Condemnation Of History
An excerpt from a piece created for the Iconoclast
exhibition at Lloyds Club, London juxtaposing the music
of Hildegard of Bingen, a twelfth century writer,
composer, philosopher, Benedictine abbess and visionary,
against the sound of war.
Written On Silence An exhibition of
sound and video installations at GV Art on November 24,
25 and 26.
The exhibition was accompanied by performances curated by myself and SoundFjord
For more details
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Inferno
Inferno is a remarkable film from 1911 based on the
poem by Dante Alighieri. Directed by Francesco Bertolini,
Adolfo Padovan and Giuseppe de Liguoro it was the first
Italian feature film and features some striking images,
spectacular for their time.
I have written a new
soundtrack to the film inspired by the entrancing beauty
of Gregorian Chant, music which resonates both with the
images and the story. I have taken this music, and
written some original material, to create a soundtrack
which I believe remains true to the spirit of the poem
and the film. The chants I am working with were written
at, or before, the time of Dante, it is the music he
would have known.
The Sound Of Hours
We live surrounded by extraneous noise and these sounds
directly and indirectly influence our mood, perception
and sense of place. They can affect the way we work, how
we function and how we feel.
I decided to make a record
of these noises, to capture moments of sound on a
typical day. To do this I recorded my environment for
three minutes; the sound of whatever I was doing and
wherever I happened to be on the hour, every hour on
July 29th 2011, a day chosen at random.
The Sound Of Hours
Salt
Salt is an audio visual evocation of the drowned
landscape of the Camargue, inspired by the land, sea,
fauna, flora and traditions of the area as well as
writers and historical characters such as Lawrence
Durrell, Frédéric Mistral and King René of Anjou.
The Bird Sings With It's
Fingers
Inside every film there are numerous other stories
looking to be told. By reframing the image, using
extreme close ups and manipulating the sound some of
these hidden stories can be revealed.
The Birds Sings With It's Fingers is the first in a
series of films within films and is inspired by Jean
Cocteau's Orphée. Every image, sound, even the title
come from the original film.
This video is an excerpt from a large scale
installation.
Portraits In Sound
I have created portraits of people using music, found
sounds and sound collage.
Portraits In Sound
Monotone Symphony
A contemporary interpretation of Yves Klein’s “Monotone
Symphony” to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its
début. Performed by Quadratura at the GV Art Gallery,
London.
The Monotone Symphony is on UbuWeb The highly prestigious sound archive UbuWeb has added
the Monotone Symphony to its collection.
UbuWeb is a completely independent resource dedicated to all
strains of the avant-garde, ethnopoetics, and outsider arts.
www.ubu.com/sound/klein
For more information on the Monotone Symphony
click here
Shadows And Falling Light
A series of interactive audio/video installations by
Quadratura.
To see more videos
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Chasing Shadows
An audio/visual composition by Quadratura, commissioned
by the GV Art Gallery, interpreting the art of Sally
McKay and featuring Laben student Alessandra Ruggeri
Out Of White
An audio/video installation at the GV Art Gallery by
Quadratura
The White Horse
An evocation of the White Horse of Uffington for the
Dragonfly Festival, curated by SoundFjord.
www,soundfjord.com
The Hours Of Folly
A two week audio/video art exhibition by Quadratura at
The Drawing Room, London, reflecting on the invisible
forces that power and govern our everyday existence.
Video Street Art
A guerrilla performance of real-time architectural video
mapping by Quadratura around London that saw graffiti
artists Banksy and codefc as unwitting collaborators.
Statues Alive
A week long installation by Quadratura utilising
original music and a variety of passive and interactive
video projection techniques to augment statues along
London’s Chelsea Embankment exploring our fading
awareness of static surroundings over time.
Scene One: A Field
An album of landscape-tones. Steep skylines, low cloud,
pearl ground with shadows in oyster and violet, green
folds and corners, waves of soil. The day melts copper
into the hills, lilac sky, eyes close with the heat. Air
is thickened and clouds stained. Long shore drift, ships
rusting at harbour, shadows that sound and swollen
bruise greys.
A Memory Of Childhood
This piece was part of the Listening Shell Exhibition at
the Victoria And Albert Museum in London.
www.myspace.com/listeningshell
Tunings
A film by Ivano Darra for the track Caesar's Vast Ghost
Map 165
Martin A. Smith and Tim Hooper have been sporadically
collaborating since 1982.
