Photo; Ash Lazenby
INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITION;
A full list of compositions for solo, ensemble, orchestra and/or/+ electronics can be found here.
music composition services [for theatre, film, dance and other collaborative experiences
original music + scoring
sound design + mixing
remixing + a/v mixing
orchestration + arrangement
music programming + arrangement
production + post production
session performing + re/rerecording
rehearsal + ensemble direction
stage advisement + show flow direction
enquiries here;
LABEL;
seconditeration; is a Perth based label focusing on experimental music used in collaboration with interdisciplinary works. The label gives opportunity for music that would otherwise remain on a hard drive the opportunity to be reiterated into limited alternative releases both digitally and on unconventional and outdated formats.
SI;001 SEUM: conduit; [av]
SI;002 Rough: YIKES! Rough
SI;003 Alexander Turner: Desire Works
LULLABIES;
Sweetest Dream are Lullabies offers one of a kind, personal, instrumental, ambient lullabies crafted specially for your precious newborn baby.
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY;
conduit; [SEUM, 2017] seconditeration; (VHS)
Rasasvada [Yates, 2014] Twice Removed Records
Home // Limited [Yates, 2014] (EP)
Alium [Yates, 2013]
RESIDENCIES, AWARDS AND MENTORSHIPS;
Regional Arts WA/RAF; Etude; The Midwest Art Music Ensemble
Geraldton Regional Art Gallery; (2020/2021) Gallery Residency / Commissioned AV Works
Regional Arts WA Next Level Fellowship; (2020)
DLGSC Creative Development Grant; (2020) Development of Sound Art Installation "I'm Still Here" (w/Clare Lynch) for Geraldton Regional Art Gallery Exhibition alongside Shaun Tan's "Rules of Summer" Exhibition
Grand Theatre de la Ville de Luxembourg; (2019) Creation of Body is What Remains in collaboration with Lewis Major
Hofesh Shechter; (2019) Mentorship at TalentLAB #19
James Brown; (2018) Mentorship during development of 'Losers' by Lewis Major
Lewis Major Productions; (2018) Resident Sound Designer in Adelaide and Mount Gambier
Bundanon Trust Artist in Residence Program; (2018) Residency working on commissioned work by Greywing Trio
DCA Creative Development Grant; (2017) Mentorship with Nick Wales/Sydney Dance Company and Residency at Electronic Ave. Studios in Sydney
FILM;
2 0 1 7
Weekend Healer; [feature length] Directed by Rob Livings; Original Score
Two People; [feature length] Directed by Rob Livings; Additional Scoring
calm; [dance film] Choreographed by Talitha Maslin; Edited by Brendan Polain.
2 0 1 6
[they]; [dance film] Choreographer, Director; Antonio Rinaldi, Producer; Taihra Swaine, Cinematographer, Editor; Robert Bremner
Gift of Life; Directed by Adrian Warren (Revel8 2016 Film Festival) [Winner; Revelation Award for Best Music Soundtrack]
WRITINGS;
Yates, D. (2016) Unfixing the Media; Cataloguing Western Australian Thought on Performative Approaches to Pre/Recorded Media in Compositional Practice. (Honours Thesis 2016)
Yates, D. (2015) The Evolution of Fixed Media in Electroacoustic Music
Yates, D. (2015) Methodologies in Collaborative Improvisation
- Research presented at 2015 THNMF Symposium 2015; WA State Library
- Published in Sound Scripts, Volume 5 (2016). Australian Music Centre.
A full list of compositions for solo, ensemble, orchestra and/or/+ electronics can be found here.
music composition services [for theatre, film, dance and other collaborative experiences
original music + scoring
sound design + mixing
remixing + a/v mixing
orchestration + arrangement
music programming + arrangement
production + post production
session performing + re/rerecording
rehearsal + ensemble direction
stage advisement + show flow direction
enquiries here;
LABEL;
seconditeration; is a Perth based label focusing on experimental music used in collaboration with interdisciplinary works. The label gives opportunity for music that would otherwise remain on a hard drive the opportunity to be reiterated into limited alternative releases both digitally and on unconventional and outdated formats.
SI;001 SEUM: conduit; [av]
SI;002 Rough: YIKES! Rough
SI;003 Alexander Turner: Desire Works
LULLABIES;
Sweetest Dream are Lullabies offers one of a kind, personal, instrumental, ambient lullabies crafted specially for your precious newborn baby.
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY;
conduit; [SEUM, 2017] seconditeration; (VHS)
Rasasvada [Yates, 2014] Twice Removed Records
Home // Limited [Yates, 2014] (EP)
Alium [Yates, 2013]
RESIDENCIES, AWARDS AND MENTORSHIPS;
Regional Arts WA/RAF; Etude; The Midwest Art Music Ensemble
Geraldton Regional Art Gallery; (2020/2021) Gallery Residency / Commissioned AV Works
Regional Arts WA Next Level Fellowship; (2020)
DLGSC Creative Development Grant; (2020) Development of Sound Art Installation "I'm Still Here" (w/Clare Lynch) for Geraldton Regional Art Gallery Exhibition alongside Shaun Tan's "Rules of Summer" Exhibition
Grand Theatre de la Ville de Luxembourg; (2019) Creation of Body is What Remains in collaboration with Lewis Major
Hofesh Shechter; (2019) Mentorship at TalentLAB #19
James Brown; (2018) Mentorship during development of 'Losers' by Lewis Major
Lewis Major Productions; (2018) Resident Sound Designer in Adelaide and Mount Gambier
Bundanon Trust Artist in Residence Program; (2018) Residency working on commissioned work by Greywing Trio
DCA Creative Development Grant; (2017) Mentorship with Nick Wales/Sydney Dance Company and Residency at Electronic Ave. Studios in Sydney
FILM;
2 0 1 7
Weekend Healer; [feature length] Directed by Rob Livings; Original Score
Two People; [feature length] Directed by Rob Livings; Additional Scoring
calm; [dance film] Choreographed by Talitha Maslin; Edited by Brendan Polain.
2 0 1 6
[they]; [dance film] Choreographer, Director; Antonio Rinaldi, Producer; Taihra Swaine, Cinematographer, Editor; Robert Bremner
Gift of Life; Directed by Adrian Warren (Revel8 2016 Film Festival) [Winner; Revelation Award for Best Music Soundtrack]
WRITINGS;
Yates, D. (2016) Unfixing the Media; Cataloguing Western Australian Thought on Performative Approaches to Pre/Recorded Media in Compositional Practice. (Honours Thesis 2016)
Yates, D. (2015) The Evolution of Fixed Media in Electroacoustic Music
Yates, D. (2015) Methodologies in Collaborative Improvisation
- Research presented at 2015 THNMF Symposium 2015; WA State Library
- Published in Sound Scripts, Volume 5 (2016). Australian Music Centre.
