Specific to Reson8: Alvin Lucier, Keith Rowe, Morton Feldman, all electroacoustic composers, especially those working with surround sound, John Cage, Ornette Coleman, Bjork, La Monte Young, AMM, Derek Bailey, James Tenney, Pink Floyd......
Jeff Cloke has been involved with experimental music since the 1960s, and since 2002 has been fascinated by the sound of the space itself, as well as the sounds made in the space; an activity inspired by the composer Alvin Lucier.
His first “Resonation” projects involved a microphone and delays, allowing sounds to be replayed into the space repeatedly so that they gradually reinforce themselves, creating an harmonic interaction with the space. Projects have been both solo and making work with other artists; using filters and effects pedals, sounds are combined dynamically within the context of constantly evolving harmonies and rhythms, creating a unique, shifting soundscape derived from both the instruments and the space.
For the past 2 years Jeff has been working to develop a laptop setup using the same principles, but allowing faster responses and the ability to perform live sampling and processing. The new laptop process, “Reson8”, is also able to utilise multiple speaker setups in order to produce surround sound with moving sound objects. A number of performances are planned for 2009 working with a variety of other artists in different spaces.
Main site for my music is http://www.last.fm/music/Jeff+Cloke See also www.myspace.com/jeffcloke and www.youtube.com/jefferycloke
