Saturday, March 30, 2013

The From Scratch quick reference guide

Here is a quick list of key online resources for From Scratch. More detailed information on recordings can be found on this page. More to follow.

Wikipedia
From Scratch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Scratch_(music_group)
Philip Dadson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Dadson

Discogs
From Scratch: http://www.discogs.com/artist/From+Scratch
Philip Dadson: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Philip+Dadson

From Scratch films
Triad1 (1978) - full
GungHo (1980) - excerpt  
Drum/Sing (1984) - full
Pacific3,2,1,ZERO (part 1, 1994) - full
GlobalHockets (1998) - condensed
PacificPlate (2001) - excerpt

Philip Dadson’s official website
http://sonicsfromscratch.co.nz/
http://sonicsfromscratch.co.nz/fromscratch.php

Philip Dadson at CIRCUIT
http://www.circuit.org.nz/artist/phil-dadson

Philip Dadson at Starkwhite
http://www.starkwhite.co.nz/artists/phil-dadson/selected-works.aspx

Philip Dadson at the Arts Foundation
http://www.thearts.co.nz/artist_page.php?aid=68

Philip Dadson at SOUNZ
http://sounz.org.nz/contributor/composer/1026

National Library of New Zealand
From Scratch
Philip Dadson 

Rattle Records
From Scratch
Philip Dadson

Radio New Zealand Sound Archives
From Scratch
Philip Dadson (includes more From Scratch items)

The From Scratch Rhythm Workbook
http://www.heinemann.com/products/08670.aspx

From Scratch/Philip Dadson interviewed at PSF
http://www.furious.com/perfect/phildadson.html

INZART: Index to New Zealand Art
Via University library (may require log-in)
Via Knowledge Basket
Basic search for "From Scratch" (53 items)
Basic search for "Dadson" (243 items)

Art History Image Database
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/databases/record/?record=ahid
Search for “Scratch” (38 items)
Search for “Dadson” – includes more From Scratch items (126 items)

Auckland Art Gallery Collection
Philip Dadson (34 objects)

Friday, March 15, 2013

The complete From Scratch Recording Guide

This listing will become a comprehensive account of From Scratch’s commercially released recordings. A work in progress, in some cases it adds to or corrects the information originally printed on the release and will be updated as new information comes to hand.

The quick list:

FROM SCRATCH PERFORM RHYTHM WORKS
(Vinyl 12” EP, 33 1/3, Private release PRA 905, 1979)

3 PIECES FROM GUNG HO 1,2,3D
(Vinyl 12” EP, Hit Singles HITM004, 1983)

NEW RHYTHMWORKS [AKA DRUM/SING & PACIFIC 3,2,1,ZERO (PART 1)]
(Cassette, self-released, 1984)

PACIFIC 3,2,1,ZERO (PART 1) & DRUM/SING
(Vinyl LP, Flying Nun-041, 1985)

PACIFIC 3,2,1,ZERO PARTS 1 and 2
(Cassette, self-released, 1986)

GUNG HO 1,2,3D
(Vinyl LP, Flying Nun, FN085, 1988)

SONGS FOR HEROES
(CD and cassette, Rattle Records RAT D002 & RAT C002, 1991)

PACIFIC 3,2,1,ZERO (PART 1) & EYE/DRUM
(CD/cassette, Kiwi-Pacific International, CD SLC-236, 1994)

GLOBAL HOCKETS: FROM SCRATCH LIVE IN EUROPE
(CD, Scratch Records, 1999)

PACIFIC 3,2,1,ZERO: Parts 1 & 2 Live
(CD, Atoll Ltd, ACD 301, 2001)

SONGS FOR HEROES – remastered anniversary reissue
(CD, Rattle Records RAT-D002, 2011) 

FIVE RHYTHM WORKS - reissue of early recordings
(CD and Vinyl LP, EM Records EM1150, 2016)

The complete list:

