sound art

Composer Pauline Oliveros is a maverick in the field of electronic music. Oliveros' first instrument was the accordion; as a teenager in Texas she played in a 100-piece accordion group that appeared at the rodeo. In 1949 she entered the University of Houston, but in 1952 transferred to San Francisco State College. Oliveros studied music privately with Robert Erickson and began to associate with a loose confederation of like-minded composers; Terry Riley, Steve Reich, and Morton Subotnick among them.

Rolf Julius (1939-2011) was an influential German sound artist.

Kostis Kilymis has been making music since 2006. He explores electronically produced sounds, enviromental stimuli, electroacoustic phenomena and the manipulation and arrangement of pre-recorded material. He produces records based on collage and arrangements of sound, though live he prefers to improvise on a no-input mixing board setup. He performs with others, though he usually records alone. Since 2009, he has started using the moniker "Syndromes" for his solo work.

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YASUNAO TONE (刀根康尚) was one of the first Japanese artists active in composing "events" and improvisational music. He has been active in the Fluxus movement since 1962 and has also been an organizer and participant in many important music and performance groups such as Group Ongaku, Hi-Red Center, Team Random (the first computer art group organized in Japan). Primarily a composer, Tone has worked in many media, creating pieces for electronics, computer systems, film, radio and television, as well as environmental art.

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