Author Archives: Oliver

Doctor Ithaca…

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Oliver

Absolutely ecstatic to learn that I’ve been offered the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) scholarship. I’ll be researching for a PhD at the University of Leeds with Dr Ewan Stefani & Dr Mic Spencer at Leeds. According to my … Continue reading →

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COMA update :: FØR MACHINES

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Oliver

a brief COMA ARCHITECTS update: The pre-orders have now shipped. Sorry about delays. LOOKS PRETTY THOUGH, RIGHT? We’re posting out to distro tomorrow morning so buy now to avoid dissappointment and getting inevitably railed by Discogs in a month… BUY … Continue reading →

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Post-Bradford; new synth

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Oliver

James sound checking at last night’s show in Bradford. We had a blast, great sets by Gaz Brown and Bridget Hayden. The film we accompanied by Eoin Shea looked beautiful! As part of the With Zerø project I mentioned a … Continue reading →

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LIVE: The Films of EOIN SHEA (with Bridget Hayden)

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Oliver

Tomorrow night (Thursday 19th April), I’ll be performing a (sort of) live soundtrack to a film by Eoin Shea as part of a ‘Sound and Image’ night, hosted at the University of Bradford. The film is Eoin’s re-treatment of Tarkovsky’s … Continue reading →

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For Machines – COMA-005

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Oliver

Just a quick non-Ithaca heads up. My little micro-label, Coma Architects, has just put a new release up for preorder: For Machines is the anonymous project of a friend. Its loud, uncomfortable, and harsh in places. For fans of Niblock, … Continue reading →

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New Project

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Oliver

Been ticking the idea over of a new solo-project for a while now. Ithaca is something of an unwieldly beast when it comes to live performance, so I’ve been throwing around this idea of stripping things right down… only to … Continue reading →

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Hangover update: it’s 2012

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Oliver

Today I remembered I have a blog. So, some news: Coma Architects ‘Grow Flowers’ COMA-04 is now sold out. Thanks to everyone who bought it, had a lot of fun putting that one together so it’s really nice to know … Continue reading →

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Grow Flowers (COMA-04)

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Oliver

presenting COMA-04: GROW FLOWERS a 3″ CDr by Ithaca Trio GROW FLOWERS is a two-track EP, recorded live on November 29th, 2011. Featuring soundscape recordings; Derek Bailey inspired guitars; frequency-domain processing; AM Radio; and microtonal sine-waves. Strictly limited to an … Continue reading →

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Live in London! Hibernate/Home Normal show, Dalston Vic. (18/12/2011)

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Oliver

I will be performing its first London show as part of the Hibernate/Home Normal Christmas extravaganza at the Dalston Vic on December 18th. Tickets available here.  

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End of October: Update: JUMBO; COMA; MMus; I3; CODE

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Oliver

Very often, I forget I have this site. I do something which I should really post about, but I don’t and then nobody knows about it, then I forget about it. JUMBO :: COMA-03 Last week was Jumbo Records‘ 40th … Continue reading →

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