JG’s Blog

Vivier, Hindemith, Takemitsu...

12 days ago

New Music Ensemble

JG records the Cambridge New Music Ensemble in King’s College Chapel, Cambridge.

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Three Tales by Steve Reich...

13 days ago

Three Tales by Steve Reich

A student performance of Steve Reich’s video opera.

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Modern Times: Connecting Composers...

13 days ago

Modern Times: Connecting Composers

JG sound engineers at Kettle’s Yard.

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Cambridge Songbook...

42 days ago

Cambridge Songbook

Live recording of the Cambridge Songbook recital in Kettle’s Yard.

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Chapel Session - Penderecki and Lutoslawski...

47 days ago

Penderecki Chapel Session

JG records Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima in Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge.

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Panning with delays...

60 days ago

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A new Max/MSP panning patch that uses common stereo microphone arrays as the basis for positioning recorded sounds in auditory space.

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CUNME Recording...

122 days ago

Cambridge New Music Ensemble in Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge.

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8 Channel Multicore Analog Snake...

137 days ago

DIY Multicore 14

A home-made 8 channel snake using high quality components.

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Strange News in Copenhagen...

162 days ago

Voi(rex) faders

JG sound engineers for the Athelas Sinfonietta for two concerts in Denmark. Programme: Strange News by Rolf Wallin and Voi(rex) by Phillipe Leroux

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London Sinfonietta in Warsaw...

170 days ago

Bird Concerto FOH

JG sound engineers for a London Sinfonietta performance of Jonathan Harvey’s Bird Concerto with Pianosong at the 2009 Warsaw Autumn Festival, Poland.

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Polyphonic Looping in Max/MSP...

182 days ago

Polyphonic Looping

Loop through regions of sound files and modulate any parameter without causing clicks.

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Pulsar Synthesis in Max/MSP...

194 days ago

Pulsar Synth Interface

An implementation of granular synthesis in Max/MSP.

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Proms Plus Concert...

208 days ago

Proms Plus

Performance of Julia Barber’s “After the Shock” for solo violin and live electronics at the Royal College of Music.

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VRUdio Sound Studio, Digbeth...

217 days ago

VRUdio - Sound Studio

JG installs the new sound studio at Eastside Projects, Digbeth.

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Streetwise Opera in Edinburgh...

264 days ago

MSH Edinburgh

My Secret Heart installation at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

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MIDI File Data Extraction...

278 days ago

MidiToText is a simple command-line utility to extract MIDI data into a comma separated list.

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USB DC Motor Interface...

290 days ago

USB Motor Interface (front)

A simple and robust motor interface for real-time physical control of interactive art works.

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Ariodante Recording...

302 days ago

Live recording of Handel’s opera performed by the Cambridge Handel Opera Group at West Road Concert Hall.

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Decibel Recording...

346 days ago

JG records Paul Dunmall with the Decibel Ensemble.

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Chromatic Fantasy Recording...

351 days ago

Dan Tidhar performs JS Bach’s Chromatic Fantasy in D minor BWV903.

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Meta-Piano Concert at Kettle's Yard...

367 days ago

Sarah Nicolls performs Into Movements and two other pieces for piano and electronics at a Sunday Morning concert at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge.

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Blaze of Noon Recording...

395 days ago

JG records “Blaze of Noon” for soprano and piano by Phillip Neil Martin.

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Electro Sequenza Recordings...

426 days ago

JG records pupil’s compositions at King Edward VI School, Handsworth.

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Strange News Documentation...

447 days ago

JG writes documentation and manual for “Strange News” by Rolf Wallin

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Wren Choir Recording...

453 days ago

JG records the Wren Choir’s Carol Service in the Pembroke College Chapel.

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Messiaen Recording...

468 days ago

JG records Quartet for the End of Time at Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge.

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Voi(rex) Performance...

472 days ago

JG engineers for a BCMG performance of Voi(rex) by Phillipe Leroux.

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JG Records the Cambridge Bach Consort...

482 days ago

A concert of Baroque music performed by music students at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge.

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Shadowplay Concert...

491 days ago

Sarah Nicolls performing Piece for Piano and Lamp, 3rd November 2008

Sarah Nicolls performs Piece for Piano and Lamp at Brunel University as part of a Shadowplay concert of new music.

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High Wire Software...

