampires, Peaking Lights, Sex Worker), a stand-out LP in what turned out to be a landmark year for the label.

In true horror soundtrack style, Pyle's work hones in on tense build-ups to create an atmospheric and sometimes unnerving listen.
It's intricate, pattering percussion and noxious analogue ooze invite comparison with Sun Araw, Shackleton and Demdike Stare while charting the dark continent existing only in Pyle’s fevered imagination.

On Psychical: "…this is one of the darkest and most affecting sides of schlock horror we've heard all year." Boomkat
On Motion Forever EP: "The reliably excellent Ensemble Economique strikes out into deeper, more mournful territory than ever before, with seriously compelling results" FACT Magazine

http://ensembleeconomique.tumblr.com/


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BARRY'S ELECTRIC WORKSHOP

Experimental/electronic producer Barry Cullen releases audio and video work under the name BEW (Barry’s Electric Workshop).
Part of the Dodgy Stereo collective, Barry blends noise and images from old junk with hi-fi sounds and graphics, trying to find a balance between creating something new and making it fit along with something recycled.

http://dodgystereo.blogspot.co.uk/

Subfusc - Acoustic Placemat - Amplitude Recognition

Example 1 - Acoustic Placemat - Amplitude Recognition from SubFusc on Vimeo.

Saul improvising.
It starts quietly.
Lots of interesting textures from a lean set up.

Example 2 - Acoustic Placemat - Amplitude Recognition and Effects from SubFusc on Vimeo.

ARC - Allen, Rayson, Cullen - Video Extracts

Some samples from our live sets at listen...

Clips one and two are rocky, clips three and four are more abstract:

Rachel Austin 060512

CQAF Records: live recording with Rachel Austin feat special guests 060512

Date: Sunday 6 May 2012
Venue: Ollie's at The Merchant Hotel, Belfast
Time: 8 - 10 pm


Promo blurb:
What do you get when you crash Rachel's indie folk self-stylings with a noisemaker, a trumpet player, and an unhinged rhythm section?

Join Rachel as she records a live set with several of Belfast's most exciting musicians, including Barry Cullen (clarinet, electronics), Michael Barkley (trumpet), Anthony Devenney (bass), and others, in a one-off, spontaneously improvised gig.

Read on - and buy your tickets at https://cqaf.ticketsolve.com/shows/126524796/events. Tickets are limited to 75.

PURCHASE OF A TICKET GETS YOU A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD OF THE GIG SOON AFTER THE EVENT.

Calling to mind comparisons with the restless creative spirit of Nick Cave, Rachel Austin’s songwriting rarely comes at the listener from the obvious perspective, by turns beguiling and cajoling its way into the heart. The words are timeless, but the delivery is completely captivating, recalling the swooping melodies of Tim Buckley at his best.

Comparisons can only take you so far, however, as Rachel possesses a stark and creative outlook that is all her own. This is evidenced through her recent fan-funded project, Austin In Austin, which saw her record in Austin Texas with producer Brian Beattie (Daniel Johnston, Okkervil River) and drummer Dony Wynn (Robert Palmer, Robert Plant/Patty Griffin) in November of last year.

Ikue Mori + Maja SK Ratkje - 310312

Allen, Cullen, Rayson - Recording 050412

Saul Rayson, Barry Cullen and Chris Allen in the studio.

Listen...110312

dodgy stereo presents an evening of improvised music:
Listen…

Ciaran Maher/Steven Henry
keyboard, bass, digital treatments
http://rhizomecowboy.com/
http://kingsteven.com/

Devonian/Man's Hands
drone, bass, percussion
http://manshands.bandcamp.com/
http://loscabras.bandcamp.com/

Saul Rayson/Barry Cullen/Chris Allen
extended percussion, feedback, DIY noise, bass
http://www.subfusc.com/
http://www.dodgystereo.blogspot.com
http://blacktelescope.co.uk/

Sunday 11 March 2012
Menagerie Bar
8pm
£4

//Facebook event//

BEW / DEVONIAN

I had the pleasure of recording some heavy drone and noise with Ian Pearse (Comply Or Die / Minnows / 10s of other heavy outfits).








Ian played bass, pedals, guitar, feedback and percussion. Barry played Bleep Box, pedals, percussion, cassette and feedback.
BEW/Devonian 3.2.12.

