To hear on Sunday January 4 and 11, 2009, 2 pm - 9 pm:
Audio Combine
by John Bischoff
"Audio Combine" is a solo electro-acoustic work for sound-making objects and laptop. As the objects are activated, the resulting sounds are amplified, processed, and recycled in fragmented form based on the timing patterns of their initial occurrence. As more sounds are made, more layers of fragmentation are generated on top of one another. One can think of the piece as the real-time construction of a sonic collage which is different each performance because the performer's timing and interaction with the objects is always different.
John Bischoff
(b. 1949, San Francisco) has been active in the experimental music scene in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 30 years as a composer, performer, and teacher. He is known for his solo constructions in real-time synthesis and the pioneering development of computer network bands. His performances around the US include NEW MUSIC AMERICA festivals in 1981 and 1989, Experimental Intermedia and Roulette in New York, and the Beyond Music Festival in Los Angeles. He has performed numerous times in Europe including the Festival d'Automne in Paris, Akademie der Künst in Berlin, Fylkingen in Stockholm, and TUBE in Munich. He was a founding member of the League of Automatic Music Composers (1978) and of the network band The Hub with whom he has performed and recorded from 1985 to the present. In 1999 he received an award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (NYC) in recognition of his music. Recordings of his work are available on Artifact, 23Five, Lovely, New World Records, and Tzadik. He is currently on faculty in the Music Department at Mills College in Oakland, California.
www.johnbischoff.com