SIZE OF COMPANY
4 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Varies

PERMANENT STAFF
Artistic Director/Performer
Ray Lee

Producer
Simon Chatterton

ARTISTIC POLICY
Ray Lee is a sound artist, composer and performer who makes music that moves. He creates whirling, spinning sound installations and performances that have been acclaimed by audiences and critics alike. His work investigates his fascination with the hidden world of electromagnetic radiation and in particular how sound can be used as evidence of invisible phenomena. He is interested in how science and philosophy represent the universe and his work questions orthodoxies that emerge and submerge according to currently fashionable trends.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
‘An amazing spectacle.’ The Daily Telegraph

‘A thrumming, choral soundscape… bees buzzed, church bells chimed and the harmonies of cosmic spheres lapped round my meanderings.’ Glasgow Herald

‘A choir of rotating sirens, their strident voices congealing into a thick mutating chord that trapped listeners in its sticky flux.’ The Wire

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Siren A whirling, spinning spectacle of mechanical movement, sound and light. Silent performers move within a forest of metal tripods, whose rotating loudspeakers weave an ethereal, hypnotic sound world.

Various Ray Lee creates work for various locations and contexts from stage-based performances to gallery installations. Several existing pieces of work can be restaged or adapted as required. See www.invisible–forces.com

Force Field Interacting with the electro-magnetic “force field” that surrounds the Theremin, Lee activates and controls a series of kinetic sound machines creating music and movement from the ether.

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
The Sonic Philosophical Table Based on the 18th century Philosophical Table, this new work will be a sound performance where sonic experiments are conducted on the “sonic philosophical table”.

Swing 2 Developed from Lee’s acclaimed work Swing, Swing 2 creates sound from the movement of loudspeakers that swing above the audience, controlled by a team of “bell ringers”.

Swarm An interactive installation and performance featuring a host of suspended loudspeakers spinning around, buzzing and humming above the heads of the audience.

WRAP-AROUND
Ray Lee regularly lectures and gives workshops in sound and performance and is happy to give talks and workshops in connection with his performances. He can also contribute to discussions and symposia on related subjects.

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2007 Austria, France (Siren)
2006 Romania (5 Sound works)
2005 Netherlands (Siren)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request