They share common beliefs in the pursuit of beauty and
evocation through the creative misuse of technology.
Map 165
Preparations For Thoth
(Sands Of Martyrdom)
A video for the track Preparations For Thoth (Sands Of
Martyrdom) by Stillborn With Apples.
For more details on Stillborn with Apples please
click here
Surrealism On Film
A collection of surrealist films from the 1920's for
which I have written new soundtracks.
The Joining Of Heaven And
Earth
A beautiful series of short films and documentaries
written and directed by Georges Meisner for which I am
writing the score. "The Joining Of Heaven And Earth"
follows the pilgrims trail through France and Spain to
Santiago De Compostela.
Each film focuses on a particular shrine and the
Romanesque statues found there.
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There were two performances of "The Joining Of Heaven And
Earth" at The Gate Cinema, Notting Hill Gate on the 19
April and at The Ritzy, Brixton on the 22 April playing on the same bill as
Biosphere
Haunted Holland Park
A commission by The Royal Borough Of Kensington And
Chelsea to create a haunting audio/video installation in
Holland Park. This was the first event in RBKC's
InTransit series.
Quadratura
Antibothis
The first Antibothis compilation also featuring Rapoon
and Jarboe
www.thisco.net
Bend it Like Beckett
Those who are familiar with the work of Samuel Beckett
will know the importance of sound in his work. Beckett
had a great understanding of sound and a profound
knowledge of the practice of listening.
Art Trail/Soundworks is this year based in Shandon, Cork
City. On Beckett’s taking leave of Ireland he made a
final call to Cork, to Shandon, to visit the grave of
Frances Sylvester O’Mahony, aka Fr Prout, a writer he
greatly admired. It seemed appropriate to mark the
occasion of the centenary of Becketts birth by compiling
this CD of one hundred works.
www.arttrail.ie
In Mind
Written for the exhibition "In Mind" by the painter Anne
Windsor
To read a review at Fringe Report please click
here
www.annewindsor.co.uk
Elvan Erdan
Written for an exhibition by the painter Elvan Erdan
Road To Acceptance
Written for the exhibition "The Art Of Memory" at The
British Council Written and produced by Igor Tojcic and
Martin A Smith
www.counterpoint-online.org
Spring Goeth All In White
A sound installation written for an exhibition at The
English Folk Dance And Song Society using recordings
from the EFSDD archives.
www.efdss.org
Scratch
Written for the exhibition "Scratch" by the painter Anne
Windsor
To read a review at Fringe Report please click
here
www.annewindsor.co.uk
Vampire Killers
Music for the documentary The Vampire Killers for
Channel 5
401 Pieces
The sound design for “401 Pieces” for Stacked Wonky
Dance Company, a contemporary dance piece performed in
the furniture store Purves and Purves on Tottenham Court
Road.
Luminal
Featuring Music by Michael Nyman, Simeon Warburton,
Gavin Rossdale and Martin A Smith
Landscape Number 1
Music for the exhibition "Outsize" at The Museum Of
Design And Architecture
Cinetrip
A video exhibition in Budapest working with VJ Denny
Ellis (winner of Best VJ at the Diesel U Music Awards
2004)
www.coresnfx.com
www.cinetrip.hu
Dildano
The Last Of England
1. Farewell To Wrath
2. Her Hands Were Like Gloves
3. Waves Of Soil
4. From The Remembered Vale
