Artists

I/O

I/O based in Brisbane, is the sound art based musical project of Lawrence English. A mesh of treated field recordings, ambient soundscapes, mellow beats and the odd bit of abrasive digital processing, I/O?s approach is based on improvisation and aims to output innovative sound through unexpected musical collisions and combinations. Exploring aspects of both minimalism and maximalism, I/O is at its core a sound collage project.
In its time I/O has undertaken a wide range of live performances at festivals, clubs, caf?s, public spaces, cinemas and galleries. I/O has improvised soundtracks to silent films, including The Wind in late 2000 and High Treason in August 2001 as part of the Brisbane International Film Festival alongside London?s minimalist anti-hero Scanner.
Currently engaged in an ongoing collaboration, I/O and Scanner will be producing an architectural installation, Secrets Of The City, at the Brisbane Powerhouse in April 2002. Other collaborations I/O has undertaken include an album with Brisbane author Nick Earls (Ten Things You Should Know About Sex) and a continuing noise project with British cultural critic and writer Jack Sargeant.
Some other facts:
In 2001, I/O issued the debut full length Ill Translation.
Composition For Solo Voice #1 is currently being presented as part of the touring European arts festival Medi @ Terra
I/O has shared the stage with artists including DJ Spooky, Yamatsuka Eye (Boredoms), David Shea and Mike Patton?s Fantomas.
I/O is to be featured on a new Marblebar compilation due for release in the UK in October.
I/O has remixed tracks from artists including Not From There, Soma Rasa and 2Dogs.

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