About
Andrew Shackleton produces audio/visual art, under the umbrella alias Flux-us, to create immersive experiences which are intended to be transcendent. Always working from the premise that “we come from the darkness into the light” he explores and utilises esoteric, occult and psychedelic themes with both visuals and sound. He has produced work for club nights, multimedia performances, installations for galleries and a promenade site specific morality play. He has a flair for technology and its use in applying it to the arts and media and works with a fine attention to detail and quality.
Equipment:
Sound: Torso T1 sequencer, Elektron Digitakt 11, Elektron Syntakt, Dreadbox Typhon, MicroMonsta 2, V3 Grand Piano XXL, Roland TB-03, Waldorf Blofeld, 1010 Music Tangerine, Midronome (Master Clock), Blokas MidiHub, N16 Faderbank, 3U processing Rack with 10 channel mixer, Focusrite Compounder compressor/limiter/gate, Aphex Aural Exciter.
Visuals: Resolume VJ Software, MSI i7 16GB Nvidia RTX 2060 laptop, 2 x Acer 5000 Lumen HD Projectors, 1 x Optoma 3500 Lumen Short Throw HD projector, 180inch fastfold front and back projection screen.
Current Projects
2021 – Now
Gnostic Rebellion are an audio/visual Esoteric Electronic duo comprising of Andrew Sloan (rhythm and beats) and Andrew Shackleton (melody, texture and visuals), based in Frome, Somerset, UK. Hardware synthesisers, sequencers and sample based sound modules are used. After playing live numerous times, including supporting the Orb and Richard Norris, and with over 23K views and 600 subscribers on You Tube, our debut album was released in July 2024.
2003 – Now
Flux-us is an experimental electronic audio/visual solo project. He has been making music using a variety of tools, starting with Reason, Ableton Live, and now mainly using various analogue hardware synthesisers and instruments.
https://soundcloud.com/flux-us
Past Projects
2017
Isis | Horus | Osiris. This exhibition used close up photographs of eyes submitted by the public during a 7-week period between 1st December 2016 and 20th January 2017. Considering eyes are regarded as the window to the soul, the artist’s intention was to use these photographs as an invocation to the ancient Egyptian gods; Isis, Horus and Osiris. The exhibition featured a video tryptic with a custom soundscape and a wall featuring a 13 x 8 grid of A6 framed postcards, one of each eye superimposed on the wings of a butterfly.
2015-2017
SHiFTY were a four piece post-punk, post-pop, apocalyptic electro-disco collective based in Frome, Somerset, UK. The electronic live arrangements and live visuals were created by Flux-us using Ableton Live and Processing.
2013
Tales of the Tunnels was a site specific installation and promenade morality play set in and around the famous Frome tunnels. Reflecting on the Past, Present and Future, Tales of the Tunnels muses on the state of mankind’s relationship with the Earth, each other and itself. Andrew instigated, produced, managed and directed the project, along with Bo Bowman-Shaw.