Most of the pieces on this CD were on a cassette I produced way back named '912' (work from 1991/92).

Most of the pieces on this CD were originally on a cassette I
produced way back named '912' (work from 1991/92).

01. Groggy Intro (17 July 1992 - Chingford) A short introduction. Actually a study for the start of Herb's
Jump.

02. tick (V3.1) (6 Oct. 1992 - Dorking) The first of two studies for an unfinished collaboration with the film-maker Mireille Chan, this was to be our third film (V3).

03-04. Piano T'Nidos (13 Aug. 2001 - Pyhra) Several years ago a friend of mine, Damian, gave me a CD of piano samples for my studio. I can't remember anymore if he
challenged me or it was my suggestion that I make a piece from it. Either way here it is, a tape piece for piano and voice.
First performed: 19 Aug. 2001, Heunburg "Jazz5burg" concert,
Völkermarkt, Austria, as part of a Wiener Klang Maufaktur performance.

05-07. RDC I (11 Aug. 1992 - Chingford) This was created from a short study, Random DC I (4'32") from July 1980, reworked and generally messed with. The name means Random, dice (I) (there was also a II) and refers to what
you think it does.

08. ECTB33 (13 Sept. 1993 - Westcott) This was created from a study for the piece Brush Work, a soundtrack for a short film by Clive Walley. Cleaning paint brushes.

09. Red Fix (OR II) (24 Nov. 1992 - Dorking) This piece 'grew' out of a two-minute video soundtrack I composed in 1991 for the film 'Orientation' by Mireille Chan. For me composition has always been the musical representation
of visual images (the greatest influence on my work has been the artist Robert Rauschenberg), this visual approach to music obviously affects how I work - from how I see/hear the selection and 92#treatment of sound to the way I regard the structure and the composition process itself. I produce mainly graphic scores. I have collected together a sound library of 'images', ranging from the usual few-second samples to forty-minute blocks of sound which are not in themselves pieces, but from which sections are used and re-used as collage material. This piece is an example of that process, returning to the original sounds used in the soundtrack, reworked, retreated, and expanded with additional material. [program note for the Bowling Green Festival brochure - June 25, for Oct. '93] First performed: 8 Oct. 1993, Fine Arts Center, Ohio, USA.

10. tock (V3.2) (6 Oct. 1992 - Dorking) The second of the two studies for the proposed
film by Mireille Chan.

11-12. Herb's Jump (30 July 1992 - Chingford) I very seldom write for live instrumentalists, preferring to work and play more directly with sound. This piece was prompted by a desire to write for the sound world of the orchestra, an activity I have only tried twice before. This and the chance to work towards a finished form from various sketches and dabblings with samples and loops I have been playing with for years.
The piece is in three continuous movements, and for those who want to know what images the music represents for me, they are: Go on then (4'22"), Herb's thoughts as he steels himself; Time to count (7'41"), on the way down; 42 (Oh dear) (3'06"), second thoughts and the meaning of life.
This a very Hollywood view of suicide as luckily I have never been seriously tempted.
[program note for SPNM concert - Nov. 3 '93 for Jan '94] First
performed: 30 Jan. 1994, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.