https://ambermayamusic.bandcamp.com/album/shade-ep?from=embed
“James Risbey’s immaculate sound design, one part Twin Peaks, one part Bladerunner, is a brilliant contribution though and deserves special mention”. – Lucien Johnson, Theatreview
“Instead, I am transported to somewhere much more magical when James Risbey’s
score plays. – Kerry Wallis, Theatreview
Selected Reviews
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/70044019/ann-hunts-footnote-dance-review
https://www.theatreview.org.nz/production/magnificent-remains/#wonderfully-unique-and-refreshing
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1402/S00461/dunedin-fringe-show-visually-stunning-must-see.htm
https://www.theatreview.org.nz/production/apt-y-idos/#disconnection-dissociation-and-detachment
https://www.theatreview.org.nz/production/tassel-me-this/
https://danz.org.nz/now%202015%20review
https://danz.org.nz/the%20cost%20of%20arms%20and%20legs%20review
Most Recent Works (Past 5 years)
2021
‘Love, instantly!’ – Neža Jamnikar (Multi-Award Winning Film)
‘Magnificent Remains’ – Brittany Kohler and Dance Plant Collective (Live Dance Performance)
2022
‘Rituals of Similarity’ – Natasha and Brittany Kohler (Video Work Tempo Dance Festival)
2023
‘Dancing Otepoti: Sensuous Ecographies of Place’ – Ali East (Dance Video Series)
Past
Completed Sound Works:
2012
‘Blood Brother’ –
Tallulah Holly-Massey
‘Wai Ahua Bienniel’ –
Pacific Institute For The Performing Arts (Cathy Livermore)
‘Kaha: Indigenarchy’ –
Atamira Dance Company (Kelly Nash)
‘Meme: Skin’ – Kelly
Nash
2013
‘Demigod / Half-Human –
Shani Dickens (NZ Fringe Tour, Body Festival, BATS Theatre)
‘Wai’ –
Atamira Dance Company (Hou: Corban’s Estate)
‘Keep / Self’ –
Backlit Productions (Body Festival, Maidment Theatre)
‘Awkward Altars’ –
Cat Ruka (The Basement Theatre)
2014
‘Nymphets’ –
Zahra Killeen-Chance (Sound Score for Video Work)
‘Apt Y Idos’
– Natalie Maria Clark (Q Theatre)
‘Tassel Me This’ –
Jessie McCall & Shani Dickens (NZ Fringe Tour, Tempo, Body, Etc)
‘Bike Te Atatu’ –
Jemma Nissen (Short Documentary)
2015
‘Saturniid’ –
Works For Loudspeakers (Compilation and Touring Exhibition)
‘Revilery’ –
Footnote Dance Company (NZ Tour)
‘Bound’ –
James Solomon (Short Film For K rd Stories Series)
‘Broke’ –
James Solomon (Short Film For K rd Stories Series)
‘K rd Stories’ –
Intersectional Sound Design Between Short Films
‘Shade EP’ –
Amber Maya (Producer / Composition)
‘Robin Goblin’ –
Jackson Coe (Theatre Sound Score. Basement Theatre)
2016
‘Pick & Mix’ –
Touch Compass Dance Company (NZ Tour)
‘Your Own Personal Exister’
–
Footnote Dance Company (NZ Tour)
‘Emerging Choreographers’
–
New Zealand Dance Company (NZ Tour)
‘Manaia: Pito’ –
Atatmira Dance Company (Kelly Nash, Nancy Wijohn. NZ Tour)
2017
‘It’s A Soft Suggestion’
-Tallulah Holly-Massey (Basement Theatre)
2018
‘Tender Is The Night’ –
Tallulah Holly-Massey (Basement Theatre Artist In Residence)
‘Same Sun’ –
Georgie Goater & Maikki Palm (Helsinki) (Short & Sweet
Auckland)
‘The Cost Of Arms And Legs’
–
Dance Plant Collective (Auckland Fringe Festival)
‘Mammoth’ –
Tallulah Holly-Massey (Basement Theatre Artist In Residence)
‘Daily Exposure’ –
Art Exhibition on Well-Being (Window Gallery)
‘Bad Mood’ –
Tallulah Holly-Massey (Basement Theatre Artist In Residence)
2019
‘So Real’ –
Tallulah Holly-Massey (Experimental Dance Week Aotearoa)
‘Mihi’ –
Cathy Livermore (Experimental Dance Week Aotearoa)