5. The Sleep Thieves
6.They Shall Only Kiss Your Mask
7.Onto The Lizard
Written and produced by Martin A Smith and Tim Hooper
Dildano
Fruit
1. The North Sea
2. Cracked Skin
3. I Almost Held It In My Hands
4. A Corporate Death
5. Baby Americans
Written, sourced, stolen, played, programmed, recorded,
interfered with, edited, designed and adored by Tim
Hooper and Martin A Smith
Stone Idols
Reversion
1. Under Dark Skies
2. Nocturnal
3. Tower Of Babel
4. Bond Of Union
5. Moondogs
6. Reversion
7. Absense And Influence
8. Transilience
9. Synchronism
10. Oracle
11. Lumiere Du Matin
Written and produced by Rob Jenkins and Martin A Smith
with Neil Cowley
To listen
click here
1. Moonlight Serenade
2. Beautiful And Damned
3. Cry
4. Double
5. Savage Garden
6. Encyclopaedia Of The Dead
7. Adagio
Written and produced by Martin A Smith
Dark Lady
Music and sound design for “Dark Lady” at The Theatre Of
All Possibilities at the October Gallery
Zeppelin 2004
My work was part of a sound art exhibition at the Centre
de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona
ocaos.cccb.org/zeppelin2004
No Candide
The track Voices In The Dark appeared on the
compilations
Triphoprisy IV
Featuring tracks and mixes byKruder And Dorfmeister,
Garbage, Jimi Tenor, Mono, Tricky, Propellerheads, and
Psychonauts
and
Lost In Space
Written and produced by Mike Patto and Martin A Smith
Sonic Avatar
Seraphim
Featured on the compilation Goa Trance
Written and produced by Martin A Smith
Glass
Glass
1. Safe From Harm
2. Stream Of Thought
3. Part Of You
4. His Only Prayer
5. In Your Arms
6. The Constancy Of Love
7. Frances Grey
8. Belong
9. Talk To Me
Written by George Calil, Richard Ruse and Martin A Smith
With Claudia Brucken and
Suzanne Freytag
1. Break The Ice
2. Every Beat Of My Heart
3. Crash
Written by Claudia Brucken, Suzanne Freytag, Richard
Ruse and Martin A Smith
Under A Glass Bell
1. The Place Where They Became Gods
2. Paris Opium
3. Beauty And Sadness
4. The Language Of Waves
Written and produced by Martin A Smith and Richard Ruse
Under A Glass Bell
I Long To Hear The Music Of Picasso's Guitars
1. Faith Dies In The Heat
2. Your Sleepless Dream
3. The Bird Charmer's Destiny
4. The Language Of Waves
5. Echo's Revenge
6. A Reflection - Light On Water
7. Spirits Ritual Blade
8. This Failing Heart
Written and produced by Martin A Smith, Tim Hooper and
N. Bazeley-White
The Thin Veil
Ether
1. Le Poete Endormi
2. Finistere
3. East Window
4. Hands Of Grace
5. Virgin Darque
N. Bazeley-White, Martin A Smith, Richard Ruse, Tim
Hooper and Mike Keane
The Thin Veil
Venice In The Rain
1. The Ghosts Of Autumn
2. Flight Of Ravens
3. The Widening Circle
4. Walking From The Wall
5. Venice In The Rain
6. Don’t Keep Him Waiting
7. Violence In The Studio
8. Indonesian Aerial Aspect
9. Fear Armada
10. Never Finished
11. The Failing Heart
12. Edith Sitwell
Written and produced by Martin A Smith, Tim Hooper and
N. Bazeley-White
The Thin Veil
You, Me And My Mum
1. Aerial Sunset
2. Holiday Romance
3. There Is No Way
4. Don't Keep Him Waiting
5. Bartholomews 222
6. Never Finished
7. More Than Words Can Say
8. Playground Summer
9. Seventh Return
10. The News And It's Watcher
11. Forever Sailing
12. In The Wood Where Worlds Meet
Martin A Smith and Tim Hooper
“…I don’t know why you’re worried, it’ll only be you, me
and my Mum.”
