This project formed part of the Curiosty Collectives “Proverbial Show” which took place on the 26th-28th of June, at the Graham and Oldham Gallery in Electric House.

The project was created by taking a image and splicing it into five separate images, giving only one part to each of the narrators, they were simply asked to describe what they saw, by editing together in a nonlinear fashion it brought to the front several different and often amusing narratives, and helping highlight the notion that “A Picture Speaks A Thousand Words”.

This was my first venture in public collaborative art and it was a very enjoyable experience, and has inspired me to create a much larger piece, utilising the public based around the exquisite corpse method.

The image was creative commons licensed from photgrapher Tadek Kurpaski and you can view more of his work and the image in full here.

For galleries who wish to download and display this digital work please contact us at enquiries@hiddenyouthrecords.co.uk

Things are going well, I have three tracks completed, two of which have already been played on the radio here in the UK and some in Germany and some in the USA, so things are also going well. Both “IED” and “Out On The Floor” are on my myspace page here, and I have had a good response from everyone about them.

“Current Affairs” is also done and music video is in progress, very excited about it. I am thinking I won’t release any singles from this album either especially not physical releases as singles, however I feel after doing a project like “Obsolete?” I will make a music video for each of them or at least most of them.

There are about 15 other tracks though some are 75% done and some are just ideas, but either way I am super excited. The album spans from euphoric and pleasant to dirty and noisy electronica already, and yes I am still gonna have a few guests, it’s just very slow to organise as everyone seems to be doing their albums at the same time.

But yes, things are going well. Rehearsals tomorrow for gigging season and I have some new songs to play so a little nervous about that but will get it all sorted tomorrow.

Ip-art Ipswich Music Day CSV Stage

July 5th, 2009 18:30-19:00pm
Christchurch Park, Ipswich
IP4 2BX
Free Entry, All ages
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Pixelh8 @ Halesworth Gig In The Park

August 8th, 2009 7pm
Halesworth Park, Halesworth, Suffolk
More info & tickets here.
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Interface Amnesty (TBC)

26 September 2009
12 - 8pm
STATIC
23 Roscoe Lane
Liverpool,
L1 9JD

Pixelh8 Lecture & Performance

November 10th, 2009, 7.30pm
New Media Museum
Pictureville Theatre
Bradford
BD1 1NQ
Price TBC
Booking:0870 70 10 200
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The Pixelh8 Music Tech Master Stroke DS is a real time synthesizer for the Nintendo DS system it allows for extensive sound design and is the natural evolution of the Music Tech Series allowing for the classic chip tune sound on a modern device.

The new system allows for keyboard style play by pressing “X” to bring up the 2 Ocatve Xylophone or classic Music Tech mode by using the directional pad to control the sounds in the same way as the Music Tech Game Boy and Pro Performer Game Boy Advance.

Loads of new combinations are possible as you can now combine interval settings with time based effects as well as using the noise channel instead of tone and the easy change between menus allow for quick change during performance.

All sounds are produced via the on board sound chip and no samples or sample manipulation is used, this is a real time chip tune synth for the DS.

Top Screen shows options selected at any given time.

Menu 1 controls the Wave Duty, Pan and Volume.

Menu 2 controls Keys and Intervals.

Menu 3 controls time based effects set 1.

Menu 4 controls time based effects set 2.

Menu 5 are some of my favourite sounds, Attack and Release and Credits Screen.

Menu 6 Controls Octave, Whammy Bar, Tone/Noise and 3 sound patches so you can recall them quickly during performance.

The “X” button brings up a simple 2 octave Xylophone to perform the designed sound on. Whats more is that options can be changed during play, in Classic play mode, in Xylophone mode it’s only one menu away.

I have had an amazing response to the release of my previous free software and have heard loads of songs created using it and loads of emails of thank yous which is fantastic. I am not going to charge for this software either, but if you would like to help support my research simply buy an album or donate old computer equipment to me, that would be great.

The software is 95% done and will be released for free download to allow for more users to take part and create music. It will be completed after I have finished my third album “And The Revolution” but hopefully that won’t be too long, as I am working on it now. :) There will also be an iPhone and Android version soon too.

Please do not email me with questions about when it will be released, join the mailing list on the sidebar of this site and you will be told as soon as it’s ready for download. Youtube video here.

I just thought you should know what I was up to.

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Tune in to hear me interviewed by Digital Planet in a special looking at Obsolete?, The National Museum of Computing and the rise of the personal computer. You can download the new version of the theme tune for free here and you can  listen again here. There is also a downloadable podcast here.

The Open University and Digital Planet, BBC World Service’s Weekly Technology programme, have joined forces to produce six special co-produced editions of the programme. Hosted by Gareth Mitchell, Digital Planet brings the clearest, sharpest guide to developments in our connected world to a worldwide audience via radio, digital and online.

For more information, listen online and listen again visit the Digital Planet BBC site here. Image reproduced with permission see footer.

Pixelh8’s most recent work “Obsolete?” is a audio and visual study of the people, machines, history of The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park and looks closely at the themes of mathematics, logic, code-breaking and enciphering. The project was funded by the PRS Foundations new music award and commissioned by The National Museum of Computing.

Available on iTunes UK here and iTunes USA here!

The music itself is composed using some of the oldest and rarest computers in the world such as the WWII code-breaking machine Colossus Mark 2 Rebuild, and the 1960’s Elliott 803 largely used for mathematics and some of the more commonplace machines such as the BBC Micro. With over thirty machines studied and utilised within the music, it is a combination of both sounds from the internal sound chips and the external electro-mechanical sounds. In addition to this, the piece also utilises such items as the early non-electrical mechanical adding machines.

The project was comprised of twelves pieces of music and accompanying visuals and culminated in two performances at the prestigious Bletchley Park Mansion on March 20th and 21st, 2009.

Ok lots of stuff to choose from, first up BBC Radio 3 The Late Junction with Verity Sharp from the BBC website here, a very eclectic radio show. BBC Word Service The Strand interview with Dan Damon and article on chiptune music here, and finally last but not least BBC Radio Wales an interview with Adam Walton regarding music and technology here from Sunday 26th for a week. Enjoy!

I am never quite sure whats going to happen next, but this is a nice suprise. Music from the “Obsolete?” concert piece will be performed on BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction with Verity Sharp, very excited the program always features an eclectic range of music and I have tuned in for quite some time now.

There is a Facebook event page here and more information as well as online listening and listening again from the BBC website here.

Enjoy!

I am providing some music for a new play by Zay Amsbury and directed by Web Begole. Featuring David Marshall, Aidan O’Shea (Turing) and Amanda Rhines. Performances are April 23-25, 2009 at The New School for Drama, 151 Bank Street, New York, NY. If you are nearby, pop by.

“An Alan Turing Fantasy, a new play by Zay Amsbury and directed by Web Begole, asks the question: What if Alan Turing used the resources of British Intelligence to push his theories on machine intelligence to the limit? In a retrofitted Royal Air Force hangar, Turing creates an artificial intelligence that grows beyond his imitation games and holds the promise of ending his loneliness forever.” For more information visit the website here.

After lengthy consideration, I decided I would rather have my Game Boy / Game Boy Advance music software be used by everyone it can be used by, instead of just the few.

All of my my music software is now free for download on the software page, please read the FAQ’s before emailing me questions, Enjoy!

I am doing a lot of work in music and music education, the software is now even being used in some UK schools for students to do their GCSE music composition on.

Make music, make friends, have fun.