Music and Music Technology

Jon Weinel is a sonic artist and digital music composer.  He first came to Keele in 2002, completing his BA Hons in Music Technology & Visual Arts (1^st) in 2005 and MRes Music (Distinction) in 2006.  In 2007 he was awarded funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) to study for his PhD in Music at Keele, which he recently completed.

Jon’s main expertise is in computer music composition.  He specialises in electroacoustic music, though his work also draws significantly upon psychedelic music and electronic dance music.   His compositions have been performed at international conferences and events, and released through various netlabels and his own website.  He also writes about a variety of topics such as altered states of consciousness, hardcore techno and psychedelic video games.

His work reflects his diverse past experiences as a visual artist, DJ, and guitarist.  He has worked with acousmatic composition, electronic dance music, video artworks, laptop performances and live improvisation with electronics.  In the past he has also worked on sound design for video games.  He uses a range of software including Renoise, Audition, Logic, Max/MSP, After Effects and Wwise.

Software  (Max/MSP)      

I have produced various Max/MSP patches, which are featured projects on the Cycling ’74 website. These include the Atomizer Visual (2011), Bass Drum, Saxophone and Laptop (2010), Mutations (2010, Atomizer Live Patch (2010) and Quake Delirium (2009).

For more details see my website: http://www.jonweinel.com/software-2/

2012.  ’Altered states of consciousness as an adaptive principle for composing electroacoustic music’.  PhD thesis, Keele University.  Read

2011.  ’Tiny Jungle: Psychedelic Techniques in Audio-Visual Composition’.  Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference 2011 (ICMA/University of Huddersfield).  Read

2011.  ’Quake Delirium: Remixing Psychedelic Video Games’.  Sonic Ideas 3 (2) (CMMAS).  Purchase Read

2011.  ’Mutations (megamix): exploring notions of the ‘DJ set’, ‘mashup’ and ‘remix’ through live piano-based performance’, co-authored with Robert Ratcliffe and Zubin Kanga.  eContact! 13 (2) (CEC).  Link

2010.  ’Bass Drum, Saxophone and Laptop’.  eContact! 12 (4) (CEC).  Link

2008.  ’Flashcore: Earth Atomizer, Let’s Go’, published online at Spannered.org. Link

Selected Performances   

2011.  Tiny Jungle (7:10).  Noisefloor festival, Staffordshire University.

2010.  Entoptic Phenomena in Audio (20:00).  ISSUE Project Room, Brooklyn, NYC.  Part of the International Computer Music Conference 2010.

2010.  Atomizer (1:00).  Included in VoxNovus 60×60 Dance and 60×60 Sanguine Mixes, performed internationally including Stratford Circus, London.

2009.  Night Dream (8:00).  MANTIS festival, University of Manchester.

2008.  Night Breed (8:00).  RMA: Beyond the Dance, Keele University.

2007.  Speed Bugs (4:00).  MANTIS, University of Manchester.

Video Games Credits

2011.  Astraware Word Games.  Nook Color.  Sound design and music.