John Richards explores Dirty Electronics focusing on shared experiences, social interaction and critical making. He is concerned with the performance of large-group electronic music and DIY electronics, and he has come to consider these activities as a holistic action. It is a fluid, live practice associated with the ideas of workshop-installation and performance-installation. He has collaborated and performed with, amongst others, Merzbow, Pauline Oliveros and Howard Skempton a founder member of the Scratch Orchestra.