KETTLE

Andrew Kettle has a long history in experimental sounds, being an organiser of live events in Brisbane, performing as a solo sound artist, and collaborating with other Brisbane Artists.

Kettle’s recording material dates to 1993, with several CD releases and numerious tracks on various artist compilations (Serbsky Institute, ABC music, LA2, Room 40, Vibragun, Last Chance Gasp, Phat Lips, Overt, etc.); his work, heavily influenced by alchemy (training at The Paracelsus College), is riddled with transmutive processes and experiential work in the natural world.

His work has received extensive radioplay national on JJJ, Radio National, ABC Classical FM, a special feature program on National SBS FM Electronic Alchemy, and through numerous community radio stations around Australia.

He was the presenter/programmer for “Atmospheric Disturbances”, The Experimental Musicians & Sound Artists show on Community Radio 4ZZZ fm102.1. Wednesday Night, 11pm - Midnight, from june 1998 to july 2000.

In 2000, Kettle’s hidden senses where strongly enlived by his research into electro-magnetic radiation as a sound source, creating the ADAPT 2000/ Gratings / Electrofringe 2000 performances, 'Digilogue' and 'With my left eye closed...' CD releases and sound track to Junia Wulf's animation, "Gray".

His passion for found sounds and extensive, discordant layering of repetitive digital snippets, in 1999, lead him to complete field research into drones that culminated in the “drone 9” & “The Turing Test” (reviewed in ‘Real Time’, Dec/Jan.2000) performances at M.A.A.P.99.

Previous, explorations of influencing Poetry with MIDI, " ... I take a sentence for a poem, sample it, program in to the midi keyboard and play with it as an instrument... fantastic patterns emerge from repetitively layering single words or short sentences."
His performance at the Queensland Arts Week (1999), was an digital poetry exercise with fellow artist, Junia Wulfe & A Short Journey. Digitalising 5 sentence scripts and then using them as a backing vocal texture.

He has presented a Masterclass on “Noise in Composition” for ‘ADAPT’ 1999 , talked at the "Community Radio & Electronic Music" Panel - National Independant Electronic Labels Conference 2000, and appeared at the ElectroFringe Festival (1999 & 2000) in Newcastle, performed at the AIMIA Awards, assisted the ACMA 2000 conference ‘Interfaces’ as a member of the steering committe, performances, and a series of 4 Radio shows.

"My initial exposure to non-music sounds came from listening to the radio in rural Queensland, as a young boy, the reception was mostly difficult so I developed a great interest in these broadcast noises, especially sunspot activity."