Brian Bridges
@bridgesbb.bsky.social
Composer/electronic musician/noise-maker/ thinker in sound; Research Director (Music,Drama,Film/Screen&Heritage) and Senior Lecturer (Music/Audio), Ulster Uni, Magee (Derry); Dubliner in Derry, views mine own!
I ❤️ NY: Delighted to hear the news today, and to hear these words ‘New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant.’
Thrilled for my friends in that great city. Here’s to some much-needed hope.
Thrilled for my friends in that great city. Here’s to some much-needed hope.
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I ❤️ NY: Delighted to hear the news today, and to hear these words ‘New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant.’
Thrilled for my friends in that great city. Here’s to some much-needed hope.
Thrilled for my friends in that great city. Here’s to some much-needed hope.
Tonight at 7 pm in Derry (Christchurch, near entrance to Brooke Park).
Boulez: Connections by Northern Lights project
With Darragh Morgan and Sarah Watts
www.northernlightsproject.org/events/boule...
Boulez: Connections by Northern Lights project
With Darragh Morgan and Sarah Watts
www.northernlightsproject.org/events/boule...
October 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Tonight at 7 pm in Derry (Christchurch, near entrance to Brooke Park).
Boulez: Connections by Northern Lights project
With Darragh Morgan and Sarah Watts
www.northernlightsproject.org/events/boule...
Boulez: Connections by Northern Lights project
With Darragh Morgan and Sarah Watts
www.northernlightsproject.org/events/boule...
I’ll be virtually in Queens, New York, tomorrow, Sat 18th, at the inaugural Queens Tape Music Festival.
Giving my ‘Tracing Beijing’ an outing in a new 4-channel spatial version.
Great to be in such enjoyable and diverse musical company; just wish I could be there in person
worldoftomorrow.nyc
Giving my ‘Tracing Beijing’ an outing in a new 4-channel spatial version.
Great to be in such enjoyable and diverse musical company; just wish I could be there in person
worldoftomorrow.nyc
world of tomorrow
worldoftomorrow.nyc
October 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I’ll be virtually in Queens, New York, tomorrow, Sat 18th, at the inaugural Queens Tape Music Festival.
Giving my ‘Tracing Beijing’ an outing in a new 4-channel spatial version.
Great to be in such enjoyable and diverse musical company; just wish I could be there in person
worldoftomorrow.nyc
Giving my ‘Tracing Beijing’ an outing in a new 4-channel spatial version.
Great to be in such enjoyable and diverse musical company; just wish I could be there in person
worldoftomorrow.nyc
I’m off to Leeds with briefcase modular synth in tow for a performance of ‘Machine Time’, inspired by the spacetime-distorting cybernetic soundscapes of Roland Kayn.
Also giving a paper w/ @stephenroddy.bsky.social on some media archaeology of Kayn & Jaap Vink’s pioneering musical cybernetics.
Also giving a paper w/ @stephenroddy.bsky.social on some media archaeology of Kayn & Jaap Vink’s pioneering musical cybernetics.
October 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I’m off to Leeds with briefcase modular synth in tow for a performance of ‘Machine Time’, inspired by the spacetime-distorting cybernetic soundscapes of Roland Kayn.
Also giving a paper w/ @stephenroddy.bsky.social on some media archaeology of Kayn & Jaap Vink’s pioneering musical cybernetics.
Also giving a paper w/ @stephenroddy.bsky.social on some media archaeology of Kayn & Jaap Vink’s pioneering musical cybernetics.
Great to see growth in Leaving Cert music numbers: this from today’s Irish Times:
‘Music saw the largest increase … rising 21 per cent from 6,503 last year to 7,877.’
And spread the word, you can study music (BMus) & music tech (BSc Creative Audio) at Ulster Uni, Derry!
‘Music saw the largest increase … rising 21 per cent from 6,503 last year to 7,877.’
And spread the word, you can study music (BMus) & music tech (BSc Creative Audio) at Ulster Uni, Derry!
