Byron J Scullin

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Byron J Scullin
Also known asSpiderface
OriginAustralia
Occupation(s)Composer

Byron J Scullin is an Australian composer and sound designer.

His sound design work has appeared in performances and exhibitions at National Gallery of Victoria, [1] Rising Festival, [2] and Dark Mofo. [3]

His 2015 Dark Mofo art piece Bass Bath was a collaboration with the company Supple Fox, [4] made up of Hannah Fox and Tom Supple. [5] The work featured eight "2100 horsepower monolithic subwoofers" [6] in the space which audience members could move around to change their experience, with the low tones causing a physical sensation across their body. [7] [8]

In 2017 he returned to Dark Mofo with Supple Fox. Their art piece Siren Songs included 450 speakers and a helicopter broadcasting sound around the city as part of the performance which The Guardian called "eerie, dark and beautiful." [9] The work later toured the Perth Festival where it was reworked for the new setting. [10] [11] They then reimagined the piece as Clarion Call for a performance in Ipswich as part of SPILL Festival of Performance where it included local musicians Shirley Collins, Elizabeth Fraser, and Beth Gibbons. [12]

Byron has released one single under the alias Spiderface. A Seasonal Gift was released in 2014 as a free single with David Thrussell. [13] [14] Elsewhere, he has worked with Francois Tetaz, Darrin Verhagen, Philip Brophy, and Midnight Juggernauts.

In 2016 he co-founded the Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio (MESS) along with Robin Fox, which contains a collection of synthesisers and other electronic music instruments available to the public. [15]

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