Stephen Roddy
@stephenroddy.bsky.social
Composer/Engineer/Lecturer: Sound & Music Computing @radhumslab.bsky.social & Digital Humanities, @ucc.ie
https://linktr.ee/stephenroddy
https://linktr.ee/stephenroddy
Nice shot of the debut performance of ‘Noise for Waves and Grains’ from the IEEE concerts for the ElettroAQustica 10 festival in L’Aquila this week.
November 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Nice shot of the debut performance of ‘Noise for Waves and Grains’ from the IEEE concerts for the ElettroAQustica 10 festival in L’Aquila this week.
New piece is soundchecking well. Shame my phone camera is dying though!
October 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
New piece is soundchecking well. Shame my phone camera is dying though!
Debuting 'Noise for Waves and Grains at the IEEE Internet of Sounds Concert for the 10th Edition of the ElettroAQustica Festival at Conservatorio “A. Casella” of L'Aquilla this Wednesday. If you happen to be nearby, please do drop in!
October 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Debuting 'Noise for Waves and Grains at the IEEE Internet of Sounds Concert for the 10th Edition of the ElettroAQustica Festival at Conservatorio “A. Casella” of L'Aquilla this Wednesday. If you happen to be nearby, please do drop in!
Join the @radhumslab.bsky.social on Friday September 5th at @ucc.ie for (Un)Silencing, our one-day symposium exploring exciting work from the fields of sound studies and sound art, in collaboration with Resonance: the Journal of Sound & Culture.
August 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Join the @radhumslab.bsky.social on Friday September 5th at @ucc.ie for (Un)Silencing, our one-day symposium exploring exciting work from the fields of sound studies and sound art, in collaboration with Resonance: the Journal of Sound & Culture.
Strong contender for the top 10 best music tweets.
Nailed both the formula and the main problem with the music perfectly, while being hilarious.
Nailed both the formula and the main problem with the music perfectly, while being hilarious.
August 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Strong contender for the top 10 best music tweets.
Nailed both the formula and the main problem with the music perfectly, while being hilarious.
Nailed both the formula and the main problem with the music perfectly, while being hilarious.
Plot twist!
In reality he was an expert cold reader of the relationship between technology and culture. The Mystic Meg of that particular niche.
In reality he was an expert cold reader of the relationship between technology and culture. The Mystic Meg of that particular niche.
July 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Plot twist!
In reality he was an expert cold reader of the relationship between technology and culture. The Mystic Meg of that particular niche.
In reality he was an expert cold reader of the relationship between technology and culture. The Mystic Meg of that particular niche.
How about Vaucanson’s Canard Digérateur. An automaton from the 1760s :
July 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
How about Vaucanson’s Canard Digérateur. An automaton from the 1760s :
AM.ICAD 25 in Coimbra went really well. Got give out some awards as a paper chair and debut some new music in the concerts. Great to see what everyone is up to research and music wise. Very much looking forward to the next one!
July 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
AM.ICAD 25 in Coimbra went really well. Got give out some awards as a paper chair and debut some new music in the concerts. Great to see what everyone is up to research and music wise. Very much looking forward to the next one!
Experimental sax improv in the basement of a Portuguese art space during a heatwave.
Conference season is upon us once again.
Conference season is upon us once again.
July 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Experimental sax improv in the basement of a Portuguese art space during a heatwave.
Conference season is upon us once again.
Conference season is upon us once again.
Once again knocked off the top spot on the ritual drone charts but mark my words I will be back in first place:
June 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Once again knocked off the top spot on the ritual drone charts but mark my words I will be back in first place:
Nine Inch Nails were genuinely outstanding.
June 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Nine Inch Nails were genuinely outstanding.
We've got a preliminary schedule for AM.ICAD. Looks like it is going to be packed. Very much looking forward to this one.
amicad2025.dei.uc.pt/program/#sch...
amicad2025.dei.uc.pt/program/#sch...
