Byron J Scullin

Byron J Scullin is an Australian composer and sound designer.

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

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]

References
  1. "Daniel Crooks". National Gallery of Victoria. 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  2. "RISING: The Rivers Sing". rising.melbourne. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  3. Jefferson, Dee. "Five reasons you should head to Hobart's Dark Mofo festival this winter". Time Out Melbourne. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  4. "Dark Mofo Line-Up Released". Broadsheet. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  5. "Dark Mofo's party animals". the Guardian. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  6. KOHA, NUI TE (21 June 2015). "Melbourne trio shake up Mofo Festival". Herald Sun. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  7. "Dark Mofo 2015 review – the deep, dark night of the festival's final weekend". the Guardian. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  8. YOUNG, KANE (11 June 2015). "Light ready to rise from darkness". The Mercury. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  9. "Dark Mofo swells with Siren Song: a logistical triumph, and a beautiful work of art". the Guardian. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  10. "Artists turn Perth's CBD into massive surround-sound system". ABC News. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  11. "Siren Song: the ethereal sound art reimagining Perth's brutal CBD". the Guardian. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  12. "Clarion Call". Siren Song. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  13. Black Lung & Spiderface – A Seasonal Gift (2014, File), retrieved 26 December 2021
  14. ant-zen (18 September 2018), dig037. black lung & spiderface. a seasonal gift, retrieved 26 December 2021
  15. "Synths and sensibility: The story behind Melbourne's MESS". Red Bull. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
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