Dave Payling
Visual Music Artist and Researcher
Dave is a visual music artist who teaches and studies electronic music, audio mastering, sound synthesis and Touchdesigner at Staffordshire University.He holds a PhD in Visual Music composition. His earlier research centred on sonification and auditory display and his composition ‘Listen (Awakening)’ was performed at the Sydney Opera House as part of the ICAD conference in 2004. His more recent work focuses on composition for Visual Music with abstract animation and electronic music. Dave also produces more mainstream Electronic music and is From the Floor section editor for Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture.Dave’s compositions have been performed at the Soundings Festival Edinburgh, MANTIS Festival University of Manchester, flEXiff Experimental Film Festival Sydney Australia, Seeing Sound Bath Spa, ICMC Shanghai, NoiseFloor Festival Staffordshire and the Understanding Visual Music Conference in Brasilia, Brazil
