An audio collage work that incorporates electronics, tapes and radio; Ian employs his Hellitron tone generators to provide the electronics, a radio and reel to reel tape recorder for sound effects, loops and random sounds. 

Recording brief bursts from the radio, patching together Hellitrons in various combinations to coax different sounds – this forms part of an intuitive approach with weeks and months of experimentation, and much erasing and reworking until a piece gradually takes shape. 

Commissioned for Signal

Ian Helliwell is a composer, filmmaker, collagist, instrument builder, installation artist, live performer, radio and film programmer, light show projectionist, teacher and writer.

Self-taught and self-funded, he has operated from his current hq in Brighton since 1991. His work encompasses over 80 experimental films, and the composition of electronic music with instruments he designs and builds himself.

www.ianhelliwell.co.uk 

photo: © nymusikk.no