Dave Noyze

Dave Burraston AKA Dave Noyze & Bryen Telko is a generative artist/scientist involved in technology and electronic music since the late 70s. After studying and playing classical piano for 10 years from the age of 6 to 16, he was increasingly interested in the possibilities of using electronics / computers in his own music. From the early 80's on he has investigated cellular automata, chaos, fractals and other mathematical systems for his artistic ends using such ancient machines as the Acorn Archimedes, BBC Micro, Dragon 64, Vic 20, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga and Atari ST, as well contemporary machines (Mac, PC, SGI). Since these early experiments he has been involved in many projects with world class institutions, such as MIT Media Lab, appearing on both television and radio. In 2002 Dave built a custom DSP box for Richard D James (Aphex Twin), among other commissions. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation have just commissioned a 4 minute sound piece for Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo.

Dave had an innovative role in the foremost UK telco’s R&D laboratory in diverse areas such as Artificial Life and Virtual Reality. His PhD thesis (Generative Music & Cellular Automata) developed fundamental new concepts, arising out of generative music practice, to a key problem in complex systems. He is now recognised as a leading practitioner and theorist in the field of generative music, producing both peer reviewed publications and musical compositions. His future work is aimed at tackling more key questions in complex systems from a musical practice-based perspective, drawing inspiration from genetics and microbiology. These key questions address, for example, the definition of randomness and high level descriptions of information processing in complex systems. He is also a reviewer for the Leonardo Journal and on the editorial board of Leonardo Transactions.

Dave maintains his own independent analogue/digital research studio called Noyzelab. He has performed music and video sets around the world at a wide variety of events. Dave has worked on many collaborative projects with artists and scientists around the world. More details on Dave Noyze & Bryen Telko's research, music, written publications and video work, can be downloaded at www.noyzelab.com