ZnO Sound Design

ZnO, thats me, I make noise and sound design and do clever things.
Grungecast April 2012. Sub Pop 7 inches (mostly singles club)

Grungecast April 2012. Sub Pop 7 inches (mostly singles club)

I couldn’t resist doing a grunge cast part two as I’ve been hoarding Sub Pop 7″s as of late. When they first came out I sold them all to pay for me to see all of the bands (and more) which are featured in this noisecast. This is pretty much...
Une Cavité Album Digital Pre Release Here

Une Cavité Album Digital Pre Release Here

Here at the Erect Spider we are very proud to announce our first signing to our digital music label, Une Cavité. In France, there is a zNo and in the UK there is a ZnO. Over the years they have buried their hatchets amidst the English Channel and came up...
Bobby Yeah nominated for a BAFTA 2012 award.

Bobby Yeah nominated for a BAFTA 2012 award.

I am extremely proud to announce that Robert Morgans film “Bobby Yeah” has been nominated for a BAFTA award in the “Best short animation” category. ZnO scored and sound designed on this wonderful film. Fingers crossed that we win the award, we’re up against two other fantastic animations so watch...
Female Fronted Punk Rock

Female Fronted Punk Rock

This is my own personal homage to female fronted punk rock. I’m not going to belittle women by saying they’re sisters or anything else that’s bullshit like that. Women rock too and this noisecast is absolute testament to female fronted punk rock… . *** Download here *** Tracklisting. L7 –...
Bobby Yeah has now arrived! Be warned!

Bobby Yeah has now arrived! Be warned!

After what seems an eternity the film has finally escaped the throws and woes of post production and made it onto tape. For those that dont know what the film is about (I still dont really know myself) here is a splurge written by the master himself- Robert Morgan. “Bobby...
'No Pearl Jam'

‘No Pearl Jam’

Listen to the Grungecast here… Grunge? I cant say I even knew what Grunge was when I got into it as a lowly spotty 17 year old kid but the whole Seattle movement and beyond Kobain’s death certainly changed my life forever. To me Grunge never existed until it was...
The Erect Spider - Kit list

The Erect Spider – Kit list

Just a brief run down on what I work with. The Erect Spider consists of…. Software. Main DAW is Sonar 8.02, I have been using Sonar (Cakewalk) for an eternity, around 15 years, my total preference to all the DAWS on the market. Adobe CS4. Main pre-editing software is SoundForge,...
Noisecast January 2011.

Noisecast January 2011.

Welcome to the first Volume of my noisecasts. This debut is dedicated to random 7″s from the 1990′s, all the 7″‘s have been scanned in and posted below for  fellow 90′s noise enthusiasts to gawp and gaze at. Download ZnO Noisecast V1 here
Bobby Yeah

Bobby Yeah

BOBBY YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! Very very proud to announce that Rob Morgan and I have almost completed the sound design for Rob’s amazing new work, “BOBBY YEAH”. Click on the trailer below for a sneak peek…. Sound Designing for this was a thoroughly enjoyable affair involving time stretching and detuning babies breast...
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ZnO – Absentee Provisions

ZnO – Absentee Provisions

New ZnO album can be found here
LIAF Industry Event: Sound In The Frame

LIAF Industry Event: Sound In The Frame

I’m part of the panel at the LIAF Industry Event: Sound In The Frame, Chaired by Larry Sider of the Brothers Quay films, I am guest speaking along side Andrew Barnabas (Bob and Barn), Paul Bush (animation director) and Zhe Wu (Sound Designer) I shall be talking about the recent work I contributed to the...
ATP(cast)

ATP(cast)

Download Here The latest Noisecast from ZnO. This is dedicated to the most amazing music festival I have ever been to (and I have been to a fair few). All Tomorrows Parties continue to give fans of the anti major music industry a real treat. Now in Japan, New York and London as well as...
Some of my sonic mayhem at The London International Animation Festival

Some of my sonic mayhem at The London International Animation Festival

Very very proud to be attending a screening of Robert Morgans full works and thus some of my sound design and score antics at The London International Animation Festival. The Venue is the lovely Horse Hospital in London FRIDAY APRIL 1st 7:30PM The tickets are £10 and can be found at we got tickets Running...
BOBBY YEAH! 5:1 Surround Mix finished.

BOBBY YEAH! 5:1 Surround Mix finished.

Robert Morgan and I attended the final surround 5:1 mixdown for BOBBY YEAH at the wonderful Voice and Music Company The film is now in its final phase of processing. I have to say that it sounds magnificent. Watch this space.
Noisecast January 2011. The A-Z (1)

Noisecast January 2011. The A-Z (1)

I couldnt resist doing an A-Z part one of my vinyl…… link to Noisecast. I is for Isis and this video was directed by great bearded friend Dominic Hailstone.
Over Taken (48 hour film)

Over Taken (48 hour film)

Made as part of the Branchage Film Festival’s 48-Hour Film Challenge 2009. This entire film was conceived, shot, edited and delivered within a single 48 hour period. The film won the critics choice award and can be seen here
Mushroom Cucumberland

Mushroom Cucumberland

This is the latest ZnO album available here for free download. Enjoy
Z(nO)vak Soldering Federation Ingestion

Z(nO)vak Soldering Federation Ingestion

Z(nO)vak is a collaboration project between Novak and ZnO.  Funnily entitled Z(nO)vak. He’s a writer and I like him and he likes me and I am here. Available for download here
The Separation

The Separation

What can I say about working on this film? It was glorious. When Rob first approached me with his new ideas for the film he thrusted some sketched out storyboard infront of me murmering the words “Think industrial”…..!! Rob does this, he has his great ideas and says things like “Think ‘organic’” or “Think ‘industrial’”...
ZnO(phobic)

ZnO(phobic)

The first ever ZnO album free download here
Monsters

Monsters

Copy from Mark to go here about Monsters. Link to film here