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Joe Bates
@joebates.bsky.social
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BTS of yesterday's gig at the Wigmore Hall with these fantastic musicians. It was such a pleasure working with @siglodeorovocal.bsky.social and Amy Tress on Ben Rowarth's huge new work, The Fall. I've really enjoyed helping facilitate the live electronics, a lovely bit of musical problem solving.
July 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My piece Muted The Night, written for the @londonsymphony.bsky.social in 2019, is on their upcoming Panufnik Legacies IV, conducted by Jack Sheen. The piece was pivotal in the development of my musical language, a moment of transition from one thing into another. Out 6 June, link in bio.
May 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Tectonics Day 2. Very much enjoyed Baudouin Oosterlynck's set, Jennifer Torrence's performance, and the beautiful new orchestral pieces by Sylvia Lim and Eleanor Cully Boehringer.
May 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Tectonics Festival Day 1. Huge premieres from Clara Iannotta and Timothy McCormack.
May 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Out on the picket line at Durham University this week with the @ucu.org.uk to try and prevent 100s of job losses. If any of you happen to be allumn, signing this form will really help us protect our colleagues' jobs: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
April 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Come see my gig tomorrow at Horse Hospital in London. I'll be playing some nice drone-y harmonies with Amalia Young, alongside @laraagar.bsky.social, Rosalie Warner and Laura Phillips!
April 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Come to my gig on the 10th to see Laura Phillips perform her eccentric, beautiful, tangible work, made from physical media and detailed by personal experience. Pic is her in Rome performing a piece about the M48, whilst scooters sit idle with engines on and headlights positioned at the windows.
April 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Tickets in bio for my Apr 10 show with Laura Phillips: a non-smoking, Sagittarius working with 16mm photochemical film processes and field recordings to explore the intersections of visual music, expanded film, and performance, engaging with obsolescence, the commons and information infrastructures.
March 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
On April 10, my friends and I will perform some noisy, beautiful sounds at the Horse Hospital! Put it in the diary; tickets will be released next week.
March 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This will sound really nice when it's EXAUDI singing rather than me with a cold. Saturday, Wigmore Hall, 1pm. xx
February 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Ooh I'm pressing enough buttons next weekend that I am officially counted as an 'electronic artist' alongside the maestros of EXAUDI and GBSR. Admittedly, it's mainly 'semibreve spacebar' magic, but still, cool to have my name on there. Please come see me, 1pm on Saturday.
February 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Something different from my usual: a des Prez arrangement for guitar. This lovely recording is by Sam Cave; for the Footnotes And Tangents podcast. It's based on a piece that Hilary Mantel describes Thomas Cromwell humming in Wolf Hall, remembered from his youth in Italy. DM me for the score.
February 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Scenes from my new Durham commute.
January 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
On 22nd Feb, EXAUDI will perform my piece ‘Paroles Gelées,’ based on this bizarre fragment of Rabelais, at the Wigmore Hall. I'll be warping and freezing their voices through some electronic jiggery-pokery. Also feat. faves GBSR Duo, Alex Tay, Cassie Kinoshi, and Linda Catlin Smith. Link in bio!
January 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM