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Nahum Mantra

Recorded at the London Science Museum, June 28th, 2012.  * Recording arriving soon * Nahum Mantra – Theremin. Nahum Mantra is an artist, composer and multi-instrumentalist. He lives between London and Mexico City and works in the intersection of the…

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Phil Durrant

Recorded in the Great Hall, Goldsmiths’ College, London, on February 9th 2010 Computer Generated Music Born near London in 1957, Phil Durrant is an improviser/composer/sound artist who devises his own virtual performance instruments using Reaktor. As a violinist (and member…

Paul Lytton

Paul Lytton

Recorded at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, on August 8th  2010 Electro-Acoustic Percussion Paul Lytton (b.1947, London) is a free jazz percussionist based in Aachen. He began on drums at age 16. He played jazz in London in the late…

Sean Williams

Sean Williams

Recorded in London on April 6th, 2011 Three Way Conversation by Sean Williams This is not a recording of a performance nor is it a composition with some notional unmediated existence. It is a piece of sound design, sound art,…

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Nicolas Collins

Recorded at Wilton’s Music hall, London, November 4th, 2010. New York born and raised, Nicolas Collins studied composition with Alvin Lucier at Wesleyan University, worked for many years with David Tudor, and has collaborated with numerous soloist and ensembles around…

Keith Rowe

Keith Rowe

Recorded in Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 4th November, 2010. Guitar, Radios, Live Electronics Keith Rowe (b. 1940 in Plymouth, England) is a free improvising guitarist and painter. He is a founding member of both the influential improvisation group AMM in…

Zbigniew Karkowski

Zbigniew Karkowski

Recorded in January 2008 and April 2011. Phonograph Zbigniew Karkowski was born in Krakow, Poland. He studied composition at the State College of Music in Gothenburg, Sweden, aesthetics of modern music at the University of Gothenburg and computer music at…

Meat Sweats

Meat Sweats

Recorded in April 2011. Big Boss Level 1 (for cylinder) Influenced as much by primitive rockabilly as electronic noise, Meat Sweats are a London- based improvising power-trio.Their explosive and baffling improvised performances involve screaming 8-bit Elvis vocals, masks, hacked children’s…

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Phill Niblock

Photo © Metod Blejec Recorded in London on 17th February 2011. Sethwork (extract) American minimalist composer Phill Niblock has been active in his multimedia endeavors since the mid-’60s. His shows usually incorporate film footage (generally are long takes of non-Western people…

Lydia Kavina

Lydia Kavina

Recorded on June 30th 2009 in  Abingdon, Oxfordshire, U.K. Theremin Solo Lydia Kavina is currently one of the leading performing musicians on the theremin. Born in Moscow, Lydia began studying the theremin at the age of 9 under the direction…