Written and produced by Tim Hooper and Martin A Smith
The Thin Veil
Iona
The Slow Descent
1. At Open Doors
2. A Painting On A Wall
3. Baile Mor
4. Less Than One Hour To Perfection
5. Failing To See The Meaning
A Return
6. Returning At Midnight
7. Mosiac
8. In Dark Rooms I Sit
9. White Rose
10. Lord Thou Knowest…
Written, played and produced on this occasion by Martin
A Smith and Tim Hooper
Chanute
Chanute
1. Master Of The Flowers
2. Sirens (Ship Of Fools)
3. The Lady Of The Lake
4. Mandragola
5. I Won't Forget
6. Can You Recognize Evil?
7. Farmer And The King
8. The Man Behind The Gun...
...Divorce
Justin Hodder - Drums, Percussion
Martin A Smith - Organ, Synthesiser, Piano
Neil Scott - Bass Guitar
Tim Hooper - Guitar, Vocals
Have A Nice Day
Have A Nice Day
1. War Of The Roses (Hooper, Smith)
2. I See Myself In You (Hooper)
3. Let It Be (Lennon, McCartney)
4. Curse Of The Wight (Smith, Hooper)
5. Horse With No Name (America)
6. Man Behind The Gun (Hooper)
7. I See Myself In You (Hooper)
Martin A Smith - Organ, Electric Piano, Synthesizer
Rob Harvey - Bass Guitar
Tim Hooper - Guitar, Vocals
Jeff Smith - Lead Guitar
Mark Newton - Drums
Music From The Twelve
Hour Celebration Of Spring
The Twelve Hour
Celebration Of Spring
1. Winter – The Thaw (Hooper)
2. Rainforest (Hooper, Scott, Smith)
3. Still Waters Run Deep (Hooper Scott, Smith)
4. Of Mice And Yaks (Harrison, Hooper)
5. Beyond (Fobbester, Hooper, Scott, Smith)
6. Gulliver’s Curse (Hooper, Scott, Smith)
7. Silent Song (Hooper)
Land Without Seasons
1. 55 Second Intro (Theme)
2. In And With Time
3. Empty Stage . Theatre Ghosts
4. Two Spies Go Mad In Russia
5. Ivan Denisovich And Winter
6. 90 Second Midway Theme
7. Two Russians Go Mad At Work
8. Orient Express
9. Drunk
(All tracks by Hooper)
Ken Fobbester - Spoken Vocal on ‘Beyond’
David Harrison - Synthesizer on ‘Of Mice And Yaks’
Tim Hooper - Guitar, Effects and Vocals, Bass on
‘Gulliver’s Curse’
Neil Scott - Bass Guitar, Lead Guitar on ‘Gulliver’s
Curse’
Martin A Smith - Electric Piano, Synthesizer
Iconoclasts Condemnation Of
History is part of the Iconoclast exhibition at Lloyds
Club
December 1st 6-9pm
For more details
click here
Utopia London
Utopia London is a documentary about post war
architecture by Tom Cordell for
which I have written the score. The film is gaining a
lot of attention and is playing at many festivals around
the world. It has been shown at the NFT and the
RCA, is currently playing in Korea and Singapore and
will shortly be shown at Tate Modern.
www.utopialondon.com
SOUNDkitchen
Part of The Sound Of Hours was included in
SOUNDkitchen's Home and Metal Installation at Supersonic
festival
www.soundkitchenuk.org
Composer
and sound artist whose work is concerned with the
creation of atmosphere rather than of form, melody or
rhythm, of creating an environment through subtle and
harmonious changes rather than through force.
I have created sound
installations for The Royal Borough Of
Kensington and Chelsea, The Victoria And Albert
Museum, The British Council, GV Art Gallery,
SoundFjord, the Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona, The English
Folk Dance And Song Society, Cinetrip in
Budapest and The Museum Of Domestic Design And
Architecture amongst others and have performed
live at many venues in Britain and Europe.
I have written
the music for film, television, theatre and
contemporary dance, have recently completed the
soundtrack for the documentary
Utopia London and am currently working on a
series of
portraits in sound.
Quadratura
Sound
designer and director of
Quadratura, an interactive audio/video projection
company.
www.quadratura.info
The Sound Of
Film
I curate movie themed events with Julian Simon
where we play film soundtracks and promote film
composers.
www.thesoundoffilm.co.uk
Don't Magazine
I was Audio Director for the online magazine "Don't"
www.dontmagazine.com
The face of Despair
My photo was used for the cover of "Despair" by
Vladimir Nabokov, published by Penguin Classics
Elizabeth Emanuel
I have written the score for an installation called
"Evolution" by the fashion
designer Elizabeth Emanuel
www.elizabethemanuel.com
Happy Families
An art exhibition held in an apartment in West London
Mutiny A
performance at The Bargehouse on London’s South Bank in a
show called “Mutiny” run by Lostproperty Art, a show
involving over one hundred artists working in all creative
fields
Other
Other
commissions have included work for BskyB, Aphletic (winner of
Best Urban Music at the Diesel U Music Awards 2004), Giant
Productions, Reactor Films, Ridley Scott Associates and Ion 2
at the Red Gate Gallery
