Sound Maps 3
Sound Maps, Toronto
These compositions were created during the Dyski Sound Maps residency at Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto Island, 2–6 March 2026.
Make an Album in One Week with a Computer-Generated Graphic Score – on Toronto Island
1. Generate the score: A simple computer script creates a pseudorandom set of marks, track names, and coded descriptions.
2. Draw the score: A computer-controlled pen plotter draws these shapes onto maps of Toronto Island surrounding the Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts. Participants adapt their scores as they see fit.
3: Interpret the score – Individuals and small ensembles explore a wide range of musical techniques, including field recordings, singing, tape loops, modular synths, and other instruments, using the island’s sound world as inspiration.
These compositions were created during the Dyski Sound Maps residency at Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto Island, 2–6 March 2026. Scores were generated by a 200-line Python script and realised via an AxiDraw plotter. Sound sources include the Music Thing Modular Workshop System, a portable modular synthesiser, and the diverse sonic environment of the island itself.
The album is now available on Bandcamp, and you’re invited to a live listening party on Wednesday 15 April at 9pm GMT / 4pm EDT. The listening party link will become active shortly before the start time.
credits
released April 15, 2026
Dune Desormeaux, Hugo Lindgren, Tyler Ball, Ken Little, Keelyn Szederkenyi, Teddy Hunter, JP King, Gabe De Oliveira, Hudson Kwantes, Arun Chaudhuri, Pete Latshaw, Kirk Eaton, Husna Farooqui, Kenneth Emig, Phil Miller, Marc Sullivan
With support from Tom Whitwell & Dion Star.
Mastered by Phil Miller (nauticalartifacts).
The album is available as a pay-what-you-want download on Bandcamp. Any contributions will go towards funding a free place on a future DYSKI residency.
1. Generate the score: A simple computer script creates a pseudorandom set of marks, track names, and coded descriptions.
2. Draw the score: A computer-controlled pen plotter draws these shapes onto maps of Toronto Island surrounding the Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts. Participants adapt their scores as they see fit.
3: Interpret the score – Individuals and small ensembles explore a wide range of musical techniques, including field recordings, singing, tape loops, modular synths, and other instruments, using the island’s sound world as inspiration.
These compositions were created during the Dyski Sound Maps residency at Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto Island, 2–6 March 2026. Scores were generated by a 200-line Python script and realised via an AxiDraw plotter. Sound sources include the Music Thing Modular Workshop System, a portable modular synthesiser, and the diverse sonic environment of the island itself.
The album is now available on Bandcamp, and you’re invited to a live listening party on Wednesday 15 April at 9pm GMT / 4pm EDT. The listening party link will become active shortly before the start time.
credits
released April 15, 2026
Dune Desormeaux, Hugo Lindgren, Tyler Ball, Ken Little, Keelyn Szederkenyi, Teddy Hunter, JP King, Gabe De Oliveira, Hudson Kwantes, Arun Chaudhuri, Pete Latshaw, Kirk Eaton, Husna Farooqui, Kenneth Emig, Phil Miller, Marc Sullivan
With support from Tom Whitwell & Dion Star.
Mastered by Phil Miller (nauticalartifacts).
The album is available as a pay-what-you-want download on Bandcamp. Any contributions will go towards funding a free place on a future DYSKI residency.
This residency has been made possible with funding support from the Responsive Ecologies Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University, Designing Sound Futures at York University and Building Access in Music Making at Western University.
Sound Maps 2
Two
These compositions were recorded at the Dyski Sound Maps residency at Calamansac in Cornwall, April 26–May 1, 2025.
“Make an album in a day with a computer-generated Graphic Score”
1: A simple computer script creates a pseudorandom set of marks and shapes, and generates track names and coded descriptions.
2: A computer-controlled pen plotter draws these shapes onto a map of the Helford River Estuary surrounding the residency site.
3. Individuals and small ensembles can use a wide range of musical techniques to interpret these scores, including field recordings, singing, tape loops, modular synths and other instruments.
These compositions were recorded at the Dyski Sound Maps residency at Calamansac in Cornwall, April 26–May 1, 2025. Scores are generated by a 200-line Python script and drawn on an AxiDraw plotter. Sound sources include the Music Thing Modular Workshop System, a portable modular synthesiser.
credits
released May 30, 2025
Aidan O’Brien, Adrien Capozzi, Alex Breuer, Dan DeLuca, David Stelfox, Georgie West, Hanna Kops, Hannah de Oliveira Whitlock, Joshua Rodenberg, Matt Eris, Matthew Mills, Merlin Goldman, Oren Velasquez Hirtenstein, Sacha Marson.
With support from Tom Whitwell, Dion Star & Florence Sinnett.
1: A simple computer script creates a pseudorandom set of marks and shapes, and generates track names and coded descriptions.
2: A computer-controlled pen plotter draws these shapes onto a map of the Helford River Estuary surrounding the residency site.
3. Individuals and small ensembles can use a wide range of musical techniques to interpret these scores, including field recordings, singing, tape loops, modular synths and other instruments.
These compositions were recorded at the Dyski Sound Maps residency at Calamansac in Cornwall, April 26–May 1, 2025. Scores are generated by a 200-line Python script and drawn on an AxiDraw plotter. Sound sources include the Music Thing Modular Workshop System, a portable modular synthesiser.
credits
released May 30, 2025
Aidan O’Brien, Adrien Capozzi, Alex Breuer, Dan DeLuca, David Stelfox, Georgie West, Hanna Kops, Hannah de Oliveira Whitlock, Joshua Rodenberg, Matt Eris, Matthew Mills, Merlin Goldman, Oren Velasquez Hirtenstein, Sacha Marson.
