Sonyx is the name of my musical alter-ego. You can also find me on SoundCloud.

I organize my compositions around the guitar, which has stoked my interest in musical creativity for three

decades now. I'm interested in exploring passages evoking colour, texture and emotion. I build layers of

guitars and do my own supplementary bits with bass, keys and various trinkets and gadgets; loops and found

sound via field recording usually supply the rest. My themes are often as abstract and lateral as my paintings;

in both instances what's culled from the mix is at least as important as what's retained. Consequently, any

given project is often in a state of flux until such time as I feel I can move past it. Covering other artists' work

can also ground me by providing more conventional supporting frameworks.

This selection is from the past few years, including reinterpretations of other artist's songs (and vice-versa) as

well as remixes of mine drawn from collaborative sessions with old friends and fellow musicians.

Map Ref 43 degrees N 110 degrees W  6:38

Cover of a Wire song from the 1979 album 154.

Yin / yang stuff by Mo-T

One Day  5:55

Includes an excerpt from MLK's

"I had a dream" speech

Effehm  2:20

DJ patter by Mo-T

Unbeaten  4:48

Vox by Zuluvia Diva

YellowGonger 1:56

Little Elephant  3:32

Nexting  4:36

Bones  8:59

In memory of Grant Francis MacDonald

Bass by Kevin Hogg

Rylan Remix  4:12

Remix of an original song by Fresno-based

artist Amarante ! (cheers!)

Simple Thing  4:24

Vocal samples courtesy Salazar,

Steady Eddie & Mama-Ro

Sojourner Reprise  2:24

Freesound.org attributions:

Pasture sounds by klankbeeld;

female German incantation by gunnbladez;

vocal cutups by electronicmusik

Untitled  6:21

A cover of the opening track from Interpol's

debut album, Turn On The Bright Lights

GrainFed  2:08

Freesound.org attributions:

whisper vocals by Amy Gedgaudas via Corsica_S;

flute sample by Caalamus

Sixty-Four  7:12

Angelic vocal sample by UK artist ERH

via Freesound.org

Last Shapes of Never 3:26

My remix of an Amarante ! cover of the

original song by the Icelandic band Múm.

Urge - Tyson Remix  8:47

Clay Tyson treatment of a recent Sonyx composition

(additional drums & MIDI)

Elephantine 4:16

(Little Elephant remix by Jake Yerex)