ALBUMS

FROM SCRATCH PERFORM RHYTHM WORKS
(Vinyl 12” EP, 33 1/3, Private release PRA 905, 1979)
Recorded and mixed at Mandrill Studios, Auckland by David Hurley
Produced by From Scratch with the assistance of the QEII Arts Council
Performed by Geoff Chapple, Philip Dadson, Wayne Laird, Don McGlashan, Gary Wain
Devised by Philip Dadson
Record launch function, Seehear Studios, 17 September 1979
Cover photo (Out-In) and insert photo by Parbhu Makan
A1. Out-In Part 1
A2. Out-In Part 2
            24’30” (1976-77)
            Pitched drums, tubes, chimes and voice tubes.
B1. Drumwheel Part 1 (1977)
B2. Drumwheel Part 2 (1978-79)
          26’30”
          Pitched drums and bells (pt1); pitched tubes, drums, drum-tubes, slit gongs,
          brake drums, growlers and snare drum

3 PIECES FROM GUNG HO 1,2,3D
(Vinyl 12” EP, Hit Singles HITM004, 1983)
GUNG HO 1,2,3D (1981) Tuned PVC pipes, metal chimes, drums, spun drones.
Sound engineer Greg Brice
Produced in collaboration with Hit Singles for RCA. Pressed May 1983 (the back cover gives a 1982 date while the label, presumably produced later, states 1983).
Performed by Geoff Chapple, Philip Dadson, Wayne Laird, Don McGlashan. Devised by Phil Dadson. Dedicated to Rewi Alley.
A1. 8,9,10
          Tuned PVC pipes (open), drums and whizzer drone
             10’
B1. 5,6,7
          Tuned PVC pipes (closed, with lexan caps), chimes and warbler drone
B2. 6,7,8
          Tuned PVC pipes (open), chimes, drums and warbler drone
          10’20”

 NEW RHYTHMWORKS [AKA DRUM/SING & PACIFIC 3,2,1,ZERO (PART 1)]
(Cassette, self-released, 1984)
Limited edition cassette, produced by From Scratch for ANZART in Edinburgh, London and Portsmouth.
A. PACIFIC 3,2,1,ZERO (PART 1) (1982) – 21’30”
          Performed and devised by Philip Dadson, Wayne Laird, Don McGlashan (with thanks to
          Geoff Chapple)
B. DRUM/SING (short film version) (1984) – 15’30”
          Performed and devised by Philip Dadson, Wayne Laird, Don McGlashan.
          Recorded at: Maidment Little Theatre
          Recording engineer: Greg Brice; Playback mixer: Steve Garden
          Playback and post-production sound advisor: Mike Westgate

PACIFIC 3,2,1,ZERO (PART 1) & DRUM/SING
(Vinyl LP, Flying Nun-041, 1985)
Recorded at The Valley Conference Centre, Albany, engineered by Steve Garden at Progressive Studios, Auckland, July 1985. Cover (aerial) photos by Wally Floyd. Produced by From Scratch for Flying Nun, with the assistance of the QEII Arts Council
A. PACIFIC 3,2,1,ZERO PART 1 (1982) – 23’
          Tuned PVC pipes, chimes, roto-tom drums, kerosene cans, rattle-jackets, trom
          tubes, cymbals, spun drones and voices.
          Performed and devised by Philip Dadson, Wayne Laird, Don McGlashan, with thanks to 
          Geoff Chapple.
B. DRUM/SING (long performance version) (1984) – 26’
          Tuned PVC pipes, chimes, roto-tom drums, bamboos, alloy hand-bells, (spun) 
          drones and voices.
          Performed and devised by Philip Dadson, Wayne Laird, Don McGlashan.

