Spacedog guests and occasional performers

Although I often perform solo (or with a few of my robot pals), I’ve also had the pleasure of synchronising orbits with a handful of fine musicians and artists over the last few years. You may have seen me sharing the stage with some of these lovely people:

Professor Elemental

Paul Alborough
Aka Professor Elemental, Brighton’s finest hip-hop raconteur and exotic dancer, keeper of the badgermingo and creator of YouTube hits Cup of Brown Joy and Fighting Trousers. The Professor was brave enough to join Spacedog for a sojourn  in the uncanny valley. We hope to be tempting him on some further adventures again soon.

Jenny Angliss

Jenny Angliss
Vocalist  – Jenny’s ethereal vocals are an indispensable part of the Spacedog sound. Jenny and I are sisters and have been writing music and performing together since we were kids. Our first live performances were in the Pump House Folk Club, Watford, in the early 1980s. Jenny  shares my fascination with the sounds of early electronica. In fact, you could describe the Spacedog sound as ‘Kraftwerk at the Newport Folk Festival’.

Mike Blow
A skilled programmer and guitarist – Mike played at a quite a few Spacedog gigs and also gives some magnificent guitar action in the Reverb Jam, Spacedog’s extemporisation in the National Physical Laboratory.

Stephen Hiscock
Dazzling percussionist from ensemblebash. Stephen and I have been performing an uptempo set for theremin, percussion and robots. Last seen at the Tusk & Garter Club, Brighton – a new night put together by White Mischief and Carnival Catalyst.

Ben Kypreos
Ben is a brilliant classical and jazz guitarist – you’ll have seen Ben in action if you’ve ever heard us perform our version of the Willow Song.

Stephen Wolff
Musician, website developer and digital artist. A fine cellist and keyboard player, Stephen collaborated on The Senster and a couple of other early Spacedog shows. You can also hear him in the Reverb Jam, the impromptu Spacedog gig in a reverb chamber.

Colin Uttley
Actor and maker – Colin stays up very late with me to help me make and fix my robots. He has a good eye, a steady hand with a hot glue gun and a very fine speaking voice (which can often be heard when Hugo the robotic vent doll is in action).

Other fine people I’ve worked with over the last few years

Michael 'Atters' Attree

Rachel Attmere
Voice-over artist on The Haunt

Steve Allman
Creator of interactive science shows

Michael ‘Atters’ Attree
Hirsute hedonist, gonzo paranormal investigator and contributor to  The Chap magazine

CCNR
The Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, University of Sussex. Home of research into enactive perception and situated robotics.

Amanda Hellberg
Illustrator. Amanda created beautiful line drawings for an animated background in our live show Senster.

Tim Hunkin
Cartoonist, sculptor and chief maker of the Under the Pier show

Gavin Morris
Maker of the marvellous, travelling Digital Funfair

National Physical Laboratory
Guardians of the decibel, home of the reverb chamber in the Reverb Jam

Caroline Radcliffe
Musician, clog dancer and arts historian

Simon Singh
Author, journalist and presenter, specialising in science and mathematics. I performed in Simon and Richard Wiseman’s show Theatre of Science at the Soho Theatre, 2005.

Rachel Attmere in the Haunt

Spectrum Drama
Voiceover artists and museum drama specialists

Roger Spy
Video artist and DJ. Roger made some haunting videos to go with our live performance, Electricity & Ghosts, for the Soho Shorts Festival, 2010 (in collaboration with Dennis Da Silva – see below).

Dennis Da Silva and Beverley Bennett (ArtHertz)
Dennis and Beverley are staging the Electricity & Ghosts project, a series of events inspired by Battersea Power Station. Dennis also collaborated with Roger Spy on the original video pieces for the Soho Shorts Festival, 2010.

Emmet Spier
Cognitive Scientist

Richard Wiseman
Experimental psychologist, magician and author. Richard and I are old friends and have collaborated on all sorts of projects over the years, including Infrasonic and the hugely popular Telepath iphone app. I’ve also supplied sounds for a few of Richard’s psychology experiments, including Laughlab and Seeing Delia (a project exploring the science and art of contortionism). In 2008, Spacedog teamed up with Richard to create Electroplasm, an evening of death ballads and other haunting music, culminating in a theatrical re-enactment of a Victorian seance.