Estel + Timothy C Holehouse + Minnows! + War Iron + BEW/Devonian - Pavilion 070112

Estel + Timothy C Holehouse + Minnows! + War Iron + BEW/Devonian - Pavilion 070112
BEW DEVONIAN by strong reaction

dodgy stereo presents: Listen… AV advert

Unfortunately Saul Rayson will be unable to perform at this event.

Here's an AV advert:


Each artist will perform a solo set.
There will then be a number of collaborative sets.

Recording 031111

Did a bit of recording today. Hopefully have something to share soon. Also hopes to have a live performance in Belfast. Improvisation with treated percussion and effected DIY instruments. Plus feedback. Lots of fuzzy feedback.

Caroline Pugh + Barry Cullen Improv 231011

Caroline Pugh is a vocal artist, educator, performer, curator, enthusiast. After hearing her work with Paul Stapleton and having performed together as part of the larger Carousel performance events, it was great to have a chance to work together.

Today I was reminded how much fun the voice is to use as an instrument.

Caroline hosts Belfast Singing Session in the Green Room at the Black Box every Tuesday.

Video Feedback - 11

Paul Stapleton, Simon Rose - improv

improv @ SARC 131011
Paul Stapleton - Bonzai Sound Sculpture (BoSS)
Simon Rose - Baritone / alto sax
+
percussion, gong, finger piano, treatments

Paul Stapleton, Simon Rose improv 1
http://www.mediafire.com/?i026u0i7mz6e3wf

Paul Stapleton, Simon Rose improv 2
http://www.mediafire.com/?bsbhbsk4dms9mks

Paul Stapleton, Simon Rose + percussion improv 1
http://www.mediafire.com/?7pq3t5u9jun5wvq

Paul Stapleton, Simon Rose + percussion improv 2
http://www.mediafire.com/?c564p7ebh4x40ps

Eric Lyons - Noise As An Organising Principle for Music

Eric Lyons intro (I missed a bit at the start about his score/software ((Max/Masp for text based improvisation/game commands?))sorry).
http://www.mediafire.com/?cfsc6cfday44xa9

Noise Quartet example 1
http://www.mediafire.com/?9g48e5h6q79geeq

Noise Quartet example 2
http://www.mediafire.com/?ktxhlulkwwu7r3c

Noise Quartet example 3
http://www.mediafire.com/?8qe359ywt4r61v0

Eric Lyons - Noise As An Organising Principle for Music - Seminar, examples & questions
http://www.mediafire.com/?3jgddh612dmxwhm

Bew - Drifting Mix

Bew - Drifting mix by Bew on Mixcloud

Tracklisting
i.s.o - 0.16.09.13
Beck - Aphid Manure Heist
Simon Fischer Turner - Sleepthru
Victor Gamma - Ressonancia de Laplace
Keith Fullerton Whitman - Stereo Music for Hi-Hat
Four Tet - Watching Wavelength
Nanko - Avalanche
Daniel Biro & Rob Palmer - The Long Journey home Part 2 (extract)
Andrew Pekler - Wait
Christan Renou - Ex-Voto (Wire-FM mix)
Minima Moralia - Chihei Hatakeyama
Aoki Takamasa - they've been waiting
MIra Calix - A Cereus Night
The Books - A Dead Fish Gains The Power of Observation
Devonian - Path
Beck - Jagermeister Pie
Tunng - Hanged
Victor Gamma - A Batalha de Nolok-Nolok
Simon Fischer Turner - No Weight Tonight
William Basinski - 92982.3 1
Magali Babin - Natura Sonoris
Aki Onda - Flickering Lights
Beck - 8.6.82

This was made to unwind after watching a difficult film.
Unwind.

Video Bending VEC1060

Here's a short compilation of me playing with the VEC1060. Shot using my phone camera to capture + FCP to edit. Again, you can see reflections on the screen.

The sound is from the VHS creating feedback in the VEC + a DJ mix that was recorded for a film about demolishing a house being played with some DIY oscillators. I also dropped in a bit of noise from a cassette recorded at my last show at SARC.

Aln Vs Cln @ Never Records @ Context Gallery

Aln Vs Cln recorded a live improv session in the Context Gallery in Derry/Londonderry/Stroke City as part of the Never Records exhibition. We walked away with some lathe-cut vinyl a CD and a heap of other AV data (including some suspicious VHS from a local charity shop). Lots of DIY instrumentation was used. Frequencies were amplified. Vibrations were felt. Good times were had. Media to follow.

Photos taken from Context Gallery's Flickr