Tristan Shone
Tristan Shone, Author&Punisher (LIVE-> 2008-2009 Highlight Reel) from Tristan Shone on Vimeo.
I am a mechanical engineer (RPI, BS), sculptor (UCSD, MFA), musician (doom band Author & Punisher) and creator of the Drone Machines (and now Dub Machines) industrial sound controllers. Alongside fabricating machines and composing sound for performance, I work at the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research (NCMIR.ucsd.edu) at UCSD as a mechanical engineer.
Drone Machines are custom made machines fabricated from raw materials and utilizing open source circuitry. The devices draw heavily on aspects of industrial automation, robotics and mechanical tools and devices, focusing on the eroticism of interaction with machine. The machines require significant force from the performer, aligning he or she with the plodding drone and doom influenced sounds that are created.
See: Drone Machines (catalog) for more details
or my resume for work history etc.
Previously, I played in Empathy Test (1995 to 1997, released one album), Falkirk (1997 to 2000, released several cassette demos), Bourne (2002 to 2004), Author & Punisher (2004 to —).
Author & Punisher
We/I perform under this name by myself or in collaboration. Lately, this has become the majority of how my work is presented: I make machines and devices that control sound and I perform with them in a doom/dub/drone influenced style. Recently,
William Driskill, a long time A&P performer, toured in May/June with the band and is sure to contribute in the future. He will be playing mostly the 5-string baritone guitar along with some drums and synth.