August 22, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Great to see growth in Leaving Cert music numbers: this from today’s Irish Times:
‘Music saw the largest increase … rising 21 per cent from 6,503 last year to 7,877.’
And spread the word, you can study music (BMus) & music tech (BSc Creative Audio) at Ulster Uni, Derry!
‘Music saw the largest increase … rising 21 per cent from 6,503 last year to 7,877.’
And spread the word, you can study music (BMus) & music tech (BSc Creative Audio) at Ulster Uni, Derry!
Delighted to see this published; in the time between the writing & publication, it’s become more relevant & urgent (looking at you, Meta)!
‘Cybernetic Resurgences: Machine Music Beyond AI Slop’ shows how an ethically grounded cybernetics of ML can help us resist AI slop & discourse of replacement
‘Cybernetic Resurgences: Machine Music Beyond AI Slop’ shows how an ethically grounded cybernetics of ML can help us resist AI slop & discourse of replacement
I’m loosing the battle to reclaim Machine Learning from the “AI” movement as it comes to music and the creative arts. But regardless, our new piece now seems to be up online today and we do give it another very whole-hearted try!!
Won’t be backing down anytime soon and all that.
Won’t be backing down anytime soon and all that.
Our (@bridgesbb.bsky.social) piece developing a Musical Cybernetics as an antidote to gen-AI slop music goes online this week. DM for pre-print access: doi.org/10.1007/978-...
July 31, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Delighted to see this published; in the time between the writing & publication, it’s become more relevant & urgent (looking at you, Meta)!
‘Cybernetic Resurgences: Machine Music Beyond AI Slop’ shows how an ethically grounded cybernetics of ML can help us resist AI slop & discourse of replacement
‘Cybernetic Resurgences: Machine Music Beyond AI Slop’ shows how an ethically grounded cybernetics of ML can help us resist AI slop & discourse of replacement
Reposted by Brian Bridges
Our (@bridgesbb.bsky.social) piece developing a Musical Cybernetics as an antidote to gen-AI slop music goes online this week. DM for pre-print access: doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Cybernetic Resurgences: Machine Music Beyond AI Slop
This chapter explores contemporary trends in the application of machine learning technologies in music composition and performance contexts. It argues that there is a resurgence of cybernetic approach...
doi.org
July 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Our (@bridgesbb.bsky.social) piece developing a Musical Cybernetics as an antidote to gen-AI slop music goes online this week. DM for pre-print access: doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Reposted by Brian Bridges
We finalised our proofs for the Cybernetics Music VS AI Slop chapter. Going to need a short breather from all the AI stuff for a few weeks now. In our defense, it wasn't so all-pervading when we started working on it @bridgesbb.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We finalised our proofs for the Cybernetics Music VS AI Slop chapter. Going to need a short breather from all the AI stuff for a few weeks now. In our defense, it wasn't so all-pervading when we started working on it @bridgesbb.bsky.social
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@bridgesbb.bsky.social doing a spot of field recording from outside the Art Gallery of Alberta.
June 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
@bridgesbb.bsky.social doing a spot of field recording from outside the Art Gallery of Alberta.
Wonderfully diverse paper topics yesterday, at @scsmi.bsky.social SCSMI 2025, and a very high standard of discussion throughout. Looking forward to continuing discussions about how the soundtrack influences our experiences of the moving image
With @adammelvin.bsky.social
With @adammelvin.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Wonderfully diverse paper topics yesterday, at @scsmi.bsky.social SCSMI 2025, and a very high standard of discussion throughout. Looking forward to continuing discussions about how the soundtrack influences our experiences of the moving image
With @adammelvin.bsky.social
With @adammelvin.bsky.social
Not-so-wee buns here in Canada (but everything else is ‘wee buns’ in the figurative sense)!
Yes, for scale, the diameter is your standard modern paper plate size!
With @adammelvin.bsky.social
Yes, for scale, the diameter is your standard modern paper plate size!
