In 1976 he released Grey Scale, a LP of pieces in minimalist idiom, as part of his Degree show.
[1] The cover was from fellow student and video artist, Stephen Partridge with whom he made a number of collaborations over the next 20 years.
Cunningham has worked as a musician and record producer, engaging with an eclectic range of people and music, from bands such as This Heat, Palais Schaumburg to improvisers (David Toop, Steve Beresford) to Michael Nyman's music for Peter Greenaway's films.
[1][2] Film and television work has included two long continuing collaborations - with William Raban, recently '72-82', 'London Republic' and 'Available Light' and with Ken McMullen, most recently with 'Οχί An Act of Resistance' and McMullen's earlier films 'Being and Doing', 'Zina' and (alongside Michael Giles and Jamie Muir) 'Ghost Dance'.
Related work has included the production and treatment of sound for installation and broadcast artworks by Susan Hiller, Cerith Wyn Evans, Laure Prouvost, Martin Creed, Amikam Toren, João Penalva, Ceal Floyer, Ian Breakwell, Gillian Wearing, Thomas Demand, Sam Taylor-Johnson, John Latham, David Hall, Stephen Partridge, Bruce McLean, Tony Sinden, Brad Butler and Karen Mirza and many others.