Akio Suzuki (鈴木昭男) is a japanese artist born in North Korean Pyongyang (1941). At the age of four he moved to Japan, to a town called Aichi. During the 60's ,he began his "self-study events"; for four years he worked as a sound researcher, studying the sound qualities of places in nature and architectural spaces. He investigates places by constructing a topography of sound based on the principle of call and echo.
Rhythm, drone & psychedelic noise collective formed Nov 06, Manchester, UK.
The line-up shrinks and swells as the music rotates & expands to reach new frontiers and quite possibly other worlds. 12" LP (co-released w/Pariah Child) and 7" & CD-R split w/Bong (Box Records) out March 2009.. Still available - The Somnambulist's Tale (Sloow Tapes) and Aquarian Downer split release w/ White Hills....
Gnod have mercy.
Kellar are a three-piece instrumental texturerock band whose members are drawn from the ranks of various Brighton-based improv, experimental, and noise-rock bands. Andy Pyne - drums
Dan Cross - guitar, bass, and FX
Dave McNamee - guitar, kalimba, oscillator, loops and samples
Sanhedrin: Salvation Through Sin now available for FREE DOWNLOAD at: http://sanhedrin.bandcamp.com
Sanhedrin was originally formed by Reece Holloway & Parmahn Azad, two like-minded individuals who wanted to explore their interests in Black & Death Metal. The group was formed in early 2009 in Huddersfield, England. Initially Reece (Vocals & Keyboards) & Parmahn (Guitar, Bass & Drums) shared musical ideas which became the three songs featured on the first Sanhedrin Demo. This early work was recorded in Parmahn’s flat using basic equipment and was simply used to showcase the early material.
Antoine Chessex is a Swiss saxophone player, improviser, composer and experimental musician born in 1980 in Vevey, Switzerland. His works are based on the exploration of the physicality of sounds and spaces. Nowadays Chessex plays mostly as a solo performer appearing either in fully acoustic settings where his circular breathing textures react with the sonic architecture of the space he is performing in or amplifying his horn with amps or PA systems and electronic devices often resulting in intense live actions.
There are 2 different jazz musicians named George Lewis's listed here, bios of both follow: 1. A New Orleans based traditional jazz clarinetist (born 1900 - died 1968), a contemporary of Bunk Johnson and Kid Ory, the streaming audio on Last.fm is all by George Lewis 1. 2. A modern computer-interfacing trombonist and composer born 1952 in Chicago who has played with numerous current artists including on Laurie Anderson's album Big Science. Bios
dj sniff (Takuro Mizuta Lippit) believes in the instrumental autonomy of the turntable and the musicianship of the DJ. His music focuses on the reconstruction of phonographically amplified sounds through electro-acoustical methods and techniques of turntablism.
He has performed in numerous venues in the U.S., the U.K., Japan, Russia, Romania, Austria, Italy, Germany, France, Lithuania, Croatia, the Netherlands and has been invited to perform at festivals such as Bent 05 (US)...
Thomas Lehn is a German-born piano and synthesizer player active in free improvisation and contemporary music.
Lehn has recorded with Marcus Schmickler, Keith Rowe, John Butcher, Phil Minton, Phil Durrant, Radu Malfatti, Axel Dörner, Cor Fuhler, Gerry Hemingway, Andy Moor of The Ex, and is a member of the electronic orchestra M.I.M.E.O..
In 1997 Lehn formed a free improvisation band Konk Pack.
Robin Hayward studied tuba and composition at the Royal Northern College of Music and at the University of Manchester, England. His involvement in contemporary music started when he attended a course in 1989 with Giancarlo Schiaffini and the late Luigi Nono, where he studied Nono’s Post-prae-ludium per Donau for tuba and live-electronics. In 1993 he attended a workshop lead by Barry Guy, which led to him joining the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra, where he played alongside many key figures in English improvised music.