Magpie Music Dance Co.

Scots musician + sound engineer based in Amsterdam since 1991. Living and working at social/cultural centre OT301 since 1999.

Current musical activities include improvising electronics for dance performances [MUSIC / DANCE301, WONDERLAND, MAGPIE etc.], playing bass guitar with GETATCHEW MEKURIA + THE EX, touring extensively [Europe, USA, Canada, Ethiopia] as live sound engineer with THE EX and mastering CD projects for local labels [Unsounds, Terp, Power vs. Power, Transformed Dreams].

Co-founder + programme co-ordinator of STICHTING STUDIO301, an artist-run collective who manage and develop the events programme at OT301, producing over 200 events per year [concerts, dance + theatre performances, cinema screenings + DJ nights].
http://squat.net/ot301/pages/studioz.html

Co-curator [with Alexandra Manasse] and musical director of MUSIC / DANCE 301, a monthly music + dance improvisation performance event at OT301.
http://musicdance301.blogspot.com/