Semantic Syntactic

There is a process of translation in all dialog and interaction. First we translate our instinct, our subconscious impulse or primal reaction, into a conscious thought. Parsing the preconscious into a realised concept where the conscious mind interprets and deciphers it.

Khemia: Transformation

A Musical Magic Square is a composition that is formed from individual phrases arranged in terms of their number of beats and placed in an equal sided grid according to the numeric placement of a Magic Square, such that the sum of the beats in any horizontal, vertical, or main diagonal line is always the same number.

Memecom gateway: A Literary Opera

The Memecom Gateway is a multi media drama, fundamentally a musical and literary journey and is therefore best described as an Opera based, not on the stage, but within the computer.

Mainty Joller

‘Mainty Joller’ is a phrase that I uttered from the depths of a dream or on instinct which turned out to have actual arcane meaning: namely a person of disrepute intent on engaging in lascivious behaviour.

Under the Feet of Giants

This was my attempt at a collection of classical pieces; quartets, piano, ensembles. Some of the best work and some oddities.

In Memoriam: Auschwitz-Birkenau

Composed for the Holocaust Memorial Day as an orchestral work for various forms of ensemble.

The Elvis Sessions

Philip Thompson is aiming to create sound-scapes & music from his experiences & exploration during 2013. He has invited a number of people to join in (remix, mix, contribute sounds), and I am amongst them. He is providing a set of sounds a month with an open invitation to get involved and this has caught my mind for a number of reasons.

Theme Songs

Every so often I find myself referring back to ‘When I was working as a hypnotherapist’ (because a few people …

Overview: R.I.P.j.rand0m.hack3r

This project, essentially, is an entertaining and artistic environment using many different media. It takes the form of a multi media CD-ROM containing interactive software that creates a non-linear narrative experience with the story depth of a novel; something that can stand alone as an entertaining story yet remains rich with symbolism and metaphor.

Memecode of the Art of War

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Development of the Acoustic Experience

Whilst the programming of the main sections was being completed and corrected, my focus was in the realm of the story structure and user navigation.

Incorporation of Themes, Context and Subtext

The Memecom Gateway is mimicking a computer desktop, yet even when viewing the source code for this simulation operating system the overall story is still represented.

Development of Narrative Backbone

I began to organise a story to act as a background for the narrative experience of the Memecom Gateway.

Development of Ideas: Concepts

The use of biometrics would provide a means for the absolute tracking of a populaces actions.

Development of Ideas: Trade

I have worked for a large IT company for a number of years and in the course of designing for the Marketing Division I came across a great deal of information concerning e-commerce, viral marketing, information collection and computer security.

The Use of Memecode as an Operating System

After beginning the Memecode project and its application in the field of translation, I realised that I had a structure upon which I could hang many different ideas.

The Creation of Memecode

During a normal day of printing a document from my PC, as happens from time to time I made a mistake. One of the settings had been altered from their usual state and instead of a page of my text, the printer spat out a long string of printer code.

A Walkthrough Guide

Synopsis

Time Line and Plot Points

Cast of Characters

Nighty Night by 8in8

I’m listening to Nighty Night by 8in8. Ambitious for most artists but I never doubted this crowd. They have the …

The loop

This is a quick post to make sure I force a break between my posts. That last one about the …

Back when art embraced the ugly…

Some recent #FB links makes me want to push out a great selection of favourites. These remind me of the …

Syntactic Semantic – new music in progress

I am composing again. I have written out my process in order to prepare for the final release, so here …

Blogstipation and mental laxative

Out with that 4th of July stuff, cluttering up my blog space. That’s SO earlier in the month. In order …

Musick and the Mobius Engine

Papillion for Poppy I recently found that I could set up an artist profile in Last.fm and then went about …

Samples for your delectation

Nice new fresh content. Namely the downloads section of the website, where you will discover some ‘Mobius Engine’ wallpaper for …