Stuart Orchard — That Old Thing Again

Stuart Orchard releases That Old Thing Again. It’s a single produced by Michael Terren with accompanying, duelling remixes from Ylem, and Damian Giambazi.

This one’s an odd metre, often syncopated number conjuring shades of Thom Yorke. With Stuart’s vocal performance a real highlight. The remixes really pick up quite different threads in the original and run with them. Precise, intense, lite-industrial descriptors of Ylem’s work and Giambazi far more enveloping, floating and ethereal.

Produced by Michael Terren
Remixed by Ylem and Damian Giambazi
Music and artwork by Stuart Orchard Typography by Rhys Butler
Mastered by Dan @ENCODERSound

Stuart Orchard — Interactive Aeolian Harp, Whaler's Tunnel

In the latest NotNotMusic Podcast Stuart Orchard discusses his new work for “interactive Aeolian Harp,” a DIY instrument that is activated by the wind and manipulated by the player.

You can find out a little more about the development of the Harp in Stuart’s Blog, derived from a research project at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts. There is a rigorous description of the making of the harp, such that you could probably follow along and build one yourself!

After some research and experimentation with building Aeolian Harps, I found out that normally people don't fuck with them once they're singing in the wind. So, I figured I should. (Stuart Orchard, 2021)

Interactive Aeolian Harp - Whaler’s Tunnel was recorded by Josten Myburgh and mastered by Dan O’Connor @ENCODERSound.

The NotNotMusic Podcast series is the brain child of Josten Myburgh and Annika Moses and presents commissioned works and discussion around artistic practice and the commissioned pieces.