With @adammelvin.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Not-so-wee buns here in Canada (but everything else is ‘wee buns’ in the figurative sense)!
Yes, for scale, the diameter is your standard modern paper plate size!
With @adammelvin.bsky.social
Yes, for scale, the diameter is your standard modern paper plate size!
With @adammelvin.bsky.social
Just a sliver of the massive University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada
June 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Just a sliver of the massive University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada
Enjoying SCSMI @scsmi.bsky.social
at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, CA, with my UU buddy and collaborator @adammelvin.bsky.social. Here’s our paper on our model for the embodied-electronic soundtrack.
at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, CA, with my UU buddy and collaborator @adammelvin.bsky.social. Here’s our paper on our model for the embodied-electronic soundtrack.
June 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Enjoying SCSMI @scsmi.bsky.social
at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, CA, with my UU buddy and collaborator @adammelvin.bsky.social. Here’s our paper on our model for the embodied-electronic soundtrack.
at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, CA, with my UU buddy and collaborator @adammelvin.bsky.social. Here’s our paper on our model for the embodied-electronic soundtrack.
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In Edmonton AB and after a productive afternoon record shopping with @bridgesbb.bsky.social on Whyte's Ave (what a marvellous spot) it's time for the SCSMI conference.
June 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
In Edmonton AB and after a productive afternoon record shopping with @bridgesbb.bsky.social on Whyte's Ave (what a marvellous spot) it's time for the SCSMI conference.
Nice day for a scenic shortcut through campus
May 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Nice day for a scenic shortcut through campus
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+1000.
Very difficult for us to see around our inflated opinion of ourselves sometimes.
Very difficult for us to see around our inflated opinion of ourselves sometimes.
Just a fun reminder that birthright citizenship was revoked in Ireland in 2005 with 80% of people voting to remove it. It’s easy to get on our high horse and believe we’re morally superior but meh
April 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
+1000.
Very difficult for us to see around our inflated opinion of ourselves sometimes.
Very difficult for us to see around our inflated opinion of ourselves sometimes.
I’m all set up for tomorrow’s first ever Signal Flow festival at the Playhouse Theatre, Derry, courtesy of @peterodoherty.bsky.social and his Northern Lights Project.
11 am to 9 pm tomorrow, with coffee and croissants for the early risers
Full details here
www.northernlightsproject.org
11 am to 9 pm tomorrow, with coffee and croissants for the early risers
Full details here
www.northernlightsproject.org
April 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I’m all set up for tomorrow’s first ever Signal Flow festival at the Playhouse Theatre, Derry, courtesy of @peterodoherty.bsky.social and his Northern Lights Project.
11 am to 9 pm tomorrow, with coffee and croissants for the early risers
Full details here
www.northernlightsproject.org
11 am to 9 pm tomorrow, with coffee and croissants for the early risers
Full details here
www.northernlightsproject.org
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*** FULL PROGRAMME ***
Signal Flow – A One Day Festival of Experimental and Electronic Music
Sunday 27th April, 11am - 9pm
Playhouse, Derry
Starts at 11am (including coffee and croissants!) with laidback listening with Vincent O'Callaghan and Gavin McCarron.
Signal Flow – A One Day Festival of Experimental and Electronic Music
Sunday 27th April, 11am - 9pm
Playhouse, Derry
Starts at 11am (including coffee and croissants!) with laidback listening with Vincent O'Callaghan and Gavin McCarron.
April 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
*** FULL PROGRAMME ***
Signal Flow – A One Day Festival of Experimental and Electronic Music
Sunday 27th April, 11am - 9pm
Playhouse, Derry
Starts at 11am (including coffee and croissants!) with laidback listening with Vincent O'Callaghan and Gavin McCarron.
Signal Flow – A One Day Festival of Experimental and Electronic Music
Sunday 27th April, 11am - 9pm
Playhouse, Derry
Starts at 11am (including coffee and croissants!) with laidback listening with Vincent O'Callaghan and Gavin McCarron.
