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Live Coding
72519-3 (arp) (2019)
- a TidalCycles jam
evening flushing warm (2020)
- an album of TidalCycles music
frames of reference (2020)
- another live coding album
Other Solo
magic smoke (2012)
- for laptop, smartphone, inductive telephone pickup, and live processing
Product Emotions and Personality Assessment (2017)
- for live processed electric guitar and voice
shimmer go slowly (2012)
- for glockenspiel and electronics
shoebox memories (2014)
- for kalimba and live electronics
streetlight puddle night (2010)
- for glockenspiel
talus bear (2017)
- for electric guitar
Chamber
Silky Anteaters (2010)
- for violin, double bass, drumset, vibraphone, electric guitar, and percussion
violetblue clouds forever (2010)
- for flute, vibraphone, and glockenspiel
Other Electronic
airportmusic (2016)
- fixed-media sonification of Hong Kong airport arrivals and departures
deep dark everblue (2017)
- live improvisatory, slowburning, ambient Pure data patch
dxk2kish (2010)
- an album of old GarageBand tunes from the late 2000s/early 2010s
dxk-sc140 (2017)
- series of SuperCollider tweet-sized miniatures
fiahwrkz (2012)
- for 2-channel fixed media
lucas-1%14_0116 (2016)
- melodies based on Lucas numbers
mirror creatures (2018)
- drone-centric improvisatory composition realized in Pure Data
pinblue 52 (2018)
- 15-EDO whale drone
putchar (2015)
- c code to aplay
starsilt sky (2019)
- electronic track derived from a single ducilmer busker sample
Indeterminate
initial improvisation #1 (2017)
- for one or more melodic improvisers
Realizations
Earle Brown - December 1952 (2013)
- for found percussion and historical radio broadcasts
John Cage - Fontana Mix (2013)
- for found percussion and live electronics
Liza Lim/Derek Kwan - Love Letter/Fuckbird (2015)
- for frame drum and live electronics after text from James Joyce
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Solo Nr. 19 (2015)
- for vibraphone and automated delay lines
John Cage - Variations II (2013)
- for percussion and fixed media
Collaborations
Caider (2020)
- a live coding band with Cai on visuals
Tavarus Blackmon Video Collaborations (2018)
- a series of short videos