Category Archives: design

Composite Mashworks: Temporary Art Habitat at Summer Bummer, Antwerp!

It’s happening…Composite Mashworks are heading to Summer Bummer Festival in Antwerp this weekend, 28/29 August! This will be the first iteration of our Temporary Art Habitat installation, where Tullis and I will mash together improvised music and sound with lo-fi neon cardboard artwork and contributions (visual and sonic) from festival-goers. Cannot WAIT! There will be a comprehensive write-up to be done when we get back, as this project combines pretty much every area of my practice in a new and totally brain-melting way…

To mark the occasion we’ve also created some new music in the studio, which you can listen to here, and buy on limited-edition cassette – only available at Summer Bummer and XMTR festivals!

The whole thing promises to be a total blast. I will report back on the other side – and/or see you out there!(Above is a new t-shirt design I’m pretty happy with…shirts also available in a VERY limited edition way, basically only at Summer Bummer, most likely…tbc…)

Earconnector label launch

I’m very happy to be a part of the launch this Friday 30th January of Alex Bonney’s new label, Earconnector! The label is an outlet for Alex’s collaborations with all sorts of artists from the improvised music and jazz worlds, including me; our duo recording Owl Party Submersible is part of this first batch of releases.


Alex and I will play a duo set at the launch, which is happening at Hundred Years Gallery in Hoxton. Also on the bill are sets from Tom Challenger with Will Glaser, and Alex with Tom Challenger. Join us! Info on the HYG website.

As well as appearing on one of the releases I’m doing the graphic design for the label, working with some great photographs by Alex and original artwork by Tom Challenger, as well as doing the artwork for Owl Party Submersible. There are two cassettes as part of the first batch, so I’ve  designed and printed sleeves for those as part of my work at London Centre for Book Arts. Alongside the covers, I’ve produced inlays, cassette shell labels, the Bandcamp header, a logo variant and the launch gig poster (above). I’m really pleased with how everything looks and have enjoyed the process a lot! More releases coming soon…