Music

Click on the audio file and listen to 'Scenes from Scotland/For G98'. Jamie likes to explore the sound of traditional instrumentation with field recordings and electronics as in his piece ‘Scenes from Scotland/For G98’, where Peter Maxwell Davies’ ‘Farewell to Stromness’ for piano is augmented with, and given another layer of depth through, field recordings from the Caledonian Canal and light electronic processing to add additional colour. Jamie is moved by the connection to nature we can make through audio recordings of the environment.

Piano played by Chris Hancock.

Piano recording, field recordings, electronic processing and arrangement by Jamie Hancock.

This piece came to fruition in January 2024.

Click on the audio file and listen to 'Harry and Annie'. Jamie composed, played and recorded the alto saxophone part for this piece. 'Harry and Annie' forms part of the album Short Stories by Weaver Birds A.K.A. Candi Godbold and Adam Gardner. Short Stories weaves tales of their ancestors. Alto saxophone part recorded in the Cotswolds on 9 October 2021. Track released in December 2022.

Click on the audio file and listen to 'Variation 1'. ‘Variation 1’ is for MIDI piano, electronics, samples and birdsong. Electronic treatment is done using Nobuyasu Sakonda's Granular 2.5 Max/MSP patch, Peter McCulloch's Moog Ladder Filter gen~ Max/MSP patch, Sakonda's Granular Synthesiser v4.0 2011 Max/MSP patch, Matthew Yee-King's Evolutionary Sound Synthesiser EvoSynth, the GMEM Microsound Universe (GMU) external bufGranul~ object in Max/MSP and the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music (IRCAM) software Spat/Spatialisateur – all to process samples, the audio for which is subsequently put into Ableton Live. Additionally, there is use of SoundHack freeware plugins implemented in Ableton. This piece came to fruition in April 2022. Please read the commentary.

Click on the audio file and listen to 'Variation 2'. ‘Variation 2’ is for cello, MIDI piano, electronics, samples and birdsong. Chris Hancock is on cello, recorded in the Cotswolds, July to December 2020. Electronic treatment is done using Peter McCulloch's Moog Ladder Filter gen~ Max/MSP patch, Nobuyasu Sakonda's Granular Synthesiser v4.0 2011 Max/MSP patch, Matthew Yee-King's Evolutionary Sound Synthesiser EvoSynth, the GMEM Microsound Universe (GMU) external bufGranul~ object in Max/MSP, Christopher Dobrian's Random Access Sound Max/MSP patch and the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music (IRCAM) software Spat/Spatialisateur – all to process samples, the audio for which is subsequently put into Ableton Live. Additionally, there is use of SoundHack freeware plugins implemented in Ableton. This piece came to fruition in April 2022. Please read the commentary.

Click on the audio file and listen to a snippet of 'Humming Bird'. This piece features Jamie on alto saxophone. Patchy A.K.A. Candi Godbold is the composer and 'Humming Bird' is part of her project Little World. Alto saxophone part recorded in London on 29 June 2019.

Click on the audio file and listen to 'Jurassic 1'. This piece features Jamie operating Nobuyasu Sakonda's Granular 2.5 patch implemented in the graphical programming environment, Max/MSP. Tom Jackson is on bass clarinet. Recorded at Goldsmiths Electronic Music Studios (EMS), on 15 April 2011, thanks to Ian Stonehouse, then Head of EMS. Recording later edited. Please read the commentary.

Click on the audio file and listen to 'Jurassic 2'. This piece features Jamie operating his hacked version of Kai Siedenburg's granular synthesis feedback patch implemented in the graphical programming environment, Max/MSP. Tom Jackson is on bass clarinet. Recorded at Goldsmiths Electronic Music Studios (EMS), on 18 August 2011, thanks to Tom Mudd, then Studio Technician and Ian Stonehouse, then Head of EMS. Recording later edited. Please read the commentary.

Click on the audio file and listen to a snippet of ‘Tiger Tamer’. This piece features Jamie on alto saxophone. Alex Barty-King is the composer and ‘Tiger Tamer’ is a song from his DAAY Band project. Alto saxophone part recorded in the Cotswolds on 6 March 2021.