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Audio

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Fixed Media Works

ilinx by dysdar

ilinx – a category of play. "the pursuit of vertigo”, disorientation, dizziness, to momentarily shift or disrupt perception through disorientating changes in the direction of movement.

Mint Cascade by dysdar

Mint Cascade explores and extends the spatial motion, and spatial features of recordings of kinetic objects, with all spatial movement in the piece derived from 8 channel recordings of the animated source. The kinetic materials transform, cascade, instigate and collide.

Phase Transitions by dysdar

Phase Transitions is an 8 channel piece and is the first movement from a three part work entitled Hydrophilic Pulses. The piece plays with abstracted shifting rhythms, syncopated collisions, contorted reflections and shaped resonances. The original source materials were captured in a single ambiguous location.

Deluge by dysdar

Deluge is the second movement from a three part work entitled Hydrophilic Pulses. This movement is constructed solely from a recording of a rhythmic leak that sprung up in my home during a particularly heavy storm in Northern Ireland. The piece explores, extends and interplays found rhythms, in the rain, the resulting leaks indoors, and in the capture of droplets in various real and imagined resonant containers.

AudioVisual

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:58:59 +0000

Bric-a-Brac & That Old Itch

Bric-a-Brac and That Old Itch are nostalgic lo-fidelity audiovisual pieces influenced by the field of cymatics. The visual materials used are actual physical objects, and not virtual representations. The motion and patterns of the physical objects are stimulated only using the sound waves of the composition. Physical object excitation and patterns of motion are encouraged through shifts in frequency and amplitude content.

A motorway bridge over a canal and a soprano saxophone.

Interactive Works

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Here are links to various interactive, or quasi-interactive projects made in the last few years. Please note that some links are not yet active, these should be up and running in the next few days.

I.M.G.L.P.

Improvised Musical Gesture Learning Project. A musical gesture recognition and algorithmic composition system built using Max/MSP.

Galvanize AV

A soundtoy exploring concurrent physical control of audio and visual materials using a variety of trans-domian mappings.

WallTapper AV

A live performance tool exploring synchronized audiovisual convolutions.

RGB FreaQ

Acoustic instrument controlled realtime synthesis system.

Hands Duet

An experiment and the first prototype of a system exploring physical gesture control of a realtime synthesis engine.

D.I.A.R.S.

Dynamic Interactive Aesthetic Response System. A simple algorithmic realtime sampling system, which adapts its behavior according to the aesthetic response of performer.

Also see Sound Toys pages for other related projects.

Sound Toys

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SpiralSet

Here are links to my sound toy projects.

SpiralSet

A spectral sound toy.

A computer game engine is used to create an animated interface which drives a realtime additive synthesis system built using Max/MSP/Jitter.

MagNular

A collaborative sound toy in which players operate virtual magnets to create sound particle object collisions, resulting in clusters of sonic events. For 1-4 players.

ResOscope

Dioxide Dissolves

Cyclical Flow

ResOscope

Another spectral sound toy for player exploration and traversal through sound spectra. Symbolic control of interpolating phase vocoders using an animated interface.

Dioxide Dissolves

A virtual imaginary installation. An open form piece, or environment for the exploration of a series of audiovisual miniatures. Explore different perspectives, and initiate transformations in both visual and sound domains.

Cyclical Flow

A sound toy and spatial composition tool for large multichannel systems. A playful system for creating trajectories which control spectral, textural and spatial parameters.

List of Works

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Selected List of Completed Works

Cyclical Flow (2011)

Spatial synthesis sound toy & composition tool.

ResOscope (2011)

A spectral sound toy.

Dioxide Dissolves (2011)

A virtual imaginary installation.

Enclosed Pteron Friction (2010)

A 24 channel fixed media work.

Taking the Biscuit (2010)

An 8 channel fixed media work.

Mint Cascade (2010)

An 8 channel fixed media work.

SkitterTwonk (2010)

A 60 second stereo piece for the 60x60 project.

Hydrophilic Pulses (2010)

A three movement 8 channel fixed media work.

I. Phase Transitions

II. inLeakage

III. outDrainage

MagNular (2009)

An open work and collaborative soundtoy presented as an installation at Expo 2009, Leeds.

Impure Carbon (2009)

An 8 channel fixed media composition composed using concrete and electronic materials.

ilinx (2009)

An 8 channel fixed media composition.

SpiralSet (2008)

An open work and soundtoy presented as an interactive installation at Sonic Arts Network Expo 2008.

Galvanize AV (2007)

Interactive physical control of an audiovisual system.

Blog

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:27:06 +0000

Welcome. Stuff will be posted here from time to time........

Sound Toys @ University of Manchester

Thanks to Ricardo for inviting me to present some of my sound toy projects at Novars, University of Manchester yesterday. Was great to meet everyone and looking forward to future collaborations.

http://researchnovars.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/unity3d-presentation-at-novars-by.html

21 Apr 2012 13:05

Mint Cascade @ IFIMPaC 2012

Mint Cascade at Leeds International Festival for Innovations in Music Production and Composition

Thursday 26 - Friday 27 April 2012

Keynote Composer: Michel Chion

http://postgraduate.lcm.ac.uk/leeds-international-festival-innovations-music-production-and-composition

31 Mar 2012 21:44

Bric-a-Brac in Glasgow

Bric-a-Brac in Glasgow this week.

http://www.facebook.com/events/293565357366131/

31 Mar 2012 21:43

City Genetic

http://citygenetic.com/#2384725/Music

Citygenetic is an ongoing project, a musical adventure and a meeting of musical minds. The project consists of a seed – the seed is a sixty second piece of music which has been created by Tim Martin (Maps and Diagrams). The seed has been passed onto different musicians of varying styles and genres for them to interpret and continue the music to form a branch.