497 days ago

Multi-video playback system for Catherine Yass’ High Wire. Commissioned by Art Angel.

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BCMG Electro Sequenza Workshops...

502 days ago

JG assists composer David Horne and violinist Alexandra Wood at the King Edward VI Handsworth School, Birmingham.

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Homemade Stereo Sound Generator...

510 days ago

A DIY speaker system built to generate and process background sound for a documentary.

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CBSO/Martin Creed Recording...

532 days ago

JG records Martin Creed’s “Work No 955” performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andris Nelsons in Symphony Hall.

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18 Channel Ultrasonic Sensor Interface...

535 days ago

A networked multi-channel synchronised distance sensor system to detect the movement of people around an architectural exhibit.

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My Secret Heart Recordings...

567 days ago


Photograph by Clive Barda

JG records Streetwise Opera participants around the UK.

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Into Movements on Radio 3...

567 days ago

Sarah Nicoll’s BMIC Cutting Edge Concert in November last year is broadcast on Hear and Now, Radio 3.

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JG Records Trombone & Live Electronics Pieces...

601 days ago

Following the concert, JG records David Purser performing the pieces at the Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire.

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Cambridge Camerata Recording...

606 days ago

JG records the Cambridge Camerata in concert at the West Road Concert Hall.

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The Saints Software...

612 days ago

Multi-channel audio and multi-channel video playback system for Paul Pfeiffer’s The Saints. Commissioned by Art Angel.

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Two Songs Recording...

620 days ago

JG records Two Songs by Ryan Wigglesworth.

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Re:Flux Concert...

621 days ago


“Dress as a man dressed as a bat. Then fall.” Keir Williams, 2008.
Photo by Nikki Pugh

JG manages PA and audio recording for a concert of new and existing Fluxus works at St Pauls Church, Birmingham.

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Sarah Nicolls at Soundwaves...

626 days ago

JG engineers at Sarah Nicolls’ concert at this year’s Soundwaves Festival in the Pavilion Theatre, Brighton.

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Trombone & Live Electronics Concert...

631 days ago

A concert for trombone (David Purser) and live electronics (JG) at the Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire.

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Nigel Brown Competition...

634 days ago

JG records the audio for a DVD recording of the 2008 Nigel Brown Competition, University of Cambridge.

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Strange News...

638 days ago

JG supervises the electronics for the final Integra Festival concert with the BCMG in Birmingham.

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Piece for Metal Sheet... Reviewed...

658 days ago

The Talk Magazine: “an amazing, mind-boggling piece.”

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JG Performs Boulez to Boulez...

667 days ago

JG and Angela Balint perform Anthemes II to Pierre Boulez as part of the Boulez in Birmingham event on 12th May 2008.

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JG Visits IRCAM...

677 days ago

JG and violinist Angela Balint are invited to IRCAM in preperation for a performance of Pierre Boulez’s Anthemes II on 9th May in Birmingham.

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BCMG Rural Tours...

701 days ago

Jonathan engineers for the BCMG on an intensive Rural Tour day.

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JG Relocates to Cambridge...

732 days ago

Jonathan moves to Cambridge to work at the Centre for Music and Science, University of Cambridge.

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Metal Sheet and Lightpipe at SightSonic 2008...

773 days ago

JG perform a new version of Piece for Large Metal Sheet at this year’s SightSonic Festival on March 15th.

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Into Movements at the BMIC Cutting Edge Tour...

832 days ago

Sarah Nicolls plays JG’s Into Movements for piano and motion sensors at The Warehouse, London, as part of the BMIC’s Cutting Edge Tour. To be broadcast on Radio 3 sometime in January.

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Anderson, BCMG & JG...

841 days ago

Jonathan provides technical support for another performance of Julian Anderson’s Book of Hours by the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group conducted by Oliver Knussen.

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JG on BBC Radio 3's In Tune Programme...

851 days ago

Sarah Nicolls performs the first part of Into Movements on “In Tune”, BBC Radio 3, 13th November 2007.

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JG Previews Lightpipe...

910 days ago

JG and Gregory (director, VRU) give a demo of home-made prototype of Lightpipe at the E-Science 2007 All Hands Meeting held in Nottingham.

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JG at BBC Proms with BCMG...

912 days ago

JG oversees electronics for a performance of Julian Anderson’s Book of Hours by Oliver Knussen and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group at the BBC Proms.

