Ultrahyper tag:localhost,2007:/uh-blog-mirror//1 2007-10-11T19:33:44Z Movable Type 3.35 Work tag:localhost,2007:/uh-blog-mirror//1.18 2007-10-11T19:32:47Z 2007-10-11T19:33:44Z I work in the digital communications business and I'm interested in technology that distributes power through the network. Particularly services that allow people to shape their own media, communication and creative spaces. If you're interested in these things, maybe... I work in the digital communications business and I'm interested in technology that distributes power through the network. Particularly services that allow people to shape their own media, communication and creative spaces.

If you're interested in these things, maybe we should talk.

What can I do?

I'm a collaborator and a generalist by nature. I think this is important.

More specifically, I'm an account director for the web with 7 years experience at one of the UK's leading digital communications agencies.

My work has covered:

  • digital communications strategy and planning
  • digital and integrated marketing
  • business development
  • account and project management
  • delivery, from conceptual and graphic design through to build
  • information architecture and user experience
  • research and consultancy
  • photography, illustration and film production

I'm also pretty handy with a chainsaw, and quite a good dancer.




By the way, if you're not interested in digital communication, techno or the great outdoors, you might prefer to visit Liah's website, where the mysteries of unicorns (and more) are revealed.

]]> About Ultrahyper tag:localhost,2007:/uh-blog-mirror//1.16 2007-09-30T16:49:06Z 2007-10-11T20:12:00Z I am Andrew Sleigh. This is Ultra Hyper. This is my website, where I play with all kinds of things. Some of them might also be of interest to other people (though I make no guarantees).... I am Andrew Sleigh. This is Ultra Hyper.

This is my website, where I play with all kinds of things. Some of them might also be of interest to other people (though I make no guarantees).

]]> Where to go tag:localhost,2007:/uh-blog-mirror//1.15 2007-09-22T15:30:02Z 2007-10-11T20:17:12Z A little experiment with the Google Maps API that shows some places I've been in the UK.... A little experiment with the Google Maps API that shows some places I've been in the UK.

]]> ]]> What to take tag:localhost,2007:/uh-blog-mirror//1.14 2007-09-18T20:47:35Z 2007-10-11T20:17:54Z My reference list of things to pack when heading off on a camping trip.... My reference list of things to pack when heading off on a camping trip.

]]> Shelter
  • Tent
  • Sleeping bag
  • Roll mat
  • And, if you have a car: inflatable mattress, waterbed, pillows, duvet, etc.

Heat and light

  • Torch
  • Nightlights
  • Candles
  • Oil burners
  • Lighters
  • Trangier or butane stove and pans
  • Disposable barbeque (keep the grill when you've finished the charcoal)
  • Spare bottle of meths/butane canisters
  • Newspaper
  • Axe

Clothes

  • Waterproofs
  • Gloves, hat, scarf
  • Dry clothes
  • Towel
  • Thermals
  • Dinner jacket
  • Something to swim in, if you need it
  • Snorkel
  • Summer clothes (it might be hot)
  • Warm clothes (it will probably be cold)
  • Something to cover up - and keep the midges out

Keeping nature at bay

  • Toothpaste/brush
  • Condoms
  • Plasters
  • Insect repellant
  • Painkillers
  • Sun cream

Food and the means to cook it

  • Metal plates, bowls, mugs
  • Champagne flutes
  • Knives, forks, spoons
  • Sharp kitchen knife
  • Penknife
  • Bottle opener/corkscrew
  • Fairy liquid
  • Scourer
  • Tin foil
  • Cool bag
  • Salt, pepper, herbs and spices
  • Garlic
  • Any food in tins (tuna, beans, frankfurters)
  • Anything you can make earlier (frozen chilli, spag bol, trifle)
  • Chocolate (plenty of)
  • Bread
  • Porridge
  • Steak
  • Bacon
  • Eggs
  • Sausages
  • Mushrooms
  • Tomatoes
  • Onions
  • Rice/pasta
  • Oil/Butter
  • Maltloaf
  • Cheese
  • Fruit
  • Napoli salami
  • Anything you can stick on a kebab, plus skewers
  • Nuts
  • Marshmallows
  • Potatoes (sweet, baking or Smash)
  • Mustard, ketchup, Mrs Ball's chutney
  • Foie Gras
  • Fish, or the means to catch it
  • Corn on the cob in their husks, metal foil in which to cook it

Drink

  • Drinking water
  • Tea, coffee
  • Milk
  • Sugar
  • Wine
  • Beer
  • Whisky

Entertainment

  • Kite
  • Puppetry paraphenalia
  • Frisbee
  • Cards (and something to gamble with)
  • Book
  • The means to produce music

Kids

  • I don't have them, so suggestions welcome.
  • (Maybe you should have remembered the condoms last time)

The rest

  • Toilet roll, and something to bury it with
  • Carrier bags (plastic is your friend)
  • Bin bags
  • Map
  • Keys
  • Cash and cash card
  • Camera, batteries and films

What not to take

  • Stress
  • Expectations
  • Make up
  • Bongos
]]> Bends tag:localhost,2007:/uh-blog-mirror//1.13 2007-09-18T20:08:37Z 2007-10-15T22:10:53Z Sound files from circuit-bent instruments, sliced and diced for your sampler.... Sound files from circuit-bent instruments, sliced and diced for your sampler.

