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In this episode of Filtered Noise, we talk to our inaugural guest, Allison Wright, aka - No Compliments. For regular listeners, you'll be familiar with our fandom of No Compliments debut EP.
Allison Wright (1993, AUS) is a composer, arranger, producer, sound designer and trumpet player living in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Since finishing her performance studies at the Australian National Academy of Music, Allison enjoys a diverse career as a collaborative musician and freelance trumpet player, performing with major orchestras and production companies as well as working as a composer, arranger, producer and sound artist on independent creative projects and commissions. Allison is has been a fellow of many national and international festivals and residencies, notably the Bang on a Can Summer Festival (2016), Eighth Blackbird's Creative Lab (2018) and Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio's (MESS) Professional Development Course 2018.
In this episode, we talk to Allison about:
DAW Workflow
The creative process, from the perspective of a cla**ically-trained musician and an electronic music-maker
The influences on Allison's music
Chaos Hands; a collaborative, improvising ensemble with drummer Nicole Patrick and visual artist/filmmaker Xuan.
Coding live multi-media for a planned international tour with Bec Plexus
Adapting to the current pandemic situation in the creative industries; including planning and hosting a 24-hour Livestream Release Party.
The Filtered Noise Podcast will regularly discuss approaches to making music, what outside influences have shaped the music of our hosts and guest(s), and give some shout-outs to artists who have done (or are doing) cool things – see ‘Music We Talk About’ below.