Phil Archer completed a PhD in Composition at the University of East Anglia in 2004, and is currently working at Norwich University College of the Arts. His main areas of interest are circuit-bending and hardware hacking, the creation of electro-mechanical musical instruments and interfaces, and technology-based installation work. Past works have involved modified CD players, electronic music boxes, and the live circuit-bending of a mains-powered Yamaha keyboard by dripping water onto the circuit-board. His music has been played and broadcast around the world, and has performed with artists ranging from Dat Politics to Nic Collins. He also contributed to Nic's book 'Handmade Electronic Music'. Used to play guitar in the Anglo-Japanese electro punk-pop band Hyper Kinako, and does some more 'commercial' solo electronic music and remixes. Recently has moved from being predominantly interested in 'music technology' to simply exploring 'technology' and the ways in which we relate to it. This has resulted in projects involving interfacing plants with homemade electronics and installations employing visible and invisible frequencies of light.