Dave Payling is an audo-visual artist based in Staffordshire UK. His compositions have been performed at events including ICAD: Sydney Opera House, ICMC: Shanghai and Understanding Visual Music: Brasilia. He is a section editor for Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture.
"""This offers an original take on visual music, rooted in the author's extensive experience working as a creator in the field. It has a distinctive focus on electronic music and visuals, and offers a useful mix of historical antecedents, interviews with current practitioners and pointers for practical and creative work."" Joseph Hyde, Emeritus Professor, Creative Music Technology, Bath Spa University ""Dave Payling, due to his large experience as a professor, researcher, and artist, successfully accomplished the task of producing a comprehensive book on the fascinating theme of electronic visual music. He addresses didactically the relevant theoretical topics and provides fertile insights related to the creative process for those interested in diving into this art."" Antenor Ferreira, University of BrasÃlia, Brazil"