All Outputs (27)

Sound And Vision - A Night of Live Music and Improvisation (2023)
Exhibition / Performance

The performance is a 45-minute long continuous act in which 3 music performers improvise based on a pre-agreed scale, but in response to a live sketch being drawn on the iPad and projected on a large screen behind them. The sketch is produced in proc... Read More about Sound And Vision - A Night of Live Music and Improvisation.

Songs I Want To Play - Animated Idents for a 'Herbie Hancock' cover (2023)
Digital Artefact
Court, A. (2023). Songs I Want To Play - Animated Idents for a 'Herbie Hancock' cover. [Video]

Music video co-produced for the rearrangement of "I Thought It Was You" and "The Bomb" by Herbie Hancock.

"I Thought It Was You" is a masterclass in merging Jazz, Fusion, Funk and Modern synthesiser techniques, still replicated to this day. The se... Read More about Songs I Want To Play - Animated Idents for a 'Herbie Hancock' cover.

New Meanings (2022)
Digital Artefact
Court, A. (in press). New Meanings. [Animation]

'New Meanings' is an animated short produced by Calling The Shots for the BBC. The piece tells the story of a daughter's struggle through difficult family circumstances. The poem and narration are of BBC First Words winner, Anneliese Broughton.

Exploring the need for innovation in greening urban environments: Reflecting on radical practice in Greater Manchester, UK (2022)
Journal Article

The green agenda is high on the list of priorities of local, national, and global governments.
In the UK, a new £40 million scheme aims to encourage a sustainable recovery alongside
policies - such as the 25 Year Environment Plan - and other tools... Read More about Exploring the need for innovation in greening urban environments: Reflecting on radical practice in Greater Manchester, UK.

Songs I Want To Play 21 – Herbie Hancock Special (2022)
Digital Artefact
Court, A., & Robinson, P. (2022). Songs I Want To Play 21 – Herbie Hancock Special. [Music Video]

"I Thought It Was You" is a masterclass in merging Jazz, Fusion, Funk and Modern synthesiser techniques, still replicated to this day. The second track, "The Bomb", is a straight-up Funky hit out of the 80s funk scrapbook.
We’ve featured the signatu... Read More about Songs I Want To Play 21 – Herbie Hancock Special.

Educating Animators - Manchester Animation Festival - Songs I Want To Play (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Court, A., & Robinson, P. (2021, November). Educating Animators - Manchester Animation Festival - Songs I Want To Play

Presentation produced for the 'Educating Animators' event as part of Manchester Animation Festival (November 2021) on Songs I Want To Play as a showcase of collaboration between a musical director and an animator.
Songs I Want to Play began as a lo... Read More about Educating Animators - Manchester Animation Festival - Songs I Want To Play.

Songs I Want To Play 20 – Peg (2021)
Digital Artefact
Robinson, P., & Court, A. (2021). Songs I Want To Play 20 – Peg. [https://songsiwanttoplay.co.uk/songs/upcoming-2-2/]

Music video of rearrangement of the pop tune, 'Peg', by Steely Dan (1977). Animation idents and titles feature paper cut-style 2D animation techniques animated in After Effects.

Music for Cities - CITIES II (2021)
Exhibition / Performance

An improvisatory performance with Robin Dewhurst and Paul Robinson.

Songs I Want To Play 19 - Pages Special (2021)
Digital Artefact
Robinson, P., & Court, A. (2021). Songs I Want To Play 19 - Pages Special. [Music Video]

Vocals and Guitar(s) - Ole Børud
Bass and Hammond - Paul Robinson
Keys - Philip Brown
Additional Guitar - Paul Thornton
Drums - Jake Woodward
Sax - Mike Smith
Trumpet - Nick Dewhurst
Trombone - Tom Dunnett
Animation by www.adelinacourt.co.uk... Read More about Songs I Want To Play 19 - Pages Special.

'Radical Sustainability: Exploring the need for visualisation methods in geography to aid Innovation in Greening Urban Environments' by Adelina Court (2021)
Data

SPARC 2021 Poster No. 2

The green agenda is high on the national government agenda, with a new £40 million scheme to encourage a sustainable recovery alongside policies, such as the 25 Year Environment Plan and other tools, pushing more investment... Read More about 'Radical Sustainability: Exploring the need for visualisation methods in geography to aid Innovation in Greening Urban Environments' by Adelina Court.

SPARC 2021 - Against all odds : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts (2021)
Book

Welcome to the Book of Abstracts for the 2021 SPARC conference. Our conference is called “Against All Odds” as we celebrate the achievements of our PGRs and their supervisors, who have continued to excel despite the most challenging circumstances. Fo... Read More about SPARC 2021 - Against all odds : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts.

