Author Archives: James Stevens

Neutral

Negation, hydridity and transformation are all at play in our current field of view. Something of a pause has impacted on more regular reporting of activities. We have not stopped exploring ideas or sustaining development but the pace of human … Continue reading

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Inhabits

Of the many great people we have met through long connection to Cardiacs family of friends, it’s been a pleasure to get reaquainted with Dave Chelsea this year. His lifetime experience building recording studios for others, informed his desire to … Continue reading

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Broadside

Throughout the pandemic John McKeirnan pursued his ambition to establish 4th Portals that explore hybrid public life. The most recent development of which was at CAB, the old Citizen Advice building in Great Yarmouth that is owned by Lewes Workspace. … Continue reading

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Weightless

Since we completed the Mazi pilot back at end of 2018 and refocussed effort onto DigitalMarkers, so many expectations have been disturbed. In the wake of our foolish exit from European Union, covid pandemic and horror of wars in Ukrainian, … Continue reading

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BIOS

A small group of friends have been sorting the Yoshi stack on the balcony at Limehouse Town Hall since September 2022. This spring we have taken up the offer of desk space in the ‘top room’ alongside 3 others. There, … Continue reading

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Interwoven

Somehow between all the many threads we hold open and reported here are several community outreach and one off introductions to account for, not least in case they get forgotten. During 2022/3 Catbytes were in regular touch seeking network development … Continue reading

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Timetabled

We started the new year much as the last was concluded, tending to community networks, sorting media archives and refurbishing a stack of donated decade old iMacs, VOIP phones, HP printers and servers ready for redistribution. Some have already been … Continue reading

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Grasslands

Since 2016 we have been in regular contact with Weave 3D special effects and design developers who were based in Bishopsgate but during pandemic condensed the studio and eventually moved out to Hartford. We visited in 2022 to configure LAN … Continue reading

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Revolutions

Later this month on 26th will be YT 60th birthday and to celebrate we will host a garden picnic at home with friends and family. After so many months without rain we are half expecting to be sheltering throughout, under … Continue reading

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Bish-bosh

Brixton Hill Studios is the great independent performance rehearsal and recording studio complex that’s owned by Stephen Gilchrist. A group of dedicated musicians and engineers operate the centre for the many performers who link up there. They are also founder … Continue reading

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Rebel Social

I called Charles Hayward after lunch on the day of the recent Albany show to ask if anyone would be filming/recording and he laughed, yes, there was a plan to get a multi track recording though no plan for video. … Continue reading

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Crisscross

The best moments are when paths cross and ideas find a place for themselves. My day to day activities are routed with as many opportunities for fresh interaction as possible. This seemingly haphazard approach reliably turns up the unexpected, boosts … Continue reading

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Mirror Mirror

Following on from Funki Porcini’s spectacular second showing of ‘The Laserium‘ at commonground in Coventry, YT collated something of those synesthetic impressions in an effort to represent the event, knowing full well how far short of the moment these fine … Continue reading

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Consumated

It’s hard now, to recollect a moment prior to the impact of pandemic and despite continuous effort to sustain the many open threads of investigation, regular publishing here stalled. We have been writing using WordPress since 2010, first in response … Continue reading

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Electrosmogged

Our environment is swamped with radio signals from a huge range of local, commercial, infrastructural and personal devices. This noise goes on unnoticed day and night but increasingly of interest as our dependence on mobile communications, IOT and remote control … Continue reading

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Entropic

Our main focus of recent months has been fixed on plight of beloved droog and long term collaborator Alexei Blinov. His death just last week of organ failure followed six months of struggle with pancreas and liver cancer, chemotherapy and … Continue reading

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