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I just finished sound design and post production on the 4th episode of Lance Dann’s mysterious radio drama The Flickerman.

Praised by The Guardian as “new and amazing”, “fashionable compulsiveness”  and ” a strange and exhilarating project”, The Flickerman tells the story of Cornelius Zane-Grey as he tries to unravel the strange events that have seen his girlfriend go missing and moments in his life captured and uploaded to photo sharing website Flickr.

Episode 4 is an exhilarating ride with new characters, further plot twists and turns and lots of intricate (and some over the top) sound design that I’m very happy with.

The first transmission is on the 12th January 2010 on Australia’s ABC radio network. I’m pretty sure it will be available at the Flickerman website shortly after. Episodes 1, 2 and 3 are available now, also at The Flickerman website.

The latest Tone Generation explores electronic compositions created using the British based EMS range of electronic synthesisers. As always Ian Helliwell has picked out some excellent recordings including some great archive material - of particular note is Tristram Cary introducing the EMS range on a promotional flexi disc.

THE TONE GENERATION
Programme 17: EMS
Selecting tracks as usual from his record and cd collection, Ian Helliwell explores electronic music generated with EMS equipment, including the Synthi A, VCS3 and Synthi 100. Featuring pieces by Tristram Cary, Pink Floyd, Andrzej Dobrowolski, White Noise, Harrison Birtwistle and Priscilla McLean.

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Ian Helliwell

For some random iPhone recorded audio snippets go to audioboo. It’s a bit like Twitter but with audio and thus all the better for it! I often record bits and pieces when I’m out and about or working in the studio. Listen.

Just completed this package of branding and music for Heineken.

Heineken Green Synergy 2009 branding and music by mynoisymatchbox

The Tone Generation has evolved beyond its initial 10 part run for Resonance FM, and as we prepare to make episode 16 available there are plans for many more episodes and even a Tone Generation live show. I’ll keep you posted on the live show but for now get the latest episode here.

Every year Heineken run a huge DJ competition across the Caribbean islands. I have been involved in the Green Synergy DJ competitions for a number of years and one year I was even lucky enough to run music production workshops with the finalists and ‘A Tribe Called Quest’s’ Phife Dawg.

This year I was commissioned to create the branding and music beds that would be used across radio, tv and online to promote the event.  I spent time immersing myself in the latest music of the Caribbean and had a lot of fun exploring the quite different approach to production and mixing. The package is due to go live very soon and I’ll post some clips as soon as I can.

The Tone Generation series is now back online. Listeners who have been following the series for a while and are subscribed to the old podcast stream will need to re-subscribe to the new stream to continue getting the latest shows automatically. Do that here.  New listeners can subscribe following the same link or if you prefer to download MP3’s go here.

Sorry for the small glitch but hopefully everything should run smoothly from now on. The latest Tone Generation show will go live early next week.

The first 3 episodes of The Flickerman are due to be broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM over the next 3 nights at 8PM. I produced episode 3 and was really excited to be involved in such a well written drama, especially since it has hints of Lost (of which I’m a big fan) in its mysterious twists and turns. If you don’t catch the Resonance broadcasts see the link below to go to the official Flickerman website where you can download the episodes.

Cornelius Zane-Grey is being stalked. He is being photographed. Pictures are appearing on the web for anyone to see. Pictures of him, his loved ones - of his life as it falls apart. Who is doing this to him? And why? The Flickerman is a ground-breaking, cross-platform drama in which the dividing line between the real and the imagined is increasingly hard to distinguish. It unfolds through radio broadcasts, audio downloads, on line movies, blog entries and multiple internet channels. A ground-breaking new radio drama written and directed by Lance Dann. 

The Flickerman website

Part twelve in the ongoing series of radio shows looking at the history of electronic music is now available to podcast subscribers or to download as an MP3. In this latest installment Ian Helliwell explores the history of the massive RCA Synthesizer built in 1955. Featuring tracks composed by Otto Leuning, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Milton Babbitt and Charles Wuorinen.

Just wanted to alert you to a new Tone Generation programme. This new episode features music performed and created for Expo 58.

Adding to the original 10 part Tone Generation series, this special World`s Fair edition focusses exclusively on electronic music aired at Expo 58, and was first broadcast as part of the Oscillatomium programme live from the Atomium in Brussels in October 2008, organised by mobile-radio.net.

Subscribe to the podcast or download the MP3 here.

Go here to find out more about the man behind the series Ian Helliwell. I’m in the studio with him next week working on another Tone Generation special and I can’t wait to hear his music selection.