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Badtiming at the Quip & Curiosity, Cambridge.

Tues 29th October 2024 - 7-10pm

A night of improvised noise and full frequencies, sonic experiments and inventions.

Delighted to have played alongside "there are no birds here" and "Tom Daley".

www.bad-timing.co.uk

Special thanks to Jo for the invitation.

Photo Credit: @DShappyBOI / Callis

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DIY Ubud Day Trip - Nomadic Nerd

Discover the hidden gems and local treasures of Ubud with this DIY day trip. Join the Nomadic Nerd and embark on an unforgettable adventure.

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DIY Ubud Day Trip - Nomadic Nerd Discover the hidden gems and local treasures of Ubud with this DIY day trip. Join the Nomadic Nerd and embark on an unforgettable adventure.

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DARK ENERGY PRESENTS DUSHUME

More Dark Energy....Cafe Oto - 30th July 2024

Some great images taken by John van Aitken.

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It was great to play and bring some Deep Noise and Harsh Bass at Cafe Oto for Dark Energy - 30th July 2024 to a sellout discerning audience.

Big Thanks to Aniruddha Das aka Dhangsha for curating, and other amazing performers Shamica Ruddock and Gary Stewart and all staff at Cafe Oto.

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DARK ENERGY PRESENTS...SHAMICA RUDDOCK + BANTU + DUSHUME + DHANGSHA

Celebrating label Dark Energy's inaugural release, Bantu's debut album "Instability," four protagonists explore the juxtaposition of heavy bass with noise. Bantu himself presents deep modulations that simmer with a quiet rage, exploding unexpectedly into bit-crushed stutter and then abrupt silences. Shamica Ruddock posits disjointed and chaotic loops, broken and sometimes beyond repair, subby and disorientating. Dushume contributes menacing low end frequencies, neither pulse nor drone, that envelop bodies like an impenetrable black fog. Dhangsha offers an industrial inflected dancehall which invariably collapses under sonic duress, with mutilated beats straddling the boundaries of good taste. 

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I was delighted to be invited to give an artist talk about my practice and also perform at the Quorum based in the ArtsOne Building's Pinter Studio at Queen Mary University in Mile End, London. Quorum is affiliated with the School of English and Drama.

Thank you to Henry, Heath and all the Quorum Committee, and big thanks to David Wright for the technical support on lighting and sound, plus Zoom!

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Exploring Cultural Diversity in Experimental Sound

The SOUND/IMAGE research group is delighted to announce the AHRC funded project “Exploring Cultural Diversity in Experimental Sound” hosted at the University of Greenwich.  

Where are all the black and South Asian experimental music artists?  

Researchers at the University of Greenwich aim to find out as part of a new 18-month UKRI-funded project.  

Exploring Cultural Diversity in Experimental Sound aims to challenge institutional whiteness in experimental sound practice by investigating the creative identities of contemporary black and South Asian composers working in the UK.  

Research Fellow in Experimental Sound Dr Amit D. Patel is leading the project. He said: “Black and South Asian artists are some of the least represented within the genre of experimental sound. Our research seeks to tackle this lack of representation, raising the profile of diverse practices, highlighting potentials in pushing increased diversity, and seeking to challenge the invisibility of whiteness in the art form.”  

The research will involve observation of artists and their practices, interviews, and focus groups. The research will aim to unpack how these unique experiences are situated in relation to the structural and cultural contexts of experimental sound in the UK.  

Dr Andrew Knight-Hill, Senior Lecturer in Sound Design and Music Technology, added: “We are really excited to be working with an incredible array of artists and UK wide partners on this important research project, including Musicians Union, Sound & Music, Punch Records and a network of UK university music departments.  

“It is our goal that the outcomes of this project will help to effect change that makes experimental music more diverse. We’ll be developing policy guidelines which will help organisations as they seek to engage and encourage new artists to celebrate their diverse heritage and bring exciting new music/sound art to wider audiences.”

The project team is delighted to be working in partnership with the following leading UK Music organisations:  

Musicians Union: https://musiciansunion.org.uk  

Sound and Music: https://soundandmusic.org

Punch: https://www.wearepunch.co.uk

Iklectik: https://iklectikartlab.com  

Usurp: http://www.usurp.org.uk  

BEAN: https://britishelectroacousticnetwork.com  

The research runs from September 2021 to February 2023. It is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (Grant Ref: AH/V010964/1) and hosted by the SOUND/IMAGE Research Group at the University of Greenwich.  

https://www.gre.ac.uk/articles/public-relations/new-project-explores-cultural-diversity-in-experimental-sound  

To find out more and to get involved please sign up via our mailing list: SOUND/IMAGE Mailing List

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Dirty Dialogues 17.5.2021 at PACE Studio 1, De Montfort University, Leicester.

This concert was pre-recorded due to COVID restrictions and will be premiered online at a later date. 

