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matterlightblooming
Album, 2020 (Reveal Records)
Ian Carr – On A Wet Day (Remix)
Remix of 'On A Wet Day' from Ian's album 'I Like Your Taste In Music'
Music Producer
Shane Thomas – Without A Lion
Production and Mixing for virtuoso pianist Shane Thomas' 2020 EP.
Music Producer
Pianobook
Developing a platform for a growing community of composers sharing sample instruments.
Digital Producer
Service Design
Every Lesson Shapes A Life
Orchestral Programming and Mix for Zeb Budworth's soundtrack to Department of Education cinema/TV/radio advert
Music Producer
Lau
Web design and build for the award-winning folk music pioneers LAU.
Digital Producer
Abbey Road Masters
Production Music albums recorded in Studio 2 with the London Contemporary Orchestra
Composer
Subism
UX Consultancy on a range of projects/clients for one of the best design studios around.
UX Design
Reservoir 13 (Music for the Novel by Jon McGregor)
Official Soundtrack to the Costa Novel of the Year 2018,
Reservoir 13
by Jon McGregor.
Composer
The Last Outpost of Empire [Music for A Lonely Isle]
Soundtrack EP, 2018
Composer
Loro
'Vigil V' from my album Vigils appears in the Silvio Berlusconi biopic LORO, directed by Paolo Sorrentino
Composer
A Lonely Isle
Creative Direction & Soundtrack for a unique podcast/spoken-word essay about a tiny island in the North Atlantic.
Composer
Creative Director
Grawl!x – Appendix
String quartet arrangements for the dream-pop artist's third album.
Composer
Vestige: Memory Phone
A physical engagement installation for the Peabody award-winning VR film's debut at Tribeca Film Festival, NYC.
Creative Director
National Grid
Designing a LEAN learning software package for Business Excellence coaches and coachees.
Service Design
UX Design
Destination Venus
A soundtrack for an Immersive Experience at the National Space Centre, about landing on a hostile Venus.
Composer
The Reservoir Tapes
'Vigil I' from my album Vigils is the soundtrack for the BBC Radio 4 Dramatisation of Jon McGregor's novel.
Composer
Soundpocket Music
Twenty tracks of production music custom made for use in television and film.
Composer
Reveal Records
Website design and build for an independent record label.
Digital Producer
UX Design
Garfunklr
A prototype web app for avid readers to track their books and historical reading data.
Service Design
UX Design
Joan As Police Woman
Website design and build for the majestic NYC based singer-songwriter
Digital Producer
UX Design
Reservoir 13
An Orchestra of Smart Phones: a communal surround-sound experience to accompany Jon McGregor's book tour readings.
Composer
Creative Director
CNN: A Spirited Journey
Original Soundtrack for the CNN Short Film about Japan's most isolated restaurant.
Composer
The Young Pope
My piece 'Night Sun' appears in two episodes of the Sky Atlantic / HBO / Canal+ series starring Jude Law.
Composer
Edith
Soundtrack for the BAFTA-longlisted short film written by Ray Robinson and starring Michelle Fairley and Peter Mullen.
Composer
Motor Sports Association
Assisting in MSA's digital transformation by designing a full service for members, employees, volunteers and more.
Service Design
UX Design
Twinklr
A Modern Music Box: a physical, digital update to the traditional toy music box
Creative Director
Lau – Ghosts [Remix]
Remix for award-winning experimental folk trio, released as a 2-track single with Leafcutter John remixing the a-side
Music Producer
GAME Rewards App
User Experience Design for an award-winning retail rewards app
UX Design
Vigils
Album, 2016 (Reveal Records / Lirico Records)
Composer
Rubato
Custom technology allowing performers to control their audience's phones from a footswitch.
Creative Director
Songs for Spoken Words
An Arts Council funded exploration into how technology can combine poetry and music in new ways.
Composer
Creative Director
Derby Museums
A permanent audio installation in the museum using 6.0 Surround Sound from concealed speakers, triggered by a Raspberry Pi.
Composer
Creative Director
Night Sun
A multimedia installation triggered by a toy music box
Composer
Creative Director
Orchestrated Text
A Boing Boing and WIRED-featured experiment marrying classical music to descriptive text as you listen.
Creative Director
Digital Producer
Ravensbourne Prospectus
A digital prospectus using familiar web interfaces to encourage new interactions with course information and careers.
Digital Producer
UX Design
A Lullaby Hum For Tired Streets
Album, 2011
Composer
Twinklebox
Soundtrack for Animated Short Film
Composer
Derby [2061]
A story told at locations around a city, found and read using Foursquare. 50 pieces of a story scattered across 50 locations.
Creative Director
Digital Producer
Chromaroma
Oyster data-powered online game encouraging better commuting
Service Design
UX Design
Such Tweet Sorrow
Romeo & Juliet in real-time across Twitter and the web, with six Royal Shakespeare Company actors living the story.
Digital Producer
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