Mukul is in-house sound artist at ambientTV.NET, where he collaborates across media including film, live performance and the internet. His work is concerned as much with the transmission of sound as its creation; informed by a background in science and Indian music, it plays along the borders between music and noise, rule-bound forms and chance, and technology and tradition.

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ambientTV.NET is a crucible for independent, interdisciplinary projects ranging in form from installation through documentary, dance, and theatre, to sound and video composition and manipulation. We develop social and technical infrastructure and promote network architectures that allow explorations of practice. Techniques and effects of live data broadcasting and transmission provide theme, medium, and performative space for many of the works.

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selected recent worklive/installations

*flipflop — touring telematic theatre with motion poet Ajay Naidu (in production, 2003)
*AV DINNERS — live and multi-channel streaming gastronomic event withan emphasis on the erotic. In collaboration with chefs, a poet, and Moonradio web TV. (July 2003)
*music for Armadillo for your show – performance by Oleg Kulik (Tate Modern, London, 2003)
*The Spy School — investigating the post 9/11 surveillance society through exercises at Hull Time-Based Arts, UK (2003) and at the 1st Tel Aviv International Video Festival (2002)
*Stealth Waltz — commissioned for Kingdom of Piracy net art exhibition (Taiwan / presented at Ars Electronica 2002)
*Karaoke Busking (sound installation at the White Space Gallery, London, 2002)
*Telejam — series of streaming audio/video “jam sessions” exploring transmission delays and feedback over the internet (since 2001)
*Acoustic Space Lab symposium (VIRAC, Latvia, since 2001)
music for dance
*Critics Choice***** music for The Ballet Boyz (choreographed by Akram Khan, London 2003)
*DNAsia sound and video installation for Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company (London, 2003)
*Housed multiroom sound and dance installation based on Conrad’s Heart of Darkness for Prised Open (London, 2002)

recent recordings

*Soundtrack for Virtual Borders (feature length documentary on the Akha people of the Mekong Quadrangle by Manu Luksch, forthcoming)
*7 Sky 7 Ground (remix for Marque Gilmore, forthcoming)
*Suvara – remix project for Rafi Hanif (Afghani musicians) in collaboration with Radio FRO 105.0 FM, (Linz, Austria)
*Above Space (short film soundtrack for Kadam on the occasion of the Commonwealth Games)
*Storm (remix for Sarah Sarhandi)
*Home (remix for Karsh Kale)
*Maro Jailo (remix for Maharaja — Rajasthani gypsy musicians)
*Acoustic Space Lab (CD/DVD by RIXC in Riga, Latvia) http://acoustic.space.re-lab.net
*Music for 8mm (remix for Ivor Guest & Sarah Sarhandi)
DJ habit
- London: Bridge&Tunnel, 93 Feet East, Fabric, The End, The Blue Note, ICA, Vibe Bar, 333, Tate Modern
- Elsewhere: Futureproof, Mutiny (NYC); Azaad, Betalounge (San Francisco); Raspberry Rhino (Mumbai); and in France (Cannes Film Festival 1999; festival international du documentaire, Marseille 2001), Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Latvia
*for the record: Anokha and Calcutta Cyber Café (London, 1996–2001). Anokha ran Monday nights at the Blue Note. Calcutta Cyber Café was a more laid-back space for classical and experimental performances.

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education
* Berkeley Fellowship (University of California at Berkeley, 2000) – left in 2001
* BA Hons in Natural Sciences / Social and Political Sciences (King’s College, Cambridge, 1992)

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contact
e: [email protected]
ph: +44 (0) 7976 798397
post: ambientTV.NET, Regent Studios #76, 8 Andrews Road, London E8 4QN