This Sunday, I’ll be premiering my new piece ‘Machine Time’ at this brand new festival of electronic and experimental music in Derry.
Expect evolving microtonal interlocking feedback loops in a modular synthesiser, influenced by the machine music of Roland Kayn and Jaap Vink.
Expect evolving microtonal interlocking feedback loops in a modular synthesiser, influenced by the machine music of Roland Kayn and Jaap Vink.
April 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This Sunday, I’ll be premiering my new piece ‘Machine Time’ at this brand new festival of electronic and experimental music in Derry.
Expect evolving microtonal interlocking feedback loops in a modular synthesiser, influenced by the machine music of Roland Kayn and Jaap Vink.
Expect evolving microtonal interlocking feedback loops in a modular synthesiser, influenced by the machine music of Roland Kayn and Jaap Vink.
A brief slice of Manchester elegance, from a flying visit yesterday
April 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A brief slice of Manchester elegance, from a flying visit yesterday
Great seminar today from Dr Amanda Finch (Drama at Ulster), on Brigid’s Day: a 21st Century Irish Carnival?
April 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Great seminar today from Dr Amanda Finch (Drama at Ulster), on Brigid’s Day: a 21st Century Irish Carnival?
Enjoying the DCU All Hallows campus in north Dublin today after an in-person Irish Humanities Alliance board meeting; a nice way to bow out, as my colleague Dr Lisa Fitzpatrick (Drama at Ulster) takes over
January 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Enjoying the DCU All Hallows campus in north Dublin today after an in-person Irish Humanities Alliance board meeting; a nice way to bow out, as my colleague Dr Lisa Fitzpatrick (Drama at Ulster) takes over
A little Christmas cybernetic music listening in prospect, courtesy of Roland Kayn
December 20, 2024 at 5:35 PM
A little Christmas cybernetic music listening in prospect, courtesy of Roland Kayn
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New chapter!
Hagan, K. "Electronics as a Member of the Ensemble." Collaboration, Engagement, and Tradition in Contemporary and Electronic Music: NoiseFloor Perspectives. M Estibeiro, D Payling, D Cotter, eds. New York: Routledge, 2025.
www.routledge.com/Collaboratio...
Hagan, K. "Electronics as a Member of the Ensemble." Collaboration, Engagement, and Tradition in Contemporary and Electronic Music: NoiseFloor Perspectives. M Estibeiro, D Payling, D Cotter, eds. New York: Routledge, 2025.
www.routledge.com/Collaboratio...
Collaboration, Engagement, and Tradition in Contemporary and Electronic Music: NoiseFloor Perspectives
Collaboration, Engagement, and Tradition in Contemporary and Electronic Music: NoiseFloor Perspectives illuminates practices at the forefront of modern music-making and is built on a rich collection o...
www.routledge.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:12 PM
New chapter!
Hagan, K. "Electronics as a Member of the Ensemble." Collaboration, Engagement, and Tradition in Contemporary and Electronic Music: NoiseFloor Perspectives. M Estibeiro, D Payling, D Cotter, eds. New York: Routledge, 2025.
www.routledge.com/Collaboratio...
Hagan, K. "Electronics as a Member of the Ensemble." Collaboration, Engagement, and Tradition in Contemporary and Electronic Music: NoiseFloor Perspectives. M Estibeiro, D Payling, D Cotter, eds. New York: Routledge, 2025.
www.routledge.com/Collaboratio...
Managed to grab a few mins in the Ulster Uni Magee studio today to install our new modular synth keyboard and case (Cre8audio Niftykeyz)
A few more modules to be added (some waiting in storage in the treasure chest), but enough to make some noise
A few more modules to be added (some waiting in storage in the treasure chest), but enough to make some noise
November 27, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Managed to grab a few mins in the Ulster Uni Magee studio today to install our new modular synth keyboard and case (Cre8audio Niftykeyz)
A few more modules to be added (some waiting in storage in the treasure chest), but enough to make some noise
A few more modules to be added (some waiting in storage in the treasure chest), but enough to make some noise