Materials

I answered some questions about the materials I use for Peel magazine. Link below:

http://gnpeelmagazine.weebly.com/james-watts.html

RIFF/T

Tim Croft and I recently projected a performance in Baltic 39 as part of their RIFF/T exhibition. A brief video on the event is above. More to follow when we've decided who we're going to document the performance in full...

New project

I've begun making some freeform drone and or ambient sounds with Jake Bielby. Above is the first recording.

Cold Land Records

Here is a compilation of sounds (with a Dolmen Dweller track nestled in there as well). Go have a listen/download/purchase and support interesting noises. 

Loarr

I've been playing with running feedback through old, somewhat noisey hi-fi's through a looper unit, and modulating what it picks up. This coudl well develop into a performance. In the meantime, here are some recorded results. Named after the planet in Terry Carr's 'The Dance of the Changer and The Three'.

Drone Tubes

I've been making some noises with bits of metal tubing recently. Sounds quite satisfyingly like a didgeridoo at longer, but with a faint metallic twang. Shorter lengths yield an eerie drone that works well over the top. Three tracks making use of looping, delays and reverbs in varying amounts.

These may well develop into some form of automatic horn installation, if not some recorded sonic output in their own right.


Drone Tubes by Within The Dolmen

Motors and Drone

I've been playing with using electric motors to generate tones. Here are the results of the first experiment. I've run a low pass filter on the signal from the motor to smooth the tone out a bit then multitracked it. Five recordings layered over each other. The end result of this should yield some form of sculptural installation/group performance piece...