The Splice Girls are Manuella Blackburn and Diana Simpson. Their laptop improvisations utilise tools built in Max/MSP to create messed up loops and shimmering soundscapes. They regularly perform at experimental music nights across Manchester. In 2007 they performed on the Sonic Ferry at the Sonic Arts Expo in Plymouth, and had their USA debut at the Atlantic Canter for the Arts in Florida.
Born in Glasgow, Diana Simpson studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama with Alistair MacDonald, where she was awarded a BA, PGDipMus, and MMus with distinction. She is currently a PhD. student at the University of Manchester (UK), supervised by David Berezan, and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and a Dewer Arts Award.
Manuella Blackburn was born in London in 1984 and is now living in Manchester. She gained a Distinction with a Masters in Electroacoustic Music at the University of Manchester in 2006 and was awarded the Peter J. Leonard Composition Prize. In September 2006 she began a PhD. at the University of Manchester and is now studying with Dr. Ricardo Climent.
Date: Thursday 24 September for the second in this season's Soundings events. This is a very special concert in cooperation with the Tweak Festival. The location will be the historic St. Munchin's Church on Church Street in Limerick.
Soundings is a continuing performance series designed to open the senses to new forms of music, sound art and media interaction. It is sponsored by the CCMCM at the University of Limerick and features a state of the art sound system.
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