Totally Sound: January 2009

Ed Millington - Portfolio

Send me electronic letters: e.r.millington@dunelm.org.uk

I've had work commissioned by BBC Radio 4, and been played on BBC 6 Music in Britain and RTE Radio na Gaeltachta in Ireland. I have an invitation from the legendary Barry Truax to go and work under him for a month or two next summer, and am basically awesome all round.

What they say:

"[Ghosts Before Breakfast is...] an excellent EP... we would also recommend his wide-ranging writings and his projects with archive film" - Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music

"I felt an instant affinity to your approach... technically masterful... very evocative" - Barry Truax, internationally-renowned composer and pioneer of granular synthesis

"multi-layered, thought-provoking work... have you considered entering the Turner Prize?" - Jonathan Hardy, multiple BAFTA-winning composer

Sound for radio!

‘Then We Came to the End’, BBC Cymru
I carried out composition, sound-engineering and production work for the BBC Radio 4 ‘Friday Play’ time slot. Producer: Kate McCall. Broadcast date: Friday 11 December 2009, 9pm. Related blog posts here.

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Audio-Visual Art!

'An Evening of Music and Film'
A compendium of kinetophonic curiosity. Curated by me. An evening's programme that was performed at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama on 16 March 2010. Related blog posts, including more examples of the work on show, here.

'Ghosts before Breakfast'
New music and sound design to the Hans Richter short from 1927. Related blog post here.

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Installations!

'Bored Meeting'
An installation piece examining the twin threat of ennui and having to get a Proper Job. This work featured as part of RWCMD's 60th Anniversary celebrations in 2009. Related blog post here.

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Contemporary composition!

Untitled Piece for Flute Trio & Electronics
I have been commissioned to write a piece for flute trio and tape, to be performed at the British Flute Society Convention 2010, an event which will take place at the Royal Northern College of Music in August. The following are some initial studies for the piece. Related blog post here.

'The Corners Kept Their Secrets Where There Were Claw-Marks In The Dust'
The stereo mix of an octophonic surround-sound piece that was premiered at RWCMD in November 2009. The piece exists as an effort, on my part, to write something mainly using sound-objects sourced from small noises Related blog post here.

Yaoi! Attack
Tinny over-compressed electronic tape-noise-psych-soul-boogie. Shortly to take the world by storm. Related blog posts here.

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