An introduction to the contemporary experimental electronic practices within the UK, artists producing at the intersections between post-ambient and power-ambient composition, electroacoustic methodologies, and the frameworks of deconstructed club (Lanark Artefax).

These works explore timbre and texture as forefront compositional components (Flora Yin-Wong) and demonstrate advanced approaches to sound design and signal processing. Non-linear form and process-driven compositional systems (Roly Porter) take precedence over traditional structures/form, rhythmic or harmonic progression.

21st century work that draws from the spectral (Joshua Sabin), noise (Emptyset), and post-industrial (Drew McDowall) lineages of the 20th century.

This approach to composition is shaped by an informal pedagogy transmitted through technology, online channels, production techniques and club contextualisation rather than through formal institutional structures or genre formulae.

The studio as an instrument.

Pt 1.