bad noise

BAD NOISE is sponsored by : Abbey Road Studio’s, London, Alchemy Mastering Ltd and Vestax Europe Ltd .

BADNOISE is, amongst other things, a homage to the fast disappearing vinyl record . Locke experimented with two record decks–rewiring one of the decks so that it rotated the turntable in the opposite direction, thus playing the record backwards. Both record decks play the same record at the same time, one backward, one forwards. The piece of music interacts with itself to build an interesting soundtrack that slips through an ever-changing cycle of feedback loops. The turntables are filmed live, by overhead video cameras and their image projected, live, onto the walls of the gallery or linked up to monitors. The records can be ‘mixed’ live or simply left to run on continuous play. There is a short filmloop showing images of binary and contradictory operations that accompanies the tracks.

Locke worked with musicians, Biff Cowley, Gareth Bailey, Tim Lovelee ( tummy touch records ),Tom Bailey and Simon White(Neon Heights) and Arwel Hughes to compose six versions of ‘Bad Noise’ . Four of the original discs were cut at Abbey Road Studio’s. Other Sponsors include Vestax (a Japanese company who produce professional recording and sound equipment) - Bad noise promotes their new digitally controlled turntable with a unique reverse mode feature- and Alchemy mastering ltd, London.

Bad Noise has been shown as part of the ‘LOOP’ exhibition in Bonington Gallery, Nottingham and was part of the ‘Loop’ exhibition at the National Centre for Popular Music in Sheffield. It has also been exhibited at The city Gallery Leicester, The Podewil, and Berlin and featured in various club venues.

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