]]> All files are in AIF format and compressed into ZIP archives. You're free to use them however you like, but I'd appreciate hearing the results.

Speak and Maths

Speak and Maths

These files contain samples from a circuit-bent Speak & Maths kindly donated by Bent Devices.

Microclicks

21 clicks, cuts and jerks.

Words

Gibberish, come-ons and arithmetic poetry.

Tones

34 pitched tones, yelps and beeps.


Speak and Spell

Speak and Spell

A fully-functional Speak and Spell with pitch shifter and looper, plus 3 haywire switches.

Hits

One-shot gargles and hiccups

Tonal patterns

Pitched and re-pitched melodic patterns


Casio SA-35

Casio SA 35

The Casio SA-35 is a digital sampling keyboard, so bending opportunities are limited. These files mostly come from direct digital bends carried out by short-circuiting the sound chip and then slicing up the results.

Tones

31 tonal (and atonal) hits and sequences

Mashed loops

12 degraded digital lock grooves

Mashed clips

37 slices of bubble and squeak

Drum hits

13 single hits chopped from the SA-35's built-in rhythm accompaniment.

]]> Mixes tag:localhost,2007:/uh-blog-mirror//1.12 2007-09-18T20:05:59Z 2007-09-22T16:02:01Z A load of DJ mixes DJ mixes to download

]]> Retrogression

Download mix (2hr17, 163 MB)

A somewhat nostaglic trip through the golden period (for me) of progressive house from about 1998-2002, when they'd ditched the pianos, but hadn't yet descended down the k-hole of plodding dub. With classic mixes from the likes of Evolution and Quivver, not to mention possibly the most absurdly great progressive house track ever made: Breeder's 'The Chain'. Listen carefully as it comes in; that's not the kicks galloping, it's my knees knocking in anticipation.

Tracklisting

Mo Shic & Zeidan Night Stalker 2001
Bluefish Three 2001
Hellpass Exploder 2000
Cass & Slide Opera (Evolution mix) 2001
Medway Release (Andy Moor mix) 2001
King of Spin Lifestyles Part 2 2000
Bluefish One 1999
Origin Rage 2000
Trancesetters Synergy (Quivver mix) 2001
Pob Waah 2000
H-Two feat. Leah Burnin' Fire (Hydrogen Rockers mix) 2002
Quivver One Last Time (Quivver's Amityville Dub) 2001
Mainframe Mainframe 2001
Critical Phase Phase One (Futureshock mix) 2001
Mainframe Mainframe (Accapella) 2001
Illuminati Bohemian Groove 2002
Breeder The Chain (Babealicious mix) 1998
Bedrock Voices 2000
Evolution Crocodile Man 2001
[“One more!” bonus track]

Flex's Sweaty Sandwiches

Download mix (1hr26, 84 MB)

Tracklisting

DJ Koze Raw
Ryan Crosson Painter's Day
Bergheim 34 Us Key
John Tejada Flight to Tokyo
DJ Koze Don't Feed the Cat
BT and Tsunami One Hiphop Phenomenon
Pan Pot P.O. Box
Alex Under Alex Smokes' Rusty
Martinez Shadowboxing (Trentemoeller Remix)
Daniel Dreier Beeswax
Snoop Dogg / Frogger Drop it Like a Frog
Soft Pink Truth Soft Pink Missy
Pan Pot Randy Ho
My My Serpentine
Scoper and Bubba I'm Satisfied (Brett's World of Nonsense Mix)
Flex Suck Pump
John Tejada and Arian Leviste Geriatrics
Freeform Five Break Me (Jackson Mix)
Jacob London Bull Cow's Gonna Smack Ya
Dexter Acid Lullaby

Songs of Nature

Download mix (1hr07, 65 MB)

Tracklisting

Drexciya Davy Jones Locker
Herbie Hancock Watermelon Man
DJ Pinch & P Dutty Alien Tongue
Format.K Music to Die to
Solid Steel Test Tones
Carsten Jost W.U.O - Eight Miles High Remix
Detune Spontanitaet
Robag Wruhme K.T.B.
A1 People Detroit Style
Skintrade Andromaxxes
Sleeparchive Bleep 1
Plastikman Okx
Trentemoller Polar Shift
Brainiac Neuro
Forrest Whittaker Ghostdog OST
Robotman Do Da Doo
Mathew Johnson Marionette
Alice Gaston Voices From the Days of Slavery
Throbbing Gristle Hot on the Heels of Love
Underground Resistance Final Frontier
Mathew Johnson Behind the Mirror
Orbital Remind
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