Musical Influences: (a few)
The Who, Small Faces, Kinks, Hollies, Beatles, Beach Boys, Simon and Garfunkel, Ska
Reggae, Elton John, Jean Michel Jarre, Kate Bush, The Jam, Susan Vega, Dreadzone,
Leftfield..
I had a Spanish guitar bought for me, like so many people, when I was nine years old.
Nobody in my immediate family was at all musical, the strings broke, the dream died.
An uninspiring and unproductive academic career, showed no special interest in music.
I bought myself a steel strung acoustic guitar when I was 23 and learnt all the usual folk
songs. Then an electric guitar, garage bands, urban angst, church halls and power
chords. Inevitably I came across a porta-studio and began multi-tracking. With the
addition of an Atari ST520 computer and MIDI keyboard I started producing music.
In 1992 I felt it necessary to move to Cornwall, I left what I could not carry!
After a few years of busking and the occasional guest appearance in local bands, I went
to art college and my attention turned to the visual spectrum. Through various
collaborations, I started working on installations and projections at festivals and other
out-door events.
In 1995 I began gathering equipment and I started back into producing music again,
making soundscapes for installations and sound tracks for short films.
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The firms van (plain white) click here for
VISIONBLITZ
A group of artists, film makers, projectionists
working with light as a medium. Equipment is lo-tec,
mainly 8mm cine and slide projectors work is
designed to have maximum impact on the viewer
with minimum impact on the environment.
A group of artists, film makers, projectionists
working with light as a medium. Equipment is lo-tec,
mainly 8mm cine and slide projectors work is
designed to have maximum impact on the viewer
with minimum impact on the environment.
Constructing The Dreamcatcher
Campus Festival Exeter Summer 95
VISIONBLITZ commissioned to provide four
nights of ambient projections and a site
specific installation using recycled materials,
as part of the finale night of the event.
VISIONBLITZ commissioned to provide four
nights of ambient projections and a site
specific installation using recycled materials,
as part of the finale night of the event.
The installation at sunset
Initially Visionblitz was a quiet art form, to be viewed and not heard, at most
it was designed to work with any local sound or music that might be present.
it was designed to work with any local sound or music that might be present.
As time went by experimentation with sound effects and rhythmic tracks, led
to the development of "set piece", Audio / Visual installations.
to the development of "set piece", Audio / Visual installations.
Night falls and The Dreamcatcher comes to life
VISIONBLITZ also hosted and took part in various other film
based projects, both independently and as a major part of the
South East Cornwall Art Forum.For these events I not only
worked as a projectionist but also created music soundscapes,
various artworks, backdrops, posters and flyers.
based projects, both independently and as a major part of the
South East Cornwall Art Forum.For these events I not only
worked as a projectionist but also created music soundscapes,
various artworks, backdrops, posters and flyers.
1996 : After successfully completing a BTEc in Art and Design, (Merit),
at Saltash College of Further Education. I was invited back the next
year by the course leader, as a visiting lecturer in Ceramics and Animation
as part of the GNVQ Art and Design course running at the time.
at Saltash College of Further Education. I was invited back the next
year by the course leader, as a visiting lecturer in Ceramics and Animation
as part of the GNVQ Art and Design course running at the time.
Between January 1997 and October !999, I worked for Cornwall County
Council, Social Services and Youth Justice teams throughout the
county, developing and delivering art based activities for young people in
care, excluded from mainstream education or on supervision orders.
Council, Social Services and Youth Justice teams throughout the
county, developing and delivering art based activities for young people in
care, excluded from mainstream education or on supervision orders.
From 1999 to 2005 I worked for I private care organization supporting
young people with mild learning disabilities, offending behaviour, to live
independently in the community.
This also entailed the development of art and music based activities
delivered in a home setting.
young people with mild learning disabilities, offending behaviour, to live
independently in the community.
This also entailed the development of art and music based activities
delivered in a home setting.
For two and a half years I was the second vocalist/ Lead guitarist in
a three piece band The Tank Tops.
Playing regularly in pubs and clubs in Devon and Cornwall. There
was an amicable split in 2003 so as to facilitate other projects.
I am still in regular contact with both of the other members of the
band and am currently assisting the lead singer to develop and
record his own material.
a three piece band The Tank Tops.
Playing regularly in pubs and clubs in Devon and Cornwall. There
was an amicable split in 2003 so as to facilitate other projects.
I am still in regular contact with both of the other members of the
band and am currently assisting the lead singer to develop and
record his own material.
THE TANK TOPS
VISIONBLITZ
SALTASH C.F.E
- Martin.L.Turner
Born: Laindon Essex 11th November 1962
Raised: South Ockendon Essex 1964-78
Cultural Identity: Rural Essex (pre-Thatcher).
Relocated to Cornwall in October 1992.
GOING UNDERGROUND was a multi media presentation
devised and performed as part of the South East Cornwall
Festival of Art. Six projectionists using original archive material
as well as scratch animations created for the event. Live vocal
performances of poetry and original eyewitness accounts of life
in a mining community.
Working with another sound designer I created a 30 minute
ambient soundscape backdrop to recreate the atmosphere of life
underground. "For a moment there I thought I was back down
the mine" John McGovern ex South Crofty tin miner
devised and performed as part of the South East Cornwall
Festival of Art. Six projectionists using original archive material
as well as scratch animations created for the event. Live vocal
performances of poetry and original eyewitness accounts of life
in a mining community.
Working with another sound designer I created a 30 minute
ambient soundscape backdrop to recreate the atmosphere of life
underground. "For a moment there I thought I was back down
the mine" John McGovern ex South Crofty tin miner
In October 2005 I began to study at DEEP BLUE SOUND studios in Plymouth for a Foundation Degree in Sound an Music Technology. Two years later I passed
with distinction and continued on to Plymouth University to take a one year top up course to give me a BA honours Degree in Sound and Music Production,
which I have just completed.
with distinction and continued on to Plymouth University to take a one year top up course to give me a BA honours Degree in Sound and Music Production,
which I have just completed.
DEEP BLUE SOUND & PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY