Join Louis Sterling and Jack Cleary, two of our finalists, in an event of live Audio-visual performances.
The event starts at 2pm in Room 225 (Performance Studio) in Grand Parade.
More info: fb event
Live AV Sets by Louis Sterling and Jack Cleary
Watch an excerpt from Akiko Haruna’s forthcoming 12″
Akiko Haruna (DMSA Alumni) has a forthcoming 12″ out on the amazing where to now? label. Titled ‘Delusions’, the new EP is full of Aki’s unique mesh of avant garde sonics and abrasive electronics!
Watch an excerpt with sound and visuals by Aki, 3D figures by Bruno Nunes De Paula and assistant animator Ben chan.
DMSA Feature: Fraser Owen
Fraser Owen, currently in his second year on our course, offers a unique perspective merging gender-bending electronic music production and cross-dressing. This month we talk to him about his inspirations, visions and current projects. Fraser will be performing under his ‘Vince Vanity’ alias as part of the IDS showcase, this thursday @ Werks Central.
DMSA: Three important words that represent you as a creative person
FO: Ambitious, Provocative, Contemporary.
DMSA: When did you start working with sound and music?
FO: In my early teens I discovered electronic music and began to experiment using software belonging to my father (a video editor).
DMSA: In what ways has the DMSA course supported or helped you to develop into who you are today creatively and professionally?
FO: The exposure to a wide range of existing work has broadened my horizons and pushed me to re-evaluate my relationship to both sound, and the wider world of art. In my practical work I have begun to realize my aesthetic approach and apply it through a range of mediums and purposes.
DMSA: Can you tell us a bit more about your project Vince Vanity?
FO: Vince is the pseudonym I created for drag performance. Although Vince is a character/aesthetic, I also wanted her to reflect the thoughts and emotions in ourselves we try to ignore or hide, to provoke and connect to people on a personal level, and also as an experiment of self-discovery. Drag has also proved to be a way of expressing the thoughts, emotions, and interests which I do acknowledge but would rather not personify in my everyday life. I knew early on that I wanted to release music as Vince but delayed it until I felt completely comfortable expressing myself through this format. Working under the pseudonym, I found I had a much more focused approach by not letting too many of my personal feelings leak into the creative process. I also found a sense of liberation, possibly from the idea of hiding behind a character, and began to experiment a lot more. I have now created music, visuals, performance work, and combinations of these under this name.
DMSA: Other plans for the future? projects, events, visions?
FO: I would like to continue working in nightlife as a performer, to contribute to ensuring art maintains its place in the forefront. I am currently working on more music and more elaborate performances. I would like to work on more collaborative projects and begin to offer my skills as a freelance artist; where this will take me, I am unsure of, but I am excited for the future regardless.
Web: https://www.instagram.com/vince.vanity/
IDS Showcase @ Werks Central
The student-led label IDSpectral will be hosting a showcase this thursday 11th of April, 6-10pm GMT at Werks Central in collaboration with Casa Creativa. Expect a range of sounds, frequencies and vibrations by our students with live performances by Vince Vanity, Cyphon, Luke Vosper and Winnipeg, MN.
New Album by Louis Sterling
Louis Sterling will have his debut record ‘Adisceda’ released on David August’s 99CHANTS label on April 12th.
‘Adisceda’ takes the form of an act of remembrance, and all the joy and sorrow that can bring. Gloriously deep ambient electro-acoustics that you can get lost in.
Listen to the track ‘The Black Gate to Utopia’:
Olivia Louvel Performance at Hello Goobye Show.
Listen to Olivia Louvel performing a live set at Resonance FM’s “Hello Goodbye Show” presented by deXter Bentley, aired on Saturday 16th March 2019.
PLAYLIST
Lunatraktors – Black Raven
Rip, Rig & Panic – The Blue Blue Third
Mark Springer – Teatro Castagnoli di Scansano II
Olivia Louvel – Langside 1568 (LIVE SESSION)
Olivia Louvel – Deploy (LIVE SESSION)
Olivia Louvel – The Veil (LIVE SESSION)
Olivia Louvel – Battlefront (LIVE SESSION)
Olivia Louvel – February 8th 1587 (LIVE SESSION)
Olivia Louvel – ‘interview’
Agathe Max – Rêves Perdus
Misha Gray’s Prehistoric Jazz Quintet – Colossus Of Rhodes
The Comet Is Coming – Summon The Fire
Map 71 – Gyrate Formidable Receptors
Robert Sotelo – Bronte Paths
Hygiene – Holloway Road
ILL – Bus Shelter
Presented by deXter Bentley
Live sound engineers: Julian Sander, Nick Cron, Girish Rambaran & Pip McKenzie
DMSA Alumni, Students and Staff showcased @ IWD2019
As part of the International Women’s Day 2019 campaign to #BalanceforBetter, Sound and Music showcase the profiles of 31 composers and their unique contributions to composition in the UK. Alumni Akiko Haruna and Guoda Dirzyte, current student Jade Gunner and DMSA Course Leader Dr Maria Papadomanolaki are profiled in the showcase that is part of the online archive of British Music Collection.