PACIFIC 3,2,1,ZERO PARTS 1 and 2
(Cassette, self-released, 1986)
Recorded live at Auckland Girls Grammar School Gymnasium, 2 June 1986
Recorded by Mike Westgate, mixed and edited by Phil Dadson at Elam
Produced by From Scratch with the assistance of the QEII Arts Council
Part 1.  
         Tuned PVC pipes, chimes, drums, cymbals, voices, trom tubes, spun                        
         drones, rattle jackets, biscuit tins.
Part 2.
         Aluminium pipes tossed and struck, tuned wood and metal claves, voices,                
         tuned tongue PVCs, 3 trombones, 3 saxaphones, bamboo seed poles
         Performers: Philip Dadson, Ben Harrop, Alison Henry, Wayne Laird, Joshna la 
         Trobe, Diipali Linwood, Don McGlashan, Deborah Maud, Nicola May, Aldas 
         Palubinskas, Peter Scholes, Kim Wesney.
         Devised by Philip Dadson

GUNG HO 1,2,3D
(Vinyl LP, Flying Nun, FN085, 1988)
Recorded (in 1981) and released in part in 1983. This is the complete work recorded in 1981, remixed in 1987 by Greg Brice and Wayne Laird at Wayne Laird’s studio, and released in 1988 by Flying Nun. Sound engineer: Greg Brice. Cover (aerial) photo: Wally Floyd. (Reviewed by Graham Reid in NZ Herald, 21 Oct 1988)
Gung Ho 1,2,3D (1981)
A1. 3,4,5
A2. 4,5,6
A3. 5,6,7
A4. 6,7,8
A5. 7,8,9 (23’30”)
B1. 8,9,10
B2. 9,10,11 (24’30”)
          Tuned drums, tuned PVC pipes (open or closed with lexan caps), metal chimes,          
          warbler drone, whizzer drone, drums and jilzira drone.
          Performed by Geoff Chapple, Philip Dadson, Wayne Laird, Don McGlashan.
          Devised by Phil Dadson.

SONGS FOR HEROES
(CD and cassette, Rattle Records RAT D002 & RAT C002, 1991)
Recorded at Auckland University School of Music Auditorium and Progressive Music Studios, mixed at Progressive, produced by Philip Dadson and Steve Garden, engineered by Steve Garden and Tim Gummer (remastered and reissued by Rattle in 2011)
A tribute to unsung heroes, past and present. A continuous piece of music in eight sections.
Double album launch function (with Gitbox Rebellion), Artspace, 6 Feb 1991
SONGS FOR HEROES (44.46)
1. Zitherum Drones (2:47)
2. Pipes & Drum Stations, & Soprano Saxophone (11:16)
3. Vocals & Hand Clapping (5:58)
4. Tone-trees, Tuned Drums & Hand Clapping (0:56)
5. Vocals, Piano-horns, Percussion & Saxophone (6:25)
6. Tuned Drums, Pipes & Bass Drums (8:08)
7. Soprano Saxophone, Pipes & Hand-clapping (3:29)
8. Zitherum Drone, Voice Harmonics, & Hand-clapping (5:47)


Zitherum drones, PVC pipes and bass drum stations, tuned drums, soprano saxophone, vocals, hand-clapping, tone-trees, piano horns percussion, bass drums and voice harmonics.
Performers: Philip Dadson, Neville Hall, James McCarthy, Walter Muller.
Music and lyrics by Philip Dadson

 PACIFIC 3,2,1,ZERO (PART 1) & EYE/DRUM
(CD/cassette, Kiwi-Pacific International, CD SLC-236, 1994)
Produced by Wayne Laird and Philip Dadson
1. PACIFIC 3,2,1,ZERO (Part 1) (1982) (23’45”)
1.1 Opening Drones
1.2 Voices, slap-tubes
1.3 Pipes, bells, drums
1.4 Voice lament
1.5 Pipes, cymbals
          Performers: Philip Dadson, Wayne Laird, James McCarthy.
          Composed by Philip Dadson, Wayne Laird, Don McGlashan (with thanks to Geoff
          Chapple), 1982
          Original recording engineer and sound mixer, Steve Garden, recorded at York St        
          Studios, mixed and edited by Wayne Laird at Mandrill Audio Post, 1993, for
          Gregor Nicholas’ film
2. EYE/DRUM (1992) (29’01”)
2.1 Opening drones
2.2 Soprano sax, percussion
2.3 Stones, Eye-drums etc.
2.4 Hand-held bells
2.5 Pipes etc.
2.6 String drone, soprano sax, percussion
          Performers: Philip Dadson, Neville Hall, James McCarthy, Walter Muller.
          Composed by Phil Dadson, 1992.
          Original (rehearsal) recording by Tim Gummer; Mixed and edited by Wayne Laird

