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Before Oval brought the artful usage of CD-skipping towards the attention of a more substantial audience, Nicolas Collins was using Compact disc (and Compact disc player) manipulation, and a selection of electronics, in his compositions. After learning with Alvin Lucier, the brand new York native continued to utilize John Cage, …

Violist/violinist Eyvind Kang is from Seattle, where he studied music in Cornish University for the Arts furthermore to learning violin with Michael Light. In 1994, Kang received an Musician Support Program offer (from the Jack port Straw Basis) and utilized it to record the 1st seven of his group of …

Realistic was the guise of audio collage artist Wayne Towning, who previously recorded beneath the name Truth TwentyTwo. Fellow noisemaker Andrew Izold became a member of Towning for the very first Realistic documenting, 1993’s Tests in Hypnotism; the single Maidenhead adopted in 1998.

British isles producer Richard X was among the progenitors from the bastard pop phenomenon of the first 2000s and a substantial contributor to digital dance-pop of this decade, parlaying the notoriety he gained for some underground mash-ups — released beneath the alias Young ladies at the top — right into …

In territory much like Christian Marclay and David Shea, Philip Jeck can be an British avant-garde turntablist, plunderphonic test terrorist, and performance designer whose most well-known installation, Vinyl fabric Requiem, included a minimum of 180 turntables. After learning the visible arts at Dartington University in Devon, Jeck started a performance …

East Sussex DJ and multimedia musician Vicki Bennett has performed and composed beneath the name People Like Us since 1991. Similar to her close friends and periodic collaborators Negativland, Bennett’s functions combine music, dialogue, and discovered sounds from outdated vinyl fabric into expressive, amusing compositions. Her strategy has had many …

United kingdom sampling composer John Wall’s work creates fresh compositions from fragments of Compact disc and LP recordings. Passions in traditional composition, pc music, and free of charge improvisation are apparent in the task of the north London composer, who became energetic in avant-garde music circles in the first ’80s. …

Breakcore/IDM/experimental artist Jason Forrest began his career recording beneath the alias Donna Summer, not merely to confuse individuals who enjoy hearing the disco diva using the same name, but additionally (based on an interview in CBC Radio) for “subjecting visitors to a artificial problem of diversity.” In any case, his …

Canadian composer, saxophonist, and sound collage artist John Oswald is most beneficial known for his plunderphonics, that involves using examples of existing recordings to make a new work. Per year before Negativland got sued because of their U2 EP, Oswald was taken up to courtroom for his 1989 Plunderphonics Compact …

Digital music composer Philip Perkins spent some time working in film and collaborated with a number of West Coastline avant-garde musicians, like the Residents as well as the Hub. The Pennsylvanian 1st started dealing with tape during senior high school, while playing in pop/rock and roll bands. He aimed experimental …