Dale Cotton currently resides in Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland, New Zealand.
He graduated from the SAE Institute Sydney in 1992 with a Diploma in audio engineering,
& from Otago University in 2018 with a Masters in Music studying sonic art.
Currently, he is pursuing a PhD in music at Victoria University Wellington - Te Herenga Waka in 2023.
 
He is a practising artist and media professional with many New Zealand music awards to his name.
Cotton primarily works within the context of music & sonic art composition,
data visualisation & sonification, production design and installation.

His inspiration comes from the history of music & visual art as well as the immediate matter of the world around us.
He is fascinated with the way these things behave, how they are generated,
by systems, data & the traces these systems reveal.

These interests have led his work into worlds of cutting-edge technologies, new media & sonification.
Binding together these inspirations enables an overarching search for new modes of artistic expression
& an investigation into the way it can touch and inform the viewer & listener.

Acousmatic music works can be listened to here:
https://soundcloud.com/d-cotton-aotearoa
 
Commercial music production works can be watched here:
https://audioworkshop.tumblr.com
 
Related New Zealand awards:
Best Pacific Language Album 2011,
Best Folk Music Album 2005/2008, Electronic Album of the Year 2003,
Producer of the Year 1998/1999,
First prize in the annual Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Award 2022.

Related Commercial Production work:
Production Designer for Fitzbeck Creative / KB Creative (2013-2023)
Production Designer for the Tui NZ country music awards (2011-2013)
Production Manager for Otago University (2006-2008)
Sound Designer for Auckland Theatre Company productions (2004-2006)
Production Designer for the Edge Creative – (2005-2006)
Production Engineer for live acts for TVNZ (2003-2004)