Profiles

Jez riley French lives & works in East Yorkshire. His output involves elements of intuitive composition, field recording (using conventional & extended methods) photographic images (including their use in photographic scores) and improvisation. He has performed, exhibited and had his work published widely across Europe and also lectures in both field recording and intuitive composition as a guest lecturer.

In recent years Jez has been working closely with specific architectural spaces, capturing a sense of place that is both highly personal and yet offers the audience a fascinating opportunity to look and listen anew to the environments in which we spend our time.

Since the early 1980’s be has also been working on the concept of photographic scores & several of his most recent compositions are being prepared for performance and recording by various musicians across Europe.

 ‘Elements of my audio and visual work seeks to capture an emotive impression of our surroundings, playfully seeking to re-state elements that we filter out and overlook in our daily lives.  Key to this process is a desire to retain the intimacy of detail and discovery. It is also vital that a compositional arc extends through any finished work, reflecting a personal response.

By using various extended field recording methods, from the placement of highly sensitive contact microphones to capture vibrations of surfaces, to the use of hydrophones to record in liquids, it is possible to reflect the unique choral voice of structures and environments. This audible silence and sonic architecture is linked directly to my own need for stillness and a sense of joyful, simple exploration’ – JrF 2009

http://JezrileyFrench.blogspot.com/

www.myspace.com/JezrileyFrench

Jez also builds hydrophones & contact mics which he sells in order to part fund the 'seeds & bridges' concert series in East Yorkshire.