Event Postponed – The tutor is unwell and cannot attend tomorrow. Please contact refractivecollective@gmail.com for the new dates.

Four Track Nights – Experimental Sound Workshops

A series of 7x monthly practical workshops focused on experimental music and noise culture aimed at supporting interest, additional growth and skill development for experimental audio artists, while opening up access to a community of like minded individuals. Each workshop is aimed at those already working within this field and have previous experience and knowledge to relate, but may be of interest to those who are looking to take their 1st steps into experimental audio works.

These sessions will be approximately 2 hours and at a monthly schedule, £5 per session Book as space at: refractivecollective@gmail.com or call: 07789117740

4TN workshop tutors

Chris Duddy – Mic Building, ReAmping, Live immersive works with Qlab,  iPad for experimental music

Chris is an established events and performance technologist working within the creative industries and in education.
Creator of the PRNT KTCHN an educational,recycling and design initiative and Four Track Nights a platform and research project for the curation of experimental audio and video artists. Currently based in Paisley, Chris’s main arts practice focuses on technology applied to video and sonic performance and immersive installations.

Keny Drew – Tape Loops

1 part of the dynamic experimental sound and installation duo JAMP. Keny Drew a Former Paisley resident and now Crail based glass artist and musician, creates works using modular synths, acoustic samples and 4 track tape loops. As part of JAMP Keny creates unique immersive soundscapes paired with visual performances.

Fraser Rowan – Modular Demystified

Fraser Rowan is a Glasgow based producer performing, writing and recording music under the name Ty Lumnus. For many years his instrument of choice was guitar, working in collaboration with other musicians. After a short time working with an electronic artist his eyes were opened to a new way of creating music which enabled an artist to write, record and perform music without the requirement of other musicians. At this stage he adopted Ableton and a laptop into his workflow and found that his output rapidly accelerated. Always preferring to work out of the box, Fraser had collected a number of hardware synths, however they never felt like the natural instrument of choice. After feeling more of an affinity towards the flexibility of semi modular synths, Fraser took the plunge into a fully modular system that he has been building for >6 years.