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Mr Richard Stevens

Job: Senior Lecturer in Music Production

Faculty: Computing, Engineering and Media

School/department: Leicester Media School

Address: 51ºÚÁÏÉçÇø, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: N/A

E: richard.stevens@dmu.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

Originally from a visual arts background, Richard went on to accumulate over thirty years’ experience in various music industries, working as a writer, composer, performer, producer and sound engineer.

His outputs include pop music, collaborative experimental works and film scores.

As a performer, Richard has played venues and festivals across the UK / Europe, Scandinavia, USA and Canada.

He has also performed live on radio and television in various locations around the world.

Richard has taught music and audio-based subjects for over twenty years (recording, production, synthesis, soundtrack / score creation etc) and enjoys exploring links between composition, sound creation and production – a position that informs both his teaching and ongoing professional activities.

Publications and outputs

As part of band Broadcast (1995 – 2002) Duophonic / Warp Records
(Various writing, performance, composition and production credits)

Albums and Compilations

• Work and Non Work, 1997, CD, vinyl, download, Warp Records
• The Noise Made by People, 2000, CD, vinyl, download, Warp Records
• Haha Sound, 2003, CD, vinyl, download, Warp Records
• The Future Crayon, 2006, CD, vinyl, download, Warp Records
• Broadcast – Maida Vale Sessions, 2022, CD, vinyl, download, Warp Records
Singles and EP’s
• The Book Lovers, 1996, CD, vinyl, Duophonic Records
• Accidentals, 1996, vinyl, Wurlitzer Jukebox Records
• Living Room / Phantom, 1996, vinyl, Duophonic Records
• Echo’s Answer, 1999, CD, vinyl, Warp Records
• Drums on Fire, 2000, CD, vinyl, Warp Records

• Extended Play, 2000, CD, vinyl, Warp Records
• Come On Let’s Go, 2000, CD, vinyl, Warp Records
• Extended Play Two, 2000, CD, vinyl, Warp Records

As part of band Children of Alice (2012 -) Folklore Tapes / Warp Records

• The Harbinger Of Spring, 'Ornithology'. Children Of Alice / Mary Arches, 2013, Cassette, DFTV, Folklore Tapes
• The Liminal Space, 'Fore Hallowe'en'. Children Of Alice / Various Artists, 2014, Cassette,
FTCCI, Folklore Tapes
• Rite Of The Maypole: An Unruly Procession / 'Merry May’, Children of Alice / Various Artists, 2015, Cassette, FTCCII, Folklore Tapes
• Invocation Of A Midsummer Reverie / Crown Of Light (Midsummer Traditions &
Folklore) Children of Alice / Various Artists, 2016, Cassette, Folklore Tapes
• Children of Alice - Children of Alice (compilation), 2017, CD, vinyl, download, Warp Records

Other Collaborations

Roj and Wolfram Wire
• It Chimes, 2014, The Wire Tapper 34 (various artists), CD, The Wire magazine

Solo (Roj) (2009 -) Ghostbox / Belbury Music
• The Transactional Dharma Of Roj, 2009, CD, Download, Ghost Box / Belbury Music
• The Amateur's Attic (Early Tape Works), 2013, vinyl, Peripheral Conserve
• You Are Here / The Salt Path (with Wolfram Wire), 2009, download, Ghost Box /Belbury Music
• The Animal Door, 2020, Intermission (various artists), CD, vinyl, download, Ghost Box /Belbury Music

Film Score / incidental music (2009 -)
(Music created for films by director Peter Strickland / Curzon Cinima / Ba Da Bing Records)
• Incidental Music, 2009, Katalin Varga, Film, Peter Strickland / Curzon Cinima
• Full Score, 2011, Conduct Phase, Short Film, Peter Strickland / Curzon Cinima

• Incidental Music, 2012, Berberian Sound Studio, Film, Peter Strickland / Curzon Cinima
• Incidental Music, 2022, Flux Gourmet, Film and Soundtrack Album, Film, Blue Ray, vinyl,
download, Peter Strickland / Curzon Cinima / Ba Da Bing Records
• Full Score, 2024, Relapse, Short Film, Blue Ray, Peter Strickland – A Curzon Collection, Peter Strickland / Curzon Cinima

Live performances (1995 – 2002)
As part of Broadcast, Richard has toured / played venues and festivals across the UK / Europe, Scandinavia, USA and Canada.
Examples include:
• Bowery Ballroom / New York
• Queen Elizibeth Hall / London
• El Ray Theatre / Los Angeles
• Grand Ole Opry House / Nashville
• Reading Festival / UK
• All Tomorrow’s Parties / UK
• South by Southwest / Texas
Radio and Television Performance examples include:
• John Peel Sessions / BBC Radio 1
• Later… With Jules Holland / BBC TV
• Black Sessions / Paris - France Inter Radio

Research interests/expertise

  • Audio Synthesis / Sound Creation and Manipulation
  • Studio Recording / Production
  • Score / Soundtrack Creation
  • Sequencing

Areas of teaching

  • Audio Synthesis / Sound Creation and Manipulation
  • Studio Recording / Production
  • Score / Soundtrack Creation
  • Sequencing

Qualifications

BA(Hons) Graphic Design (Gwent College of Higher Education)
PG(dip) MA Graphic Design (Birmingham Polytechnic)

Courses taught

BSc (Hons) Music Production, BA (Hons) Music Technology