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Pixelh8 on BBC iPlayer Listen Again

April 24th, 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!

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Pixelh8 on BBC Radio 3 Late Junction

April 17th, 2009

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!

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Pixelh8 and “An Alan Turing Fantasy”

April 17th, 2009

sp09_pc_randomacts5-1I 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.

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Pixelh8 to headline Ipswich Music Day CSV Stage

April 14th, 2009

ip-art-logo-sponsorI will be headlining Ip-art Ipswich Music Day Festival CSV Stage July 5th, 2009, 18:30-19:00, it’s a free all ages gig.

Very pleased to be back on the CSV stage they and ICR FM have always been supportive of local musicians and this is a great way to celebrate that.

Last year it was packed several thousand attended this year is gonna be even better, also on just before me is the amazing James Severy at the Circus Circus.

Put it in your diary now! Facebook event page here. For more info visit the IP-ART Ipswich Music Day page here.

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“IED” Debut’d on David Hoopers Disgusting Electronica

April 14th, 2009

b00k2pbh_512_288“IED” Instrumental was debut’d last night on BBC Radio 1 on David Hoopers Disgusting Electronica.

You can listen again here, lots of good music, fun and frolics. “IED” from the forthcoming album “And The Revolution” coming soon. I am working very hard on it and other projects at the moment, more info as soon as I have it myself.

It’s also on my MySpace page so you can add it to your profile.

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“Obsolete?” Videos

April 2nd, 2009

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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.

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.

As so many of you have requested them and you will have to wait a little while to hear the music again, I have uploaded some clips of “Obsolete?” in the mean time.

“Math” from “Obsolete?”


“Rewind The Tape” From “Obsolete?”


“Monster” from “Obsolete?”

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