Made In Japan- Live Performance

It looks like a long time before live music will be up and running in any normal way. So In the meantime I thought I would film and put up where I’m up to with the live performance for Made In Japan.

The visuals were made from a collection of videos I’ve recorded over the years and processed using Cycling 74′ Max.

Watch the video and give me your thoughts below:

LIVE GIG: Leigh’s ART Market 9th &10th December

Hi all, It’s been a while since I have done anything live but the wait is over. I will providing ambient background music with some special guests for Leigh’s ART Market at the Turnpike Gallery on the 9th and 10th of December between 12 and 5pm. Address below:

The Turnpike
Civic Square,
Leigh,
WN7 1EB

Google Maps:

Link:
https://goo.gl/maps/8Y1noTmuEop

This will be a collection of improvised and generative music with wild track recordings of spaces unlike other stuff I have done before. Designed more to provide an accompaniment to the Leigh’s ART Market rather than the centerpiece of it. Feel free to come in at any point and have a listen and a look at some of the art work throughout the two days and 10 hours of music. Over this time I will be accompanied by other musicians throughout who will all add their own unique styles to the music. I will let you know more about them closer to the time.

It’s been a long time since I posted any of my own music to the site and for that I’m sorry. I have been working on stuff for quite some time and have a backlog of material that is in limbo. I will have more news on future releases in the coming months and thank you for your patience.

All the best,
CT

 

Oneohtrix Point Never Magnetic Rose At Edinburgh Fringe

OPN Magnetic Rose Live Last weekend I was fortunate enough to see a live performance by Daniel Lopatin aka Oneohtrix Point Never at the Edinburgh Fringe.

I first heard OPN through his album replica and since then I have gone back and listened to most of his work. The main reason I’m so intrigued by his music is I find it very hard to work out where he gets his influences. It seems to come out of experiences and interests that are so foreign to me I struggle to comprehend how they are created.

Watching him perform Magnetic Rose and Bullet Hell Abstraction IV gave me a bit more of an understanding of his thought process. Over 90 minutes I was treated to some beautiful lush soundscapes that encapsulated the accompanying video in thought provoking and haunting ways. This was especially the case for Magnetic Rose where Daniel Lopatin creates an alternate soundtrack to the anime of the same name by director Koji Morimoto.

This Soundtrack mixed with some of the films own audio managed to portray a vision that was somewhere between a dream and a nightmare. Moments of Beauty and Horror were blended together in a way that both shocked and comforted the system. It was a staggering barrage on the senses and has left my mind with even more questions to process about his work than I had before this weekend.

The Music of OPN may be a puzzle I will never solve but I will enjoy attempting to for as long as he makes it.

Tomorrow, 1PM, 14-18 Gallery, Bradshawgate, Leigh LIVE GIG!

I’m Performing Live tomorrow at 1PM at the 14-18 Gallery in Bradshawgate for its opening. It’s an hour of completely new music from myself and im looking forward to playing it for the first time live.

If you can make it I would appreciate your support, if not I will try to find a way for people to see it after the show so watch this space.

CT

In the Studio

Working In my Studio

 

21/9/13_1pm_BradshawGate Castlefield Gallery_Leigh

I’m playing over an hour of new music on Saturday 21st September At the Bradshawgate gallery in Leigh for its opening day. If you can make it please come on down to see the art from the collective and hear my music.

The gallery is open from 10am but I will be playing my set from 1. Come on down if you fancy it, For more info See the site here and see the flyer below:

Castlefield Gallery Flyer

Castlefield Gallery Flyer