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In the autumn of 1998 John Eacott performed his first live generative composition in London, UK. He developed his generative composition in two Sound Art exhibitions at Morley Gallery, London, 'Strange Attraction' in 1999 and 'Another Strange Attraction' in 2000 which featured amongst others the
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is also the home for a Floodtide sound sculpture (2014) by Andrew Baldwin, that continuously plays live local tidal readings. In 2015 John Eacott took the Floodtide project on a five months tour on Jacomina, a 46 ft sailing yacht, performing the piece in ports in Europe and UK with local
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In 2001 Eacott made a generative music album 'Morpheus' together with Nick Collins, Frederik Oloffson and others using SuperCollider audio programming environment. These compositions formed part of a number of projects that contributed to his PhD 'Contents May Vary: the behaviour and play of
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in 2010 and the Mayor's Thames Festival in 2009. A permanent tidal sensor (provided by Nortek) is installed at Trinity Buoy Wharf which gives a constant reading of Thames tidal data on the Floodtide website. Musicians anywhere in the world can play the music generated at any time.
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He has taught at London College of Communication's and Middlesex University; he worked as Principal Lecturer in Music at University of Westminster between 1993 and 2011.
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where a lifelong love for the sea, sailing and navigation took hold. It was here where he was introduced to free jazz, leading him to meet
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works by submerging a sensor into tidal water, the data from which is transformed by custom computer software, into
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with Vanessa Redgrave (2000) and worked as arranger with Dave Stewart and Mick Jagger on the soundtrack of
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and the Scapegoats. He performed with Loose Tube (30 Years Anniversary concerts),and regularly plays with
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five months European & UK tour by sailing yacht, site specific performances with local musicians
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Since the completion of his PhD, Eacott has focused on making accessible live performances using
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Since the 1990s he has composed works for theatre including the worldwide touring production of
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Contents may vary : the play and behaviour of generative music artefacts
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generative music artefacts' (2007) awarded by the University of Westminster.
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in 2016, at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds; all plays directed by
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interactive sound designer Dominic Robson and sound sculptor
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2016 West Yorkshire Playhouse Theatre production of
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performances include the summer solstice of 2010 at
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in June 2008, is a musical performance generated by
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Reading, Berkshire
Hayling Island
Mark Lockheart
Psion Organiser
Sussex University
Loose Tubes
Test Dept
Roman Holliday
Damon Albarn
Goldie
Stereo MCs
The The
Georgie Fame
Terry Edwards
Sarah-Jane Morris
Royal Shakespeare Company
the Old Vic
Lucy Bailey
Miramax
Alfie
Max Eastley
algorithmic composition
Trinity Buoy Wharf
Docklands
tidal
Floodtide
notation
Southbank Centre
Trinity Buoy Wharf
Royal Observatory Greenwich

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