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Correspondence. With Sarah Hughes (also featuring Fraufraulein, Joseph Clayton Mills, and Morgan Evans-Weiler). Editions Verde






Metre. A realisation of a score by Thomas Martin Nutt, with the ever joyous David Lacey. Suppendaneum





about. A realisation of Stefan Thut’s ‘about’, with Ryoko Akama, Stephen Chase, Eleanor Cully, Stefan Thut, and Lo Wie. Elsewhere






Dark Heart. Performance with Ryoko Akama, Isaiah Ceccarelli, and Katelyn Clark, realising Lance Austin Olsen’s ‘Theseus’s Breath’. There are also realisations of Lance’s work by Apartment House, Gil Sanson, and Lance himself. Another Timbre




Pell-Mell the Prolix. Release with David Lacey. An arrangement of percussive materials recorded during a residency at SARU in Oxford Brookes. Caduc




Wild Horses Think of Nothing Else the Sea. Tape readings. Holly Pester, Sally Ann McIntyre, Bruno Guastalla, Antoine Beuger, Michael Pisaro, and Daniela Cascella, reading from one of my publications. Winds Measure




Performance. Realisations of Manfred Werder’s 2 ausführende seiten 419-424, and Overlay (1) / Overlay (2), by James Saunders. With Dominic Lash and Tim Feeney. Rhizome


Untitled (for four). Jason Kahn, Patrick Farmer, Sarah Hughes, Dominic Lash. double CDr. Cathnor Recordings




Rhino. Anders Dahl, Patrick Farmer, Christian Munthe. Bombax Bombax






Continuum Unbound. 3 compositions by Michael Pisaro, realised by Pisaro, Greg Stuart, Joe Panzner, Toshiya Tsunoda, and myself. 3cd boxset. Gravity Wave




How I keep falling into rivers. A  c20 tape of improvisations on the motors of a reel to reel player. CON-V








a measure of ground. A collection of brutalist field recordings made with Stephen Cornford at the IN/from the out symposium in Manchester last year. Using a single piezo contact microphone and cassette dictaphone. Consumer Waste





Pictures of men. A densely structured crop of material posted back and forth and assembled over the last few years with David Lacey. Copy for your Records





Cartridge Music. A live performance of John Cage’s Cartridge Music, recorded at the Audiograft Festival in Oxford and performed by Stephen Cornford, Robert Curgenven, Ferran Fages, Patrick Farmer, Daniel Jones, Alfredo Costa Monteiro & Lee Patterson. Another Timbre
Accidents of matter or of space. Three realisations of can never exceed unity by Sarah Hughes, performed by Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, Neil Davidson, Rhodri Davies, Jane Dickson and Patrick Farmer. Plus an improvisation by Sarah Hughes. Suppedaneum


Wandelweiser Und So Weiter. 6 CD boxset including Compositions by Antoine Beuger, Michael Pisaro, John Cage, Dominic Lash, Sam Sfirri. Another Timbre





v -p -v-f is v-n double [field] compilation series. Featuring recordings by Eric La Casa, Ben Owen, Jason Kahn, Sally Ann McIntyre. Double CDr edition. Winds Measure



let’s grasp it naked as it is… | sitting and listening. A mixture of ambient and underwater field recordings on Cassette. Winds Measure





Bristol. A live recording of various electronics, upturned turntable and analog synth.With Jason Kahn and Stephen Cornford. Pilgrim Talk




Like falling out of trees into collector’s albums. A collection of minimally edited field recordings taken from my archive. Consumer Waste



Green rings around the eyes, this grass in vibrant motion. Solo improvisation for wire brush, contact mic and turntable. Nadukeenumono





No Islands. Two improvisations for various electronics and chorded zither plus a realisation of John Cage’s four6. With Sarah Hughes, Stephen Cornford, and Kostis Kilymis. Another Timbre


Droplets. Containing an improvisation for Double Bass, Percussion and Chorded Zither, two realisations of Taylan Susam’s for maaike schoorel, and an outdoor realisation of Eva Maria Houben’s Nachstück. With Sarah Hughes and Dominic lash. Another Timbre


Fields Have Ears. Realisations of Fade and Fields have Ears 1 by Phillip Thomas, and a realisation of Fields have Ears 4 by Phillip Thomas, Patrick Farmer, Sarah Hughes, Dominic Lash and the Edges Ensemble. Another Timbre



The Cat from Cat Hill. Improvisations for Chorded Zither, Electronics and Piano. With Sarah Hughes and Daniel Jones. Another Timbre



Bestiaries. Improvisations for percussion and double bass. With Dominic Lash. Cathnor





Bear Ground. Improvisations for snare drums, violin and viola. With Matt Milton, Ryan Jewell, and David Thomas. Creative Sources





Apis Mellifera – moved to and fro. Three recordings of HoneyBees made with various microphones, a few of which are filtered repeatedly through a series of solid objects such as bins, cymbals and rocks. Organised Music from Thessaloniki