On 4th of December we ran our first Sirens Studio Workshop ran by Delia Detritus! Delia Detritus is a multidisciplinary artist who works across a variety of disciplines including woodcarving, sound installation, improvisational music and spoken word.
Her musical output focuses on referencing neurodivergence, focusing on its effects on memory and diction using a variety of electronic instruments. 

WORKSHOP;
Delia's workshop gave a brief rundown of her live rig, giving hands on access to her modular gear and a guided session of drone making and performance. She explained how and why she makes certain choices before a performance as well as what informs her decisions on stage.
She explained the very basic process of making a homemade string instrument used extensively in her work that can be bowed, plucked or excited by means of a dc motor. The workshop allowed participants to leave with a fairly informed foundation from which to build their own noise music performance, with Delia demonstrating the relatively simple building blocks from which she builds a set and the more complex electronic trickery she uses to add excitement.
She demonstrated the methods and complex routing which she uses to get a variety of sounds and spaces from a relatively small system that both allow her to achieve a coherent set while leaving room for improvisation.
She also demonstrated creative uses of feedback, distortion and sound degradation as well as how she uses equipment of varying sound fidelity to allow the tone and timbre of her set to evolve as she touches on different subjects with her words.

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