Dogs Balls Rising

I just LOVE this photograph.

True Faith

Mute Records kindly asked if I would contribute to their online New Order homage which can be viewed here. I made an illustration based on Peter Saville's artwork for the True Faith single which I remember seeing in my uncles room as a kid. It stood out against the walls which were painted pink with burgundy gloss skirting boards.

Prints available on request.

The Opinion Makers & Plastic Words

December 13 - Mark Titchner, Alexander Tucker and I will be performing a new sound piece at the opening of 'Plastic Words' /// Raven Row gallery. Info here. 

December 16 - I'm showing some illustrations and a sculpture as part of The Opinion Makers/// Londonnewcastle Project Space, Redchurch St. Info here.

COME OUT TO SHOW THEM.

Moondog March

Akashic records gathering dust. Inflicted by the zahir.

Stezaker

Some of my favourites.

HAPPY YOU NEAR!

Thanks for a big year, big ears. OM SUPREME MMXIV!

Veena Power

Saraswati plays the Veena. Chittibabu played the Veena.

TRANSMISSIONS VI

Very proud to announce that I've been asked to curate next years installment of Transmissions Festival in Ravenna, Italy. Continuing on from Stephen O'Malley's fine work this year I'll be looking at Transcendence as the overarching motif and hope to aid all in attendance to disappear as effectively as possible. Om supreme!

Transmission Alahandra

My Quietus Mixtape

Laid To Rest

I am currently composing music for the next visual colossus by Serena Korda. It's sounding a bit like the Omen.

The band will be as follows:

Daniel O'Sullivan: Piano & Voice
Alex Ward: Clarinet
Chloe Herington: Bassoon
Matthew Parry: Trombone
Steve Noble: Percussion
Katharine Blake: Voice
Bev Lee Harling: Voice
Esther Dee: Voice
Sarah Kayte Foster: Voice
Melpomeni Kermanidou: Voice

Korda's work is inspired by the commercialisation of waste in Victorian London, in particular the vast dust heaps which dominated the skylines at the top of Gray’s Inn Road.  Immortalised by Charles Dickens in 'Our Mutual Friend', the dust heaps supported a wide range of industries including the making of bricks.  Mud from the brick fields of Somers Town was mixed with the ash, cinders and rubbish from the dust heaps, recycling the discarded detritus and dirt of London into the material from which the expanding city was built.

The piece has been commissioned by the Wellcome Collection and is entitled "Laid To Rest". Serena has been collecting dust from various sources (from the organ at the Royal Albert Hall to Neapolitan catacombs). The dust is then poured into a clay mixture and fired into bricks, each brick is independently letter-pressed with a number and place of origin. The bricks will be the centre of a live ritual involving musick (courtesy of yours truly) and dance. There will be two performances at the Wellcome Collection (dates to be published soon) and a funeral procession through London concluding in the burial of these 500 bricks in Regents Park.

Serena's blog is here.

A miscellaneous list of contents:

Cow fur cuttings
Cheddar from Iceland
Moon dust
Two Ladybirds
Bobby hair grip
Almost like soot
Old leather
Petals
Matchstick used ends that smell nice
Red carpet fibers
Fly carcass
Persian wool, (from Shiraz)
Saw dust made by children cutting wood to make moving toys
Lace wings
Spiders
Bone
Orangutan hair
Anaconda skeleton
Flakes of bone
Bent rusty nail
Daddy long legs and cobwebs
Fluff
Biscotti crumbs
Cinema ticket
Coffee grinds
Decaying titles to slides
Rose petals from Cinderella
Twiglets
Perspex
Cake crumbs
Human remains from the Fontanelle Cemetery
Whippet hair
Pickled skin
Nostril trimmings
Astroturf
Jigsaw pieces
Finger nails
Paperclip
Gold Dust
Tailors chalk
Dust Bunny
Pigeon faeces
4500 upholstered chairs
Fake nails
Bits of ribbon
Leaves
Iron filings
Woofle dust
Gorilla
Tiger

DOS vs Steve Davis

I've been invited to play records on Steve Davis' 'Interesting Alternative Show' on Phoenix FM tonight. I'll be playing a mixture of music I've been working on and music I've been listening to. You can stream it here. From 10 to midnight.