Alex Mackay is a musician and audio engineer working across forms of experimental and electroacoustic music, creating solo and collaborative works spanning recorded, live, installation and multimedia contexts. 

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 Drawing upon their backgrounds in notated acoustic composition, computer music and electric guitar & synthesizer performance, their music is process-focused in its composition, performance and production - working with electronic and acoustic sound, pieces are constructed through iterative cycles; compositional structures of time and harmonic space expand and contract in tandem with physical processes initiated through projection of sound into spaces and materials, then captured, recycled and recaptured.

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  Their solo projects are informed by extensive collaborative relationships, including work as a recording and mixing engineer specialising in experimental music and sound art, and as touring multi-instrumentalist with Scottish band Mogwai.

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 They are currently undertaking doctoral research investigating evolving DIY practices and cultures in electroacoustic composition at the University of York, supported the Arts & Humanities Research Council UK through the White Rose College of Arts & Humanities.