British Music Collection provides unparalleled access to the modern history of composition in the UK. Established in 1967 as a means for contemporary composers to deposit scores and recordings for performers to access, it now consists of almost 70,000 works and recordings from over 3000 20th and 21st century composers and sound artists.
The value in the collection is undeniable – providing access to over 50 years of contemporary composition – but it’s not without fault. The underrepresentation of female composers, or those who identify as female, across the original collection is stark, and a reminder of the progress that has been made, and must continue to happen, in and across new music.
Much of the British Music Collection now exists here online, and this provides a great opportunity to readdress this imbalance and the original aim of the collection: providing access to the work of contemporary composers.
Olivia Louvel & Louis Sterling are recipients of awards
Two of our Level 5 students have received awards for their outstanding performance on the course as part of University of Brighton’s annual Student & Staff Celebration Event.The event is an opportunity for the University to thank their donors for their fantastic, generous support and to celebrate the achievements of students, Olivia Louvel has been awarded the Norman Cook Digital Music and Sound Arts Breakthrough Award and Louis Sterling an Employability Fund Award!
‘Training Ground’ @ KOMEDIA | 10/12/18
Monday 10th December 2018 | 8pm – Late
KOMEDIA Brighton
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Successfully running for its 10th year, the student-led DMSA club night is happening again on the 10th of December at Komedia, one of Brighton’s established music venues.
More infor below and on the facebook event page.
EXPERIMENTAL | LIVE PERFORMANCES | ELECTRONICA | DJ’S
Training Ground is a fun live performance night in the heart of Brighton at Komedia.
There will be a variety of performances all showcasing different elements of music, sound and image.
***8-Late
***£5 On the door
INCLUDING
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Experimental Music
Live Performance
DJ’s Set
Acoustic sets
Noise Music
Ambient Music
Techno Music
Projections
PERFORMANCES:
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Jack & Jordan
Vince Vanity
George Sparrow
Josh & Ryan
Luke Josper
Cyphon
Sunday, Early Morning (+Tarek)
Tarek (+ Sunday, Early Morning)
Onism
DJ’s
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Javier
Matthew
Jack A
Donald
Masterclass with Olivia Louvel: Document and Construct: sound, women and battles.
Monday 3rd December 2018, 4:30-6, Performance Studio, GP
Our current student Olivia Louvel will be leading the next masterclass on a very inspiring range of topics: sound women and battles.
About the session
Document and Construct: sound, women and battles.
I will explore the relationship between documentation and creation throughout my most recent works, Data Regina, inspired by the reign and writings of Mary Queen of Scots as well as the audiovisual piece, Afraid of Women, produced to bring awareness to Rojava, the autonomous region in Northern Syria.
Finally I will share my experience as a member of female:pressure, the international network of female, transgender and non-binary artists in the fields of electronic music and digital arts founded by Electric Indigo.
The session will be punctuated by sound intermission and live performance.
About Olivia
Olivia Louvel is a French-born, British composer, producer and artist whose work draws on voice, computer music and digital narrative. She operates on the frontier of art and electronic music. Her work also ranges from video art to live performance. Over the last decade, she has released six solo albums published on various labels, Angelika Koehlermann (Austria), Optical Sound (France) and on Cat Werk Imprint, her own production tool.
Her largest project to date Data Regina is a multimedia suite in which she explores the reigns of Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I, delivering her own singular transposition through an interactive digital platform and a cd publication. She was featured with Data Regina in The Wire magazine.
Her work has been supported by the Arts Council of England. In 2011, she was awarded the Qwartz Album for Doll Divider at the Qwartz Electronic Music Awards.
Olivia Louvel has received extensive airplay on significant radio programs such as BBC Radio 6’s Freak Zone, BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction, Resonance (UK), RTE Lyric FM’s Nova (Ireland), Radio Eins’s Elektro Beat (Germany), NRK’s Harald Are Lund (Norway), RTVE Radio 3’s Fluido Rosa, RTVE Radio 3’s Atmosfera (Spain), RAI 3’s Battiti (Italy), and France Musique’s La Matinale.
She has presented her work at venues and festivals such as Spirit of Gravity (Brighton 2017), Nawr (BBC Hall, Swansea 2017), Brighton Digital Festival (2017), Iklectik (London 2016), CTM (Berlin 2016), Dear Serge (De La Warr, Bexhill 2015), Culture Night (Dublin 2015), Earsthetic Festival (Brighton Dome 2013), at Tri XL (Antwerp 2010), Le Cube (Paris 2009), Ososphere Festival (Strasburg 2009), Electron Festival (Geneva 2008). She has opened for artists such as Japanese avant-garde artist Phew at Iklectik London, Planningtorock at the Earsthetic Festival Brighton Dome and Recoil for various concerts on the European ‘Selected’ tour.