GLOBAL HOCKETS: FROM SCRATCH LIVE IN EUROPE
(CD, Scratch Records, 1999)
Recorded by Dean Roberts at Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria; Amsterdam, Holland and Frankfurt, Germany, 1998; CD prepared/edited by Wayne Laird; produced by Philip Dadson.
GLOBAL HOCKETS (46’16”)
1. Nature Hocket (2:31)
2. Unison Pulse (3:08)
3. Polyrhythm Hocket (3:47)
4. Cross Pattern Unisons & Duets (3:18)
5. Pulsed Metal, Waterbells/bowls Improv, Voice/bell Hocket (7:55)
6. Vocal/Shout Hocket (3:12)
7. Bassdrum Station Hocket (1:38)
8. Virtual Silence, Drones, Improv (10:03)
9. Vocal, Bell & Sanples Hocket (4:42)
10. Drum/Hocket Finale (5:54)
        Performed by Shane Currey, Adrian Croucher, Phil Dadson, Darryn Harkness and        Supreme Particles (Michael Saup, Anne Niemetz, DJ Tricky Cris, Anna Saup,         Robert O’Kane)
        Composer: Philip Dadson.

PACIFIC 3,2,1,ZERO: Parts 1 & 2 Live
(CD, Atoll Ltd, ACD 301, 2001)
Produced by Wayne Laird, Recorded live at Auckland Girls Grammar by Mike Westgate, June 2nd 1986. Sound transfer, Simon Lynch, Stebbing Ltd; digital editing and mastering by Wayne Laird at. Lighting by Steven Buckland, photos by Gillian Bailey and John Miller.
Part 1 (24’38”)
1. Drones/Voices
2. Percussion stations
3. Lament
4. PVC Pipes & cymbals
Transition (4’07”)
5. Tossed & struck percussion
Part 2 (28’45”)
6. Song Hocket
7. Voices & brass
8. Hand percussion, voices & brass
Performed by Philip Dadson, Ben Harrop, Alison Henry, Wayne Laird, Joshna LaTrobe, Dipali Linwood, Don McGlashan, Deborah Maud, Nicola May, Aldas Palubinskas, Peter Scholes, Kim Wesney
Part 1 Composed by Dadson/Laird/McGlashan (with thanks to Geoff Chapple)
Transition devised by Phil Dadson
Part 2 Composed by Phil Dadson

SONGS FOR HEROES – remastered anniversary reissue
(CD, Rattle Records RAT-D002, 2011)
Recorded at Auckland University School of Music Auditorium and Progressive Music Studios, mixed at Progressive, produced by Philip Dadson and Steve Garden, engineered by Steve Garden and Tim Gummer (originally released in 1991, remastered and reissued by Rattle in 2011).
A tribute to unsung heroes, past and present. A continuous piece of music in eight sections.
SONGS FOR HEROES (44:46)
1. Zitherum Drones (2:47)
2. Pipes & Drum Stations, & Soprano Saxophone (11:16)
3. Vocals & Hand Clapping (5:58)
4. Tone-trees, Tuned Drums & Hand Clapping (0:56)
5. Vocals, Piano-horns, Percussion & Saxophone (6:25)
6. Tuned Drums, Pipes & Bass Drums (8:08)
7. Soprano Saxophone, Pipes & Hand-clapping (3:29)
8. Zitherum Drone, Voice Harmonics, & Hand-clapping (5:47)
Zitherum drones, PVC pipes and bass drum stations, tuned drums, soprano saxophone, vocals, hand-clapping, tone-trees, piano horns percussion, bass drums and voice harmonics.
Performers: Philip Dadson, Neville Hall, James McCarthy, Walter Muller.
Music and lyrics by Philip Dadson