Songs I Want To Play 18 – 80’s Special (2021)
Digital Artefact
Robinson, P., & Court, A. (2021). Songs I Want To Play 18 – 80’s Special. [Music Video]

Track List: Intro Animations 00:00
Something About You - Level 42 00:09
https://www.level42.com
We Close Our Eyes - Go West 03:58
https://gowest.org.uk
Get On Your Feet - Gloria Estefan 06:37 https://open.spotify.com/artist/5IFCk...

Bas... Read More about Songs I Want To Play 18 – 80’s Special.

Songs of The City - Urban Sketching and bird song in animation (2021)
Digital Artefact

One sketchbook. One stroke of a brush. One inkblot magically transformed. In a bid to celebrate urban bird song, this heart-warming animation will take you to the heart of the City of Manchester where a mute blackbird flees the nest. Over the rooftop... Read More about Songs of The City - Urban Sketching and bird song in animation.

Songs I Want To Play 17 – Fly Into This Night (2020)
Digital Artefact
Robinson, P., & Court, A. (2020). Songs I Want To Play 17 – Fly Into This Night. [Music Video]

Creative Rearrangement of Gino Vanelli's 'Fly Into This Night'.
Darrell Smith - Vocals
Paul Robinson - Bass
Phil Brown - Keys
Jake Woodward - Drums
Paul Thornton - Guitar
Mike Smith - Sax
Nick Dewhurst - Trumpet and Flugel
Jamie Brownfield -... Read More about Songs I Want To Play 17 – Fly Into This Night.

Songs I Want To Play 16 – Razzamatazz (2020)
Digital Artefact
Robinson, P., & Court, A. (2020). Songs I Want To Play 16 – Razzamatazz. [Music Video]

Visual idents produced for a performed and recorded version of Quincy Jones' 'Razzamatazz' by Songs I Want To Play'.
Vocals - Kayleigh O Neill and Stephanie P (Stizz) and Darrell Smith
Bass - Paul Robinson
Drums - Jake Woodward
Guitar - Paul Thor... Read More about Songs I Want To Play 16 – Razzamatazz.

Songs I Want To Play 15 - Prince vs. Michael Jackson (2020)
Digital Artefact
Robinson, P., & Court, A. (2020). Songs I Want To Play 15 - Prince vs. Michael Jackson. [Music Video]

'Prince vs. Michael Jackson is a creative re-arrangement and segue-ing of two tracks, 'I Want To Be Your Lover' by Prince, and 'Pretty Young Thing' by Michael Jackson. The creative idents produced here are an experiment in Photoshop to After Effects... Read More about Songs I Want To Play 15 - Prince vs. Michael Jackson.

Songs I Want To Play 14 - Neo Soul Special (2020)
Digital Artefact
Robinson, P., & Court, A. (2020). Songs I Want To Play 14 - Neo Soul Special. [Music Video]

'Neo Soul Special' is a creative mash-up and rearrangement of 3 Neo soul tracks: Jill Scott (Live)'s 'A Long Walk', Angie Stone (Live)'s 'Wish I Didn't Miss You', and Jill Scott (Live)'s 'Golden'. The idents have been produced in Procreate for iPad P... Read More about Songs I Want To Play 14 - Neo Soul Special.

Songs I Want To Play 13 – Higher Love (2020)
Digital Artefact
Court, A., & Robinson, P. (2020). Songs I Want To Play 13 – Higher Love. [Music Video]

'Higher Love' is a creative rearrangement of Steve Winwood's 1986 pop song 'Higher Love'. The video is augmented with idents created digitally and rendered in 3D space in Adobe After Effects; the idents were inspired by 80's colour television sets an... Read More about Songs I Want To Play 13 – Higher Love.

Songs I Want To Play 12 – Give Me The Night (2020)
Digital Artefact
Court, A., & Robinson, P. (2020). Songs I Want To Play 12 – Give Me The Night. [Music Video]

This video piece is a creative ident experiment in response to SIWTP's performance of 'Give Me The Night' (originally by GEORGE BENSON).
The idents are an experimentation in 2D and 3D forms in After Effects with assets created in Procreate (iPad Pro... Read More about Songs I Want To Play 12 – Give Me The Night.

Songs I Want To Play 11 - Everybody Wants To Rule The World (2020)
Digital Artefact
Robinson, P., & Court, A. (2020). Songs I Want To Play 11 - Everybody Wants To Rule The World. [Music Video]

Front and back idents produced for a cover of Tears For Fears' 'Everybody Wants To Rule The World' (1985) performed by SIWTP. The idents are a mix of 2D assets created in Procreate for the iPad, Photoshop, then composited in After Effects.

Vocals... Read More about Songs I Want To Play 11 - Everybody Wants To Rule The World.