With support from Tom Whitwell, Dion Star & Florence Sinnett.
Sound Maps 1
Port Navas Sessions
This collection of compositions were recorded at the Dyski Sound Maps residency in Cornwall, 13-18 April 2024.
At the first Sound Maps, three seperate albums were created in the week.
Bandcamp Links:
Album 1. Sine Wave Portraits
Album 2. Sound Maps
Album 3. Dyski Orchestra
Bandcamp Links:
Album 1. Sine Wave Portraits
Album 2. Sound Maps
Album 3. Dyski Orchestra
Album 1. Sine Wave Portraits
“You’re only allowed one sine wave and the volume knob. Use that to draw a picture”
1: Each participant draws a 60 second blind contour pencil sketch of three other participants, inspired by Kimon Nicolaïdes ‘The Natural Way to Draw’. They don’t look at the paper while drawing, and turn the paper over when they’ve finished.
2: Sketches are shuffled, and each participant is given one sketch. They don’t know who drew it, or who it represents.
3: Participants use a sine wave generator to re-create the sketch as audio, limited to just frequency and volume. They do this several times, listening back each time.
4. They can layer multiple recordings to create a more intricate representation.
5. No effects or other sound sources can be used.
The only sound source is the hand-controlled sine wave generator on a Music Thing Modular Workshop System, a portable modular synthesiser.
Bandcamp link:
1: Each participant draws a 60 second blind contour pencil sketch of three other participants, inspired by Kimon Nicolaïdes ‘The Natural Way to Draw’. They don’t look at the paper while drawing, and turn the paper over when they’ve finished.
2: Sketches are shuffled, and each participant is given one sketch. They don’t know who drew it, or who it represents.
3: Participants use a sine wave generator to re-create the sketch as audio, limited to just frequency and volume. They do this several times, listening back each time.
4. They can layer multiple recordings to create a more intricate representation.
5. No effects or other sound sources can be used.
The only sound source is the hand-controlled sine wave generator on a Music Thing Modular Workshop System, a portable modular synthesiser.
Bandcamp link:
Album 2. Sound Maps
“Make an album in a week with a computer-generated Graphic Score and a tiny modular synth”
1: A simple computer script creates a pseudorandom set of marks and shapes, and generates track names and coded descriptions.
2: A computer-controlled pen plotter draws these shapes onto a map of the Helford River Estuary surrounding the residency site.
3. Individuals and small ensembles can use a wide range of musical techniques to interpret these scores, including field recordings, singing, tape loops, modular synths and hand-made instruments.
4: They work outside the studio, recording in locations specified by the score.
5: They have just over 24 hours to record up to six tracks per ensemble.
These compositions were recorded at the Dyski Sound Maps residency at Calamansac in Cornwall, 13-18 April 2024. Scores are generated by a 200-line Python script and drawn on an AxiDraw plotter. Sound sources include the Music Thing Modular Workshop System, a portable modular synthesiser.
Players:
Calamansac
Alisa Chekh
Douglas Murray
James Robinson
Sanav Torp
Bruce Magill
Intersection
Paul Hadfield
Sara Wolff
Aidan O’Brian
Jess Borders
Joaquin Freccia
Duolian
David Miller
Traversing
Paul Ridout
INAT
Aleksandra Peljin
Bandcamp link:
Album 3. Dyski Orchestra
“A fifteen-piece improvised sine wave orchestra, playing together on two ping-pong tables”
1: Each musician is controlling the pitch of a sine wave generator in the Music Thing Modular Workshop System, and a volume control.
2: The systems are amplified by a variety of small amplifiers scattered around the room.
3: The orchestra is conducted by a variety of participants, using simple text scores.
Players:
James Robinson
Aleksandra Peljin
Sara Wolff
Jess Borders
Alisa Chekh
Douglas Murray
Paul Hadfield
Aidan O’Brian
Joaquin Freccia
Bruce Magill
David Miller
Paul Ridout
Tom Whitwell
Dion Star
Hannah de Oliveira Whitlock
Florence Sinnett
Dyski — experimental artist residencies
Immersive, place-based workshops and residencies
Focused on process, experimentation, and learning through practice
Pronounced [’dɪski], a Cornish verb meaning to learn, or to teach
Immersive, place-based workshops and residencies
Focused on process, experimentation, and learning through practice
Pronounced [’dɪski], a Cornish verb meaning to learn, or to teach
Dyski is a residency programme for musicians, sound artists, composers, instrument builders, and creative practitioners working at the edges of their practice.
We run immersive, small-scale residencies and workshops, primarily in Cornwall, UK and occasionally further afield, led by practitioners across experimental music, sound art, modular synthesis, audiovisual performance, field recording, electroacoustic composition, writing, and expanded creative practice.
Our residencies emphasise process, experimentation, and close engagement with place, with funded places available to support access.
We run immersive, small-scale residencies and workshops, primarily in Cornwall, UK and occasionally further afield, led by practitioners across experimental music, sound art, modular synthesis, audiovisual performance, field recording, electroacoustic composition, writing, and expanded creative practice.
Our residencies emphasise process, experimentation, and close engagement with place, with funded places available to support access.