FIVE RHYTHM WORKS - reissue of early recordings
(CD and Vinyl LP, EM Records EM1150, 2016)
Tracks 1 and 2 originally from From Scratch Perform Rhythm Works (1979); track 3 originally from Gung Ho 1,2,3D (1983/1988); track 4 previously unreleased - performed and recorded for the Auckland Festival on 14 March 1975 as part of a lunchtime concert at the Radio Theatre, performed by Bruce Barber, Geoff Chapple, Philip Dadson, Gray Nicol with Stewart Lithgow (oboe) and Paul Lee (sax), recorded by NZBC, courtesy of Concert FM, Radio New Zealand. Digital transfers of tracks 1-3 courtesy Wayne Laird, final mastering by Takuto Kuratani (Ruv Bytes).
1. Out In Part 1 - 1976 (12:15)
2. Drumwheel Part 2 - 1977 (13:40)
3. 5,6,7 and 6,7,8 from Gung Ho 1,2,3D - 1979 (10:26)
4. Passage - 1974 (12:37)
All works composed by Philip Dadson

COMPILATIONS

INDEPENDENT WORLD VOL.3
(Cassette compilation, Monochrome Tapes (Germany) IW 0309, 1985)
This C60 compilation would have been accompanied by 24 xeroxed A4 info/artwork pages, packed in a plastic pocket.
B4. From Scratch Excerpt from "Drum/Sing"
            A. Clapping
            B. PVC Pipes+Drums
            C. Voices/Pipes/Slaps

FROM THE PAGES OF EXPERIMENTAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS VOLUME VI
(Cassette compilation, Experimental Musical Instruments (US), 1991)
A1. Phil Dadson and From Scratch – two excerpts from “Songs for Heroes”
          Performers: Philip Dadson, Neville Hall, James McCarthy, Walter Muller.
          Music and lyrics by Philip Dadson
Recorded at Auckland University School of Music Auditorium and Progressive Music Studios, mixed at Progressive, produced by Philip Dadson and Steve Garden, engineered by Steve Garden and Tim Gummer, originally released by Rattle in 1991.

Songs from The Book of Life (Red Mole). Excerpts from Songs for heroes (From Scratch)
Issued as bonus cassingle with "Illusions" journal, Wellington, 18 February 1992.

DIFFERENT TRACKS
(CD/cassette compilation, Rattle RAT D003, 1993)
Recorded at Airforce, mixed at Progressive, DDD.
Production supervisor, Steve Garden; Technical producer, Tim Gummer; Executive producer, Keith Hill.
6. From Scratch – Fax to Paris (6’22”)
          Performers: Philip Dadson, Neville Hall, James McCarthy and Walter Muller
          Composer: Philip Dadson
          Foot-stomping, hocketed hand-clapping, vocal chant, tuned drums,
          tone tree percussion 
of gongs and cymbals.

New Zealanders make music: a resource for primary schools
Cassette and notes, published by Learning Media Ltd, Wellington, N.Z, c.1995.
ISBN: 0478028385 (Notes for teachers)
Includes varied examples of New Zealand music to add to school's resources for listening in the music programme. Suggested audience: primary, intermediate.
From Scratch, Gung Ho 1,2,3 D (1981) (excerpt from module 6,7,8)
          Performed by Geoff Chapple, Philip Dadson, Wayne Laird, Don McGlashan.
          Devised by Phil Dadson.

GRAVIKORDS, WHIRLIES & PYROPHONES
(CD Compilation/box-set, published by Ellipsis Arts (New York) CD3530, 1996)
Compilation produced by Bart Hopkin of Experimental Musical Instruments magazine, with an intro by Tom Waits. A boxset with 91 page paperback book and 73 minute CD.
(this compilation was re-issued in 1998 with a condensed booklet)
2. Philip Dadson & From Scratch: excerpt from Pacific 3-2-1-Zero (1986) (4:00)
Recorded live at Auckland Girls Grammar School Gymnasium, 2 June 1986

