So Below is a live performance piece for a chapel or resonant space, with the option of using various instruments. It was first performed in 2019 at the Glasgow University Chapel, supported by Cryptic, and with Maarten Vos on cello. The setup is for an array of speakers around the space, with the sound moving… Continue reading New Release – So Below
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New Music: Eirini Pt2
This is the second volume of work created from the research into music and sound’s role in healthcare that I conducted as part of an NHS Music Fellowship in 2018. Again, the focus is largely on ambient and beat-less music, that helps induce a state of calm or reflection. One of the few universally measurable… Continue reading New Music: Eirini Pt2
So Below & OWM Live – Mexico
I am lucky enough to be performing two different shows in Mexico over the next fortnight, as part of the 15th Visiones Sonoras Festival in Morelia, and by extension in Mexico City. The first show will be a live version of music released as part of my Other World Music (OWM) series, and be part… Continue reading So Below & OWM Live – Mexico
Review: So Below
Nice review of the ‘So Below’ live show, from earlier this year. https://www.list.co.uk/article/107783-so-below-alex-smoke-and-maarten-vos/ There will be news on further performances shortly, and am working towards a London show in the not-too-distant (but probably more distant than I think) future. Love0 Share
Scottish Awards For New Music
Other World Music Vol.I has been nominated for the EVM Award for Electroacoustic/sound art work as part of the Scottish Awards For New Music. Awards are always a strange proposition as they suggest competition, which is a mindset far removed from the thinking that went into the work. But recognition of one’s music is always… Continue reading Scottish Awards For New Music
Cryptic Artist
You may have seen this on my Twitter or Facebook but it also belongs here, being as it is a further step towards making music for contexts outside of the norm. Cryptic are an arts organisation who specialise in audio-visual installation and performance, and they’ve taken me on as one of their associate artists, which… Continue reading Cryptic Artist
New Music: Eirini I
The first official result of my last year’s music fellowship with the NHS, exploring the links between health and sound. Of the many fascinating avenues that I explored, this album encapsulates ideas from just a few of them, and is particularly focussed on the use of music as a way of reducing stress. I will… Continue reading New Music: Eirini I
New Album: Other World Music Vol.II
The second volume of my Other World Music series, under my own name, has been released. Again, it draws its influences from various musical traditions and forms and incorporates some of the research of my NHS music fellowship this year. I am just pressing up tapes and releasing them myself although they will also… Continue reading New Album: Other World Music Vol.II
New Album: Other World Music Vol.1
For the last few years I have been working increasingly away from the dancefloor under my own name, and soaking up more varied influences. Other World Music will be a series of albums reflecting my explorations in these new fields, part electronic, part acoustic, and exploring facets of sound and music such as psycho-acoustics, modal… Continue reading New Album: Other World Music Vol.1