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Dushume talks about his work PhliKr (2020), commissioned by and premiered at 2020 Greenwich SOUND/IMAGE Festival, London.

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IKLECTIK [off-site] presents: Dushume / Odie ji Ghast

Lockdown Noise

Undisturbed, mangled and discarded recordings from the archives will be unearthed to coalesce with thumping and erratic grooves of the Radical Nails sound(-making) object. Sounds will cook through extreme live performance, and by improvising with the studio recordings/turntables through ad-hoc extended DJ techniques. Extensive re-editing approaches of sounds from a range of differing spectrums are intertwined and mashed-up, expect a buffet of experimental harsh sounds, pulses, noise, drones, clicks, rhythms and bass. Fundamentally, anticipate the result in form of a collage/ mixtape to reference and playback on demand at a later date. www.dushume.co.uk

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IKLECTIK [off-site] Presents: Dushume

IKLECTIK [off-site] presents, Dushume / Odie ji Ghast Thursday 4 June - 8.45pm

On IKLECTIK YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/8z-MdLK8WUw On IKLECTIK Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/iklectik On IKLECTIK Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/IKLECTIK/

e-ticket (#nameyourprice) link: https://buytickets.at/iklectik/379842

This is the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/177981456953330/

Lockdown Noise Undisturbed, mangled and discarded recordings from the archives will be unearthed to coalesce with thumping and erratic grooves of the Radical Nails sound(-making) object. Sounds will cook through extreme live performance, and by improvising with the studio recordings/turntables through ad-hoc extended DJ techniques. Extensive re-editing approaches of sounds from a range of differing spectrums are intertwined and mashed-up, expect a buffet of experimental harsh sounds, pulses, noise, drones, clicks, rhythms and bass. Fundamentally, anticipate the result in form of a collage/ mixtape to reference and playback on demand at a later date.

www.dushume.co.uk 

Also on the line up:

Odie ji Ghast ''A distribution of a person in different rooms, starlight in her pyjamas (forever attire, because now you’re retired). I sat next to my words; visited whatevers I felt good resanging or just sang melodies in my heart so I can now mutter ‘I am art’. Not even an artist. I always push my face into the closet then rush straight back probing ‘who are you?’ and ‘are you even there?’ But I must be. Because everyone’s so friendly to me, including my daughter. We sit with each other and watch our life happening in entirely different speed now, with animation. Every week is different from the other, with different goals and newly acquired understanding. But continuous discomfort of pain is the same throughout the passage of time. So we cling onto that pain and onto that animation and we vocalise our thoughts. Ba ba ba and da da da… da-irectionless we aren’t but, distanced, now truly living in this momentary image.''

https://odiejighast.tumblr.com/ https://soundcloud.com/reading-my-eyes

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DEEP BASS NOISE

It was great providing some Deep Bass and Harsh Noise!

Big thanks to Bulkwash for the invitation, and also lovely to meet Mosquito Farm < Check them out! 

Sunday 28th May 23 @ The Amersham Arms, New Cross, London.

Pic by Dhangsha

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INTERROGATING THE NOISE: Dirty Electronics & Dushume

A cacophony of rhythmic stutters polarising with brutal deep bass – interrogating the noise! Object Noise Clusters made from everyday objects – pots and pans, oil can, oven shelf, coffee pot, clock gongs – are hung from the ceiling and intermittently vigorously shaken by motors. These are placed next to DIY loudspeakers strung-up creating an intense dialogue between acoustic and electronic sound. While rotating speaker horns bounce clicks around the space. Ink drips from a cannula onto a piece of out-stretched vibrating ‘noise’ paper. 

The artwork unfolded as a preview night performance: Saturday 25th Feb 2023

http://www.greenwichunigalleries.co.uk/not-necessarily-in-the-right-order/

Exhibition Launch Event: 6-9 pm: Tuesday 28 February - the sound art installation is on til the 24th March 23.

Special Thanks to Emma Margetson and Lauryn Keift-Wilshere for the images.

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Chaos?@theNLTLondon,Kilburn

Cello and Fixed Media  + Big Noise Orchestra

Audrey Riley (cello) performs new work by composer Susanne Grunewald for cello and fixed media.

Maham Suhail

Followed by Noise sets from special guests:

Dushume

Dhangsha

and Gary Stewart

+ Big Noise Orchestra feat. Jake Williams and Matt Rogerson

The evening ended with a group improvisation of noise, cello, and electronica.

It was great performing some destructive noise at this gathering! Big thanks to the amazing Audrey Riley for the invitation, and the brilliant curation.

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I was really stoked to perform at Control Voltage 16 @ Colchester Arts Centre, one of the best sound systems I have played on for a while. Thanks to Al for the invitation and curation of the event great line up of electronic artists. Last two images by Aniruddha Das.