Peel
1997
fixed medium - stereo
12’13”
Commissioned by:
BEAST (funded by West Midlands Arts)
Peel continues concerns in my music to investigate the musical and structural potential which lies behind sounds which are familiar to us. “Peeling” back the outer layers of these sounds reveals new unfamiliar sounds which, when juxtaposed with the familiar sounds, create surreal soundscapes. Sometimes the peeling is violent, sometimes gentle. The boundaries between the real world and unreal worlds become blurred - eventually we begin to recognise the unknown.
Peel was commissioned by BEAST with funds provided by West Midland Arts. It was realised in the Electroacoustic Music Studios at Northern College, Aberdeen and at the University of Birmingham and was also produced using the One Voice Scottish Composers’ Resource, with the support of the Scottish Arts Council and the UK National Lottery.
Peel appears on Un Son Peut En Cacher Un Autre available from bandcamp
Peel also appears on…
Electroshock Vol. VI
Performances
1997
Mar - The Lemon Tree Theatre, Aberdeen - Dance and Technologies; dancer - Andy Howitt
Apr 5 - Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham - BEAST
May - John Lill Music Centre, Hatfield
May - Northern College, Aberdeen - discoveries xxvi
Oct 12 - Budapest Music Centre, Budapest, Hungary Magyar Rádió - III. Elektroakusztikus Fesztiválja
Nov 10 - University of Florida, Gainesville, USA - Unbalanced Connection 1
Dec - Glissando (via Astra 1A), Germany
1998
Feb - Concordia University, Montréal, Canada - EuCuE
May - The Public Office, Melbourne, Australia - ExStatic
Aug - Brazil - V SBC+M
Sep - Xebec Hall, Kobe, Japan - ICMF
Oct - FASM Theatre, Sao Paulo, Brazil - II BIMESP
1999
Feb - Queen’s University, Belfast
Mar - Connecticut College, USA - 7th Biennial Symposium for Arts and Technology
Jul - Wellington University, Auckland, New Zealand - ACMA
2000
Jan - Roy O Disney Music Hall, California Institute of the Arts, USA - CEAIT
Mar - University of Havana, Cuba - Spring in Havana
Oct - FASM Theatre, Sao Paulo, Brazil - III BIMESP
Dec - Radio Nothing 1453, Connecticut, USA
2001
Jan - Martian Gardens, WMUA 91.1 FM, USA
Jan - Something Else, WLUW, Chicago
Jan - The Sonar Map, KSER 90.7 FM, Seattle, USA
Jan 21 - KGFNU, 88.5 FM, USA
May - Art + Design Centre, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
Aug 16 - WREK 91.1, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sep 13 - WREK 91.1, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Sep 23 - WREK 91.1, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Nov 30 - WREK 91.1, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2002
Jan 17 - WREK 91.1, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Feb 24 - WREK 91.1, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Apr 12 - WREK 91.1, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
May 10 - WREK 91.1, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
May 25 - WREK 91.1, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Jun - Elphinstone Hall, Aberdeen - The Intellectual Frontiers of Music
Jun 3 - WREK 91.1, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Jul 25 - WREK 91.1, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Aug - Blatant Propaganda, 2XX 98.3, Australia
Sep 8 - WREK 91.1, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Oct - CKCU-FM 93.1, Ottawa, Canada - Acoustic Frontiers
Nov - Pintor Fortuny, Barcleona, Spain - Sonidas Fijados
2003
Jan 30 - 2mbs-fm 02.5mhz, Sydney, Austrialia - furthermore
Jun 15 - Martian Gardens, WMUA 91.1 FM, USA
Dec 26 - Internet Radio/Sounds of Tomorrow, USA
Special Radio/Electroshock, Russia (30 broadcasts throughout year)
2004
Feb 7 - Reid Hall, Edinburgh Soundings
Mar 5 - 4ZZZFM 102,1 FM, Australia
2005
May 8 - Marischal Museum, University of Aberdeen - discoveries xxxiii
Nov 19 - Dijon, France - Why Note
2006
Nov 21 - Rai Radio 1, Italy
2007
Apr 1 - Radio Horizon 93.9, South Africa
May 2 - Radio Centraal, Belgium - Kicks Extreme Radio
May 14 - Foldover, WOBC 91.5 FM, Oberlin, Ohio, USA - Foldover
2008
Mar 1 - Radio Horizon 93,9, South Africa
2010
Feb 28 - Martian Gardens, WMUA 91.1 FM, USA - Martian Gardens
Aug 9 - CKCU 93.1FM, Canada - Acoustic Frontiers
2011
May 18 - City Halls, Glasgow - Edit-Point
2012
Mar 4 - WMUA FM 91.1, Amherst, USA - Martian Gardens
May 14 - CKCU 93.1FM, Canada - Acoustic Frontiers
Dec 1 - Bramall Music Building, University of Birmingham - BEAST 30th Anniversary Concert
2016
Mar 2 - Radio Horizon 93.9, South Africa
2017
May 29 - CKCU-FM 93.1, Ottawa, Canada - Acoustic Frontiers