Jesse Austin-Stewart - Music for Playstation
About: Jesse Austin-Stewart (he/him) is a sound artist and researcher based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealandn at Massey University.
As a physically disabled and neurodivergent person, Jesse's research seeks to promote accessibility for d/Deaf, and disabled peoples within music and the creative industries.
Jesse has composed for contemporary dance and film and created performance art works and sound installations. His works have been exhibited across Aotearoa, Australia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, Japan, Sweden, USA, and more. He has recorded work for short films, orchestra, solo artists and bands, small ensemble, opera, and his work has received over 2,800,000 streams online.
Jesse’s work has been featured in numerous publications including NME, MixMag, MusicTech, The Spinoff, RNZ, Stuff, as well as academic publications, and has been funded by Creative New Zealand, NZ On Air, Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture & Hertiage, NZ Music Commission, and more.
Piece: Music for PlayStation is a collection of musical vibration pieces made to be played back through the PlayStation Dualsense controller.
After picking up the controller you will start to feel it vibrate in your hands. Feel the way that the rhythms move from left to right and the way the changing patterns feel against your palms.
These tracks are made to be felt, not heard. This music has been designed so that audiences of all types of hearing, whether hearing, hard of hearing, or d/Deaf, can engage with the music on equal terms.
Jesse worked with hard of hearing and d/Deaf artists in the concept development and writing of these musical works. This project is available on all popular streaming sites as well as free download on Bandcamp.