Made some stuff for branch 3. Thanks Tim.

31 Mar 2012 21:42

Phase Transitions @ Melbourne Recital Centre

Phase Transitions in Australia…

http://www.melbournerecital.com.au/whatson/buytix?perfid=3113

31 Mar 2012 21:40

Destellos 2011

ilinx nominated for Destellos 2011.

11 Sep 2011 10:54

Sound Toys @ www.phonictrifle.co.uk

After blinkin ages of tinkering and tweaking, the sound toys I have been making are now available. Go here to take a look: www.phonictrifle.co.uk

30 Jul 2011 17:18

Catch-up

It seems that I am rubbish at this blogging stuff. Here are some updates... with some more to follow in a mo...

Mint Cascade @ University of California, San Diego, in May - thanks to Adam Stansbie

Mint Cascade @ SSSP 2011 in June.

Enclosed Pteron Friction @ ACMC 2011 in July.

30 Jul 2011 17:04

ACMC 2010

ilinx (8.0) programmed in a concert in the Australasian Computer Music Conference 2010. Only found out today...

13 Mar 2011 12:44

Qwartz Award Nomination 2011

The compilation "Feeding the Transmitter" has been nominated in the "Compilation" category of the Qwartz Electronic Music Awards.

22 Jan 2011 13:56

NoiseFloor 2011

The second NoiseFloor Festival is 12th - 14th January 2011.

Check here for more info on the event.

16 Jan 2011 13:53

Bric-a-Brac @ Soundings, Edinburgh

Bric-a-Brac is being played at the next Soundings Festival of Sonic Art, in the VIdeo and Electroacoustics concert on Saturday 6th November.

The Festival is 5th - 7th November 2010 at Reid Concert Hall, Bristo Square, Edinburgh.

Thanks to Andy Connor.

29 Oct 2010 13:12

ilinx in Mexico (CMMAS)

ilinx played at a CMMAS concert in Morelia, Mexico as part of a concert featuring works from SARC on 01st October 2010.

29 Oct 2010 13:07

Bric-a-Brac @ Mantis Festival 2010, Manchester

The multichannel audiovisual piece "Bric-a-Brac" is included in the next Mantis Festival in Manchester. The festival is on the weekend of the 20th & 21st of February 2010 at the Martin Harris Centre, University of Manchester, UK.

Click here for further information on the event.

A stereo version of the piece can be viewed here.

8 Feb 2010 12:08

60x60 2010 Burgundy Mix

A short 60 second piece called "SkitterTwonk" is included in the Burgundy Mix of the 2010 60x60 project.

Click here for a full list of composers involved in the Burgundy Mix.

Performances include:

01st - 06th June 2010 - 60x60: 360 degreess ICMC (International Computer Music Conference) New York City and Stony Brook University

14th May 2010 - 60x60 (2010 / ICMC Burgundy Mix) Parkside Lounge, New York City

12th May 2010 - 60x60 (2010 / ICMC Burgundy Mix) City University in London, England

07th May 2010 - 60x60 (2010 / ICMC Burgundy Mix) Outpost 186 Cambridge, Massachusetts

A full list of all 60x60 performance dates for the different mixes can be found here.

8 Feb 2010 12:08

ilinx @ NYCEMF

My fixed media composition "ilinx" has been selected for performance at the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, NYCEMF. The event is March 25th - 27th 2010.

More info can be found here.

Will be my first time visiting New York so should be a fun adventure.

23 Jan 2010 13:45

NoiseFloor 2010

The first NoiseFloor Festival is next weekend, 16th and 17th January 2010.

Check here for more info on the event.

The first movement from my piece "Hydrophilic Pulses" has been programmed. Its an eight channel fixed media work called "Phase Transitions".

There is a nice mix of electroacoustic and electronica/idm music featured at the festival, so if you live in the area (West Midlands, UK) then head on over. See you there.

10 Jan 2010 16:01

Website Updated........finally

Hi. The new website is finally up, its more generic but is definitely going to be easier to maintain, and quicker to update. So more twonking time......wahoooo.

10 Jan 2010 15:44

Biography

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:56:22 +0000

Andy Dolphin - a composer & digital artist currently working as a lecturer in Music, Sound & Performance at Leeds Met University, UK, and in the final stages of completing a PhD at SARC (Sonic Arts Research Centre), Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Previously I worked as a music technology lecturer (HE & FE) for 6 years at Northbrook College, Worthing and as a visiting lecturer at the University of Brighton. I completed my MMus at Goldsmiths and BA Hons in Sonic Art at Middlesex University.

I have quite a few areas of interest within the field of computer music, but many recent projects have focused upon the exploration and practical application of computer game and physics engine technologies in the creation of creative works in the fields of sound art and music composition. Themes of play, allocation of compositional control to players, user accessibility and symbolic representations of sound, synthesis and music control parameters are often key themes in the game engine projects.