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dave noyze

dave noyze

About Me


Dave Noyze is a generative artist/scientist involved in technology and electronic music since the late 70s. After studying and playing classical piano for 10 years from the age of 6 to 16, he was increasingly interested in the possibilities of using electronics / computers in his own music. From the early 80’s on he has investigated cellular automata, chaos, fractals and other mathematical systems for his artistic ends using such ancient machines as the Acorn Archimedes, BBC Micro, Dragon 64, Vic 20, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga and Atari ST, as well contemporary machines (Mac, PC, SGI). Since these early experiments he has been involved in many projects with world class institutions, such as MIT Media Lab, appearing on both television and radio. In 2002 Dave built a custom DSP box for Richard D James (Aphex Twin), among other commissions. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation have just commissioned a 4 minute sound piece for Monteverdi’s opera L’Orfeo.
Dave had an innovative role in the foremost UK telco’s R&D laboratory in diverse areas such as Artificial Life and Virtual Reality. His PhD thesis (Generative Music & Cellular Automata) developed fundamental new concepts, arising out of generative music practice, to a key problem in complex systems. He is now recognised as a leading practitioner and theorist in the field of generative music, producing both peer reviewed publications and musical compositions. His future work is aimed at tackling more key questions in complex systems from a musical practice-based perspective, drawing inspiration from genetics and microbiology. These key questions address, for example, the definition of randomness and high level descriptions of information processing in complex systems. He is also a reviewer for the Leonardo Journal and on the editorial board of Leonardo Transactions.
Dave maintains his own independent analogue/digital research studio called Noyzelab. He has performed music and video sets around the world at a wide variety of events. Dave has worked on many collaborative projects with artists and scientists around the world. More details on Dave Noyze’s research, music, written publications and video work, can be downloaded at www.noyzelab.com
Current collaborators include :
Alan Lamb (Australian Sound Artist)
Andrew Wuensche / DDLab (Cellular Automata Scientist/Author)
Sarah Last (Australian Artist/Curator)
Warren Burt (American/Australian Sound Artist) & John Dunn (Genetic Music Composition and Algorithmic Arts Software)
Garry Bradbury (Legendry Australian Electronic Music Pioneer formerly with Severed Heads)
Contact for enquiries, gig bookings, correspondence etc. please contact me via email, as I check this more often, thanks :
dave [at] noyzelab [dot] com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/30/2007
Band Website: noyzelab.com
Band Members: dave noyze (+ THE BAGPI)
Influences: Cellular Automata, Complex Systems, Chaos, Fractals, Dave Harkett
Sounds Like:
Dave Noyze - Generative Compositions 1998 - 2006
Produced by Dave Noyze & Garry Bradbury
OUT NOW ON CATACLYST!


Dave Noyze - Cellular Automata & Generative Music Research


Noyzelab - Cellular Automata & Roland MC4 MicroComposer Data


Noyzelab - ULAMIZER II : A Cellular Automata Music Module


Bryen Telko - Self Cellar Ramor at Knee Level
Hull Time Based Arts 2001


Iannis Xenakis and Cellular Automata


Dave Noyze - Out of Memory

Dave Noyze is seeking scientists interested in working with Dr Alan Lamb's incredible experimental bio-physical instruments known as The Wires

Over the years Lamb's work with The Wires has uncovered that it is not only wind that plays this instrument, but on their own accord they often harmonically sing, vibrate or roar as they react to environmental factors such as barometric air pressure, temperature, insects and people; creating a unique and infinite instrumentation of itself and its natural surroundings. A neuroscientist and medical practitioner, Lamb has stated that The Wires underlying principles show commonalities with biological systems such as embryonic body plans and brain function. Lamb has stated also that the system has the ability to manipulate biological cellular activity, providing a potential for medical contexts. Lamb's wire instrument generates audible, subsonic and supersonic frequencies, with dynamic range extending from the lightness of a walking fly through to extremely loud sounds. Historically, a large amount of important information in science and mathematics was derived from the problem of the vibrating string and Lamb's wire instrument has the potential to provide fundamental insights for complex systems.



Part of The Wires set up in rural NSW, Australia.

In recent years Lamb has expressed a need and desire to further expand The Wires through new practices. A key aspect of work will be to create an open ended technology to use The Wires as a control/data source in future experiments. The technology used to convert The Wires into a control source will thus have wider implications and be generally applicable to other artistic/scientific fields; e.g. controlling musical instruments, processing sounds, providing empirical data for scientific modelling of The Wires and contributing to Lamb's methodology for recording techniques. Cellular Automata have been used for computer modelling of biological pigmentation patterns, forest fires, viral epidemics, and a wide variety of other natural systems, and have much in common with Alan's instrument. Complex systems can therefore contribute greatly towards gaining a deeper understanding of The Wires and vice versa.



Part of Dave Noyze's analogue modular setup (Hewlett Packard 16 channel Logic Analyser, Noyzelab Ulamizer-II, Hinton Instruments Music Lab Modular, Racal Dana Universal Counter Timer, Roland System 100M).

juneeDATs06 Music Notes : Two of Alan's DAT's of the Pindari Wires. Digitised by Dave Noyze and Alan Lamb at Junee caravan park during unsound06 residency for wagga space program at about 3am on the last night in Junee (much to the caravan park's annoyance)... further edited and analogue modular processed from about 2 hours of source material by Noyze 2007/8. :

For a more in depth description of The Wire instrument see chapter 14 : John Jenkins, "22 Contemporary Australian Composers" NMA Publications Melbourne 1988 p112-4. :



Record Label: Cataclyst
Type of Label: Indie