Artists

Axel Brandle

I expect that all people go through a developmental stage when they are a child of banging pots and pans, with goo and ga as song lyrics. I happened to be partially deaf until i had some ear operations when i was over 2 years old. The first sounds i actually can remember hearing is sine waves produced by the doctor testing my hearing range after the operation. The test involved putting coloured knobs into slots on a patch bay for sounds that were hi, low and panned to each ear. It though that i was playing a game at the time...and i suppose that I still am playing that game in some ways.

I would also expect this is where my relations between audio and visual stimuli occur.

1973 shortly after my ear operation mum had gone out and seen "a clockwork orange" then bought the score on vinyl.  It had been composed and compiled by Walter Carlos (now Wendy Carlos (so i've been told)).  I really loved the roller coaster of the analogue vocoder (then called spectral analyser) on Beethoven?s 9th.  I loved listening to the sounds, then imagined what creature would make it (i didn't know what a synth was then).

Finally seeing the movie as an adult I see the direct references and associations with audio and visual input. And the movie actually dealt with this matter.

Visuals? It depends on whether it is dance, ambient, a score to a visual etc.  Generally I like to visualise scenarios, then try to make sound for this. Imagine the colour red...what does it sound like?  Now find that colour on the keyboard. Most importantly, i like to write/do what I like...I suppose that is why I like "out there" stuff, it isn't ever in fashion...therefore it is timeless.

I think that all good art actually inspires the beholder.  The artist is the architect who creates the space for the beholders thoughts to occupy.

I really like writing conveying about power and beauty (communist art attemps to convey this), it is something that i know is there, because i see it.  Visually i usually create thinking about people or scenarios, and the physical form is my inspiration.  We all recognise the human form, as it is the physical interface for our mind.  

I did a 1minute piece of film with over 200 edits back in 1989 at high school, and really I have dabbled ever since.  Non-linear work? I am using a computer to actually video edit self made footage.  In March 2003, I will have my first solo Vjing gig at the IMA.
Currently I?m performing with and producing a group called Team Plastique, who have performed at Big Day Out, and a number events supporting international talents.