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Invented Instruments Concert...

986 days ago

Invented Instruments Flyer

Experimental acoustic-electronic music and video installation and concert.

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Real-time Data Acquisition...

992 days ago

Jonathan Green from the Visualisation Research Unit gives a short presentation on Real-Time Data Acquisition at the AHRC ICT Methods Network conference, 19th June 2007.

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Live Electronics with Recorder Demo...

999 days ago

Jonathan is giving a demonstration of live electronics with recorder alongside Sarah Jeffery on 20 June 2007 to students at the Birmingham Conservatoire.

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JG at the New Generation Arts Festival...

1004 days ago

I’m involved in two sound installations and a concert for the New Generation Arts Festival.

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JG at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival...

1004 days ago

Sarah Nicolls has commissioned me to compose a piece for Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2007 .

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Book of Hours and JG at the BBC Proms...

1004 days ago

I’ve been asked to do the electronics for Julian Anderson’s piece Book of Hours at this years Proms.

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St Martins Workshop...

1030 days ago

Keir Williams and Jonathan Green from the VRU give a demo of networked audio-visual performance environments at St Martins, London.

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Piano Experiments...

1038 days ago

I’ve been working on developing a piece for acoustic-electronic piano where all the sound generation occurs inside the piano (no pre-recorded sounds and lots of feedback…).

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BCMG/Johannes Maria Staud Performance...

1052 days ago

The Birmingham Contemporary Music Group performed Johannes Maria Staud’s new piece ‘One Movement and Five Miniatures’, for which I developed the electronics using Max/MSP.

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Documenting Musical Works That Incorporate Electronic Technology...

1191 days ago

Some thoughts about how and why to document the technological aspect of musical works.

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Please put Max to sleep...

1194 days ago

Max is not keeping up with trends in software design and because it cannot evolve (see below), another solution should be found.

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Max Workshops: Introduction to Max/MSP & Jitter...

1194 days ago

A slightly academic introduction to a series of short practice-based Max/MSP workshops aimed at beginners in technology in the performing arts. In this workshop, an overview of Max/MSP and it’s capabilities will be presented alongside an introduction to the Max methodology.

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Music for Media - Max/MSP Workshop...

1196 days ago

Notes and patches for the introductory Max/MSP workshop given at the Birmingham Conservatoire lead by myself.

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The Networked Mash-Up: Gridded Resources in Real-Time...

1206 days ago

An overview of a demonstration by a VJ (Keir Williams), electronic musician (Jonathan Green) and a dancer, of a computer network designed especially for the performing arts.

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Remote-Controlled Max Patches...

1207 days ago

A system which allows control data (MIDI, Open Sound Control) to be streamed over the internet.

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e-Science Workshop Max Patches...

1227 days ago

This workshop will focus on the identification and practicalities of e-science models and solutions.

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Performance of Piece for Piano and Lamp...

1358 days ago

Played by Sarah Nicolls in the Corsham Festival 2006 on 21st June.

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Ensemble Interakt Concert...

1358 days ago

Launch concert of Ensemble Interakt, exploring interaction with computer generated sounds.

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Beat Slicer Max Patch...

1424 days ago

Live sampler which records sound to a unique buffer when an attack is detected.

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Live Electronics Hardware...

1427 days ago

A suggestion for a family of hardware devices for performing works with live electronics. These devices do not exist and are probably not financially feasible for a manufacturer.

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Live Sampler for David's Garden...

1428 days ago

Just completed: a MaxMSP live sampler which loops material with crossfades.

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David's Garden - Harmonizer Action Plan...

1430 days ago

Roadmap for the development of the David’s Garden live electronics environment.

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Building David's Garden...

1432 days ago

Prototyping real-time signal processing networks in Logic.

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Coventry Carol Installation...

1433 days ago

Cormac Faulkner’s sound installation at the Herbert Gallery in Coventry.

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David's Garden...

1434 days ago

A hardware/software environment for improvisation with electronics to be completed by June 2006.

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Alexanda's Annex Concert...

1464 days ago

With Sara Nicolls and Sound Intermedia.

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Frontiers Concert...

1473 days ago

With oboist Christopher Redgate.

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Book of Hours...

1884 days ago

Julian Anderson’s composition for ensemble and live electronics.

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