June 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We've got a preliminary schedule for AM.ICAD. Looks like it is going to be packed. Very much looking forward to this one.
amicad2025.dei.uc.pt/program/#sch...
amicad2025.dei.uc.pt/program/#sch...
Soil moisture sonification finally finished.
May 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Soil moisture sonification finally finished.
Chicago Pope is a Synth guy confirmed!!
May 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Chicago Pope is a Synth guy confirmed!!
Corpus/Mimesis tapes have landed at @fiadh.bsky.social !!
May 2, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Corpus/Mimesis tapes have landed at @fiadh.bsky.social !!
From the other place
April 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
From the other place
This Friday April 11th sees the release of Corpus/Mimesis on cassette through @fiadh.bsky.social and also digital formats
The compositions were produced in collaboration with Jean-Luc Nancy, AMAE and Pier Giorgio De Pinto to explore Nancy’s 58 Indices on the Body. More to come.
The compositions were produced in collaboration with Jean-Luc Nancy, AMAE and Pier Giorgio De Pinto to explore Nancy’s 58 Indices on the Body. More to come.
April 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This Friday April 11th sees the release of Corpus/Mimesis on cassette through @fiadh.bsky.social and also digital formats
The compositions were produced in collaboration with Jean-Luc Nancy, AMAE and Pier Giorgio De Pinto to explore Nancy’s 58 Indices on the Body. More to come.
The compositions were produced in collaboration with Jean-Luc Nancy, AMAE and Pier Giorgio De Pinto to explore Nancy’s 58 Indices on the Body. More to come.
This Fridy April 11th sees the release of Corpus/Mimesis on cassette through @fiadh.bsky.social and also digital formats
The compositions were produced in collaboration with
Jean-Luc Nancy, AMAE and Pier Giorgio De Pinto to explore Nancy’s 58 Indices on the Body. More to come.
The compositions were produced in collaboration with
Jean-Luc Nancy, AMAE and Pier Giorgio De Pinto to explore Nancy’s 58 Indices on the Body. More to come.
April 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This Fridy April 11th sees the release of Corpus/Mimesis on cassette through @fiadh.bsky.social and also digital formats
The compositions were produced in collaboration with
Jean-Luc Nancy, AMAE and Pier Giorgio De Pinto to explore Nancy’s 58 Indices on the Body. More to come.
The compositions were produced in collaboration with
Jean-Luc Nancy, AMAE and Pier Giorgio De Pinto to explore Nancy’s 58 Indices on the Body. More to come.
Not fully sure they were the first step but sonifying markov models for music composition was a huge forward leap in 1957.
March 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Not fully sure they were the first step but sonifying markov models for music composition was a huge forward leap in 1957.
If we hadn’t already finalized the cassette art for corpus/mimesis it would be this photo of a ladybird I took today.
March 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If we hadn’t already finalized the cassette art for corpus/mimesis it would be this photo of a ladybird I took today.
Working on a new composition using agent based simulations to sonify synthetic virology data as music. I'm new to writing shaders so the javascript visuals need more work.
Combo of wavetable and granular synthesis is adequately unsettling however.
Combo of wavetable and granular synthesis is adequately unsettling however.
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Working on a new composition using agent based simulations to sonify synthetic virology data as music. I'm new to writing shaders so the javascript visuals need more work.
Combo of wavetable and granular synthesis is adequately unsettling however.
Combo of wavetable and granular synthesis is adequately unsettling however.
Not a terrible day to start back running
February 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Not a terrible day to start back running
Approaching its final form:
February 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Approaching its final form:
IoS sonification prototype is sounding good.
Probably won’t go with a water sensor for the final version but for initial testing it works alright and is kinda fun:
Probably won’t go with a water sensor for the final version but for initial testing it works alright and is kinda fun:
January 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
IoS sonification prototype is sounding good.
Probably won’t go with a water sensor for the final version but for initial testing it works alright and is kinda fun:
Probably won’t go with a water sensor for the final version but for initial testing it works alright and is kinda fun: