Electronic instruments, mechanical sculptures, robot penguins etc.









15th July 2010
Currently fiddling about with this website - apologies for some of the links not working
11th July 2010
Bicycle powered synthesiser - the Velotone
10th April 2010
Penguin on display at the Southbank Centre (Clore Ballroom) from Sunday 18th to Wednesday 28th April.
There will be a special performance around midday on the 24th, involving lots of interesting equipment - hope you can make it!
1st February 2010
New project - Marvin the Robotic Penguin
16th January 2010
A rare chance to see Nine Owls in a Baguette this Friday 22nd January at Corsica Studios.
There will be strange costumes and even stranger sounds, with home-made electronic instruments and owl masks.
13th December 2009
29th November 2009
Visit to Jean Tinguely exhibition
14th November 2009
I have just made a remix for my good friend DJ Urine, who makes fantastic music by gluing together sections of different records and playing them on up to six turntables simultaneously.
The album also has a remix by DJ Scotch Egg and other interesting people, and is available to buy on vinyl here.
11th October 2009
Ralph the Robot (prototype preview)
3rd October 2009
Sonic Explorations workshop - children playing the musical stepladders
5th July 2009
Casio SK-5 with CGS/Steiner Synthacon filter
7th June 2009
4th June 2009
14th March 2009
Another modified Roland TR-505 drum machine
17th February 2009
Nine Owls in a Baguette perform 'A Recipe for Disaster', an opera in roughly four parts, live at Cafe Oto, Dalston.
10th February 2009
Joe Henson's Tweed Runner machine completed today - construction details and video here
6th February 2009
Thorpe Park ride and scenery restoration - painting Happy Halibuts in the snow.
25th January 2009
NewSound audio newspapers - collaboration with the London Sinfonietta