Press, Reviews & Highlights
2025
Embrace — i Light Singapore (with Beamhacker)
Large-scale audiovisual installation supported by the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore
“One of the highlight installations of i Light Singapore 2025.” — DANAMIC
“Named among the Top Most Interactive Installations at i Light Singapore 2025.” — Little Day Out
2023
Catch-22 — Blue Room Theatre
“Metronomic sound design, at times so sharp and shattered it feels like you could almost see splinters of reverberation crossing the stage.” — Seesaw Mag
“Peter McAvan’s slick sound design defines these sections of the performance, transitioning from initially meditative sounds, to a buzzing urban soundscape through to techno beats that had people moving in their seats.” — Magazine6000
Reconcile — Blue Room Theatre
“Peter McAvan’s dissonant sound design evoked intentional sensory discomfort, cleverly drawing the audience out of their own minds, and into the spectral imprint of another’s embodied experience.” — ArtsHub
“Reconcile is emotionally sublime” ★ ★ ★ ★ ½ - OutinPerth
Infrared System — PTMC release, Midnight Elevator
“Infrared System strikes a nice balance between clattering percussion and 30,000ft atmosphere.” — Palms Out Sounds
Mix Up with PTMC — triple j / ABC
“Co-founder of Midnight Elevator and king of the West Coast underground … PTMC pushes boundaries across acid, breaks, electro, and leftfield techno.” — triple j, Mix Up
2022
In Your God — LINK Dance Company, State Theatre WA
“Both new works, one by Whaites and one by visiting artist James Welsby, set to the sounds of talented composer Peter McAvan.” — Seesaw Mag
“In ‘In Your God’, lateral bill of lip-synching, outrageous behaviour and exquisite dancing … McAvan’s vibrant electronic dance music … is integral to the success of this double bill.” — Seesaw Mag
WALK — Blue Room Theatre
“Experimental sound artist Peter McAvan … forms a multisensory tapestry.” — OUTinPerth
“Sounds created a scope of wonder and intrigue for the mindscape Bobby inhabits, communicating a flavour of science-fiction that marks the space as simultaneously alien and inviting.” — Pelican Magazine
“An impressively eerie and anxiety-inducing soundscape.” — Magazine6000
Spectrums of Chocolate Cake — Blue Room Theatre
“Peter McAvan’s sound design moves from perky 60s tunes to record-skipping, altered sounds before the party comes to a screeching halt.” — Magazine6000
Symbiosis — Perth Fringe World
“McAvan’s electronic score alternates between heavy beat structures and dissonant vocal fragments, pulling the piece between club culture and unsettling abstraction.” — ArtsHub
SITU-8: CITY — STRUT Dance / Tura
★★★★ — Limelight
2021
The Walk — Perth Festival / MoveMoveMove
“Experimental sound artist Peter McAvan … forms a multisensory tapestry.” — OUTinPerth