GRAVIKORDS, WHIRLIES & PYROPHONES (2nd edition)
(CD Compilation/Book, published by Ellipsis Arts (New York) CD3630, 1998)
Compilation produced by Bart Hopkin of Experimental Musical Instruments magazine, with an intro by Tom Waits. A 96 page hardback book and 73 minute CD.
(this compilation was previously released in 1996 in a box-set with a larger booklet)
2. Philip Dadson & From Scratch: excerpt from Pacific 3-2-1-Zero (1986) (4:00)
Recorded live at Auckland Girls Grammar School Gymnasium, 2 June 1986

New Zealand music for creative dance
CD compilation by Jenny Cossey, published by Creative NZ, Wellington, c.2001.
"This compilation album promotes New Zealand music that is suitable for creative dance classes in schools. The tracks, from a variety of genre are suitable for warm up dance activities, improvisation and choreographed works"--Insert.
Philip Dadson and From Scratch: Fax to Paris (6:33)
          Performers: Philip Dadson, Neville Hall, James McCarthy and Walter Muller
          Composer: Philip Dadson
          Foot-stomping, hocketed hand-clapping, vocal chant, tuned drums, tone tree   
          percussion of gongs and cymbals.
Recorded at Airforce, mixed at Progressive, DDD [Rattle version]
Production supervisor, Steve Garden; Technical producer, Tim Gummer; Executive producer, Keith Hill.

Slap tubes and other plosive aerophones: the greatest music-making idea that most people have never heard of
Book/CD by Bart Hopkin and Phil Dadson, published by Experimental Musical Instruments, Pt Reyes Station, CA, 2007
1. Excerpt from Songs for Heroes, 1989
6. Bass Slap Tubes: Excerpt from Gung Ho 1,2,3,D, 1980
18. Capped-End Pipes (Quackers): Excerpt from Gung Ho 1,2,3,D, 1980
(Most other tracks are newly recorded by Dadson and Bart Hopkin)


FILMS

GUNG HO 1,2,3D
A performance of three modules originally filmed in 1980 for an episode of the TVNZ arts programme Kaleidoscope, produced/directed by Gray Taylor. Broadcast c.1981.
Gung Ho 1,2,3D (1981)
          Tuned drums, tuned PVC pipes, metal chimes, warbler drone, whizzer drone,   
          drums and jilzira drone.
          Performed by Geoff Chapple, Philip Dadson, Wayne Laird, Don McGlashan.
          Devised by Phil Dadson.

DRUM/SING
(16mm film, available on VHS video (PAL and NTSC), 1985, 22 minutes)
Made in collaboration with Director Gregor Nicholas.
16mm and 35mm prints made 1984-5
Recorded at: Maidment Little Theatre
Performed and devised by Philip Dadson, Wayne Laird, Don McGlashan
Stills photographers: Marie Shannon and Gillian Bailey
Lighting/Camera: Alan Locke, Ian Paul, Stuart Dryburgh, Leon Narbey
Production managers: Trevor Haysom/Alison MacLean
Sound effects designer and engineer: Steve Roach
Recording engineer: Greg Brice; Playback mixer: Steve Garden
Playback and post-production sound advisor: Mike Westgate
Editor/Producer/Director: Gregor Nicholas
1986 GOFTA Award – Best Short Film
1986 Blue Ribbon Award – Film as Art category, 28th American Film Festival, NYC
Screening: Kaleidoscope, TV1, 6 Dec 1985 – VHS released 1986

From Scratch: Live (Pacific 3,2,1,ZERO Parts 1 and 2)
(VHS, un-released, 1986)
Recorded live at Auckland Girls Grammar School Gymnasium, 2 June 1986
Camera: Lynda Dye; Sound: Mike Westgate; Editor/Producer: Philip Dadson
Produced for the Auckland/Halifax Exchange exhibition, September 1986 (Halifax) and March-April 1987 (Artspace, Auckland)
Part 1.
                   Tuned PVC pipes, chimes, drums, cymbals, voices, trom tubes, spun
               drones, rattle jackets, biscuit tins.
Part 2.         
                Aluminium pipes tossed and struck, tuned wood and metal claves, voices,
                tuned tongue PVCs, 3 trombones, 3 saxaphones, bamboo seed poles
Performers: Philip Dadson, Ben Harrop, Alison Henry, Wayne Laird, Joshua la Trobe, Diipali Linwood, Don McGlashan, Deborah Maud, Nicola May, Aldas Palubinskas, Peter Scholes, Kim Wesney.
Devised by Philip Dadson

