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'''James Wyness''', also known as '''Arcadian Meadows''' or '''Ubanu Tarasa''', is a composer, instrument maker and [[scalesmith]] who works almost uniquely in the electroacoustic medium.
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Some of his influences include [[Lou Harrison]]’s biography, the journal ''[[Xenharmonikon]]'' (which was for a time edited by [[Daniel Wolf]]), and [[Indonesian]] gamelan music (which inspired most of the scales Wyness crafted).
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His current research in both stereo and multi-channel [[acousmatic]] composition focuses on the detailed investigation of the sound object and on the contrast and dialectic between overtly musical material on the one hand and mimetic material on the other.  
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His concert works, radio work and sound installations have been performed and presented throughout the UK, Europe and in North and South America.  
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He is currently studying part time towards a PhD in composition with [[Pete Stollery]] at Aberdeen University.  
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== Further reading ==
* ''[https://www.jameswyness.com/uploads/1/0/1/4/101459006/instruments_images.pdf Hand-made microtonal instruments]'' - James Wyness
* ''[https://www.jameswyness.com/uploads/1/0/1/4/101459006/instruments_tuning.pdf The tuning of hand-made microtonal instruments]'' - James Wyness
* ''[https://soundkitchenuk.org/3098/sonicpicnic-james-wyness James Wyness]'' - the SONICpicnic podcast
* ''[https://agosto-foundation.org/sites/archive/skolska28/en/node/2040.html Listening Environments (James Wyness)]'' - curator Veronika Resslová (2011)
* [[Gallery of Other Just Intonation Scales]] - lists the scales Wyness invented for his instruments, plus Lou Harrison’s scales which Wyness also uses in his compositions
 
== Online prescence ==
* [https://www.jameswyness.com/about.html jameswyness.com] - personal website
* Bandcamp pages
** [https://jameswyness.bandcamp.com/ James Wyness]
** [https://arcadianmeadows.bandcamp.com/ Arcadian Meadows]
** [https://ubanutarasa.bandcamp.com/ Ubanu Tarasa]
 
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