PACIFIC 3,2,1,ZERO (Part One)
(VHS, self-released, 1994, 21 minutes)
A major performance-film collaboration with Director Gregor Nicholas for TV and Theatre release. Recorded at York St Studios, mixed at Mandrill Audio Post, 1993; Recording Engineer and Sound mixer: Steve Garden; mixed and edited at Mandrill by Wayne Laird. Screened on “Work of Art”, TV1, 9.50pm, 14 November c.1993. Awarded Grand Prix, Cannes/Midem 1994.
Performers: Dadson, Laird, McCarthy
Director: Gregor Nicholas
Producers: Trevor Haysom and Gregor Nicholas
Composers: Dadson, Laird, McCarthy (with thanks to Geoff Chapple), 1982
Director of Photography: Ian Paul
Stills: John Carapiet
Editors: David Coulson, Gregor Nicholas
Executive Producer: Caterina De Nave
Co-Producer: Gregor Nicholas
Production Co-ordinator: Annalise Patterson
Director's Assistant: Janine Greenslade
Production Assistant: Grace Mok
Assistant Editors: Andrea Towers, Andrew Mann

GLOBAL HOCKETS: SUPREME PARTICLES FROM SCRATCH
(VHS Video, Produced by Scratch Records, 2000)
Recorded live at NZ Festival of the Arts, Wellington, February 1998. A one hour video document with stereo sound. Video edited and produced by Phil Dadson, assisted by Michael Lonsdale, Keith Hill and Kurt Joy. Michael Hodgson (interactive audio), Chris Gee (sound mixer), Grant Collie (lighting).
GLOBAL HOCKETS (approx. 46’)
1. Nature Hocket
2. Unison Pulse
3. Polyrhythm Hocket
4. Cross Pattern Unisons & Duets
5. Pulsed Metal, Waterbells/bowls Improv, Voice/bell Hocket
6. Vocal/Shout Hocket
7. Bassdrum Station Hocket
8. Virtual Silence, Drones, Improv
9. Vocal, Bell & Sanples Hocket
10. Drum/Hocket Finale
          Performed by Shane Currey, Adrian Croucher, Philip Dadson, Darryn Harkness and
          Supreme Particles (Michael Saup, Anne Niemetz, Anna Saup, Steffen Cramer)
          Devised: Philip Dadson

PACIFIC 3,2,1,ZERO: Part 1 – new digital version
(un-released, 1993, 21 minutes)
A major performance-film collaboration with Director Gregor Nicholas for TV and Theatre release. Recorded at York St Studios, mixed at Mandrill Audio Post, 1993; Recording Engineer and Sound mixer: Steve Garden; mixed and edited at Mandrill by Wayne Laird. First screened on “Work of Art”, TV1, 9.50pm, 14 November c.1993. Awarded Grand Prix, Cannes/Midem 1994. New version screened at the Going West Writers and Book Festival, Waitakere, 13 Sep 2009.
Performers: Dadson, Laird, McCarthy
Director: Gregor Nicholas
Producers: Trevor Haysom and Gregor Nicholas
Composers: Dadson, Laird, McCarthy (with thanks to Geoff Chapple), 1982
Director of Photography: Ian Paul
Stills: John Carapiet
Editors: David Coulson, Gregor Nicholas
Executive Producer: Caterina De Nave
Co-Producer: Gregor Nicholas
Production Co-ordinator: Annalise Patterson
Director's Assistant: Janine Greenslade
Production Assistant: Grace Mok
Assistant Editors: Andrea Towers, Andrew Mann