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Phill Niblock
Phill Niblock (born Oct 2, 1933 in Anderson, IN) is a minimalist composer and videographer.
His music usually consists of simultaneous drones created from tape manipulations of recorded pitches performed by instrumentalists such as Rafael Toral , David First, Lee Ranaldo, and Thurston Moore, on Guitar too, for four (G2,44+1x2); and Ulrich Krieger , on Touch Food. He was to curate the Experimental Intermedia Foundation 's CD series with composers David Behrman and Lois V. Vierk but did it alone.
Phill Niblock makes thick, loud drones of music, filled with microtones of instrumental timbres which generate many other tones in the performance space. Simultaneously, he presents films/videos which look at the movement of people working, or computer driven black and white abstract images floating through time. Since the mid-60's he has been making music and intermedia performances which have been shown at numerous venues around the world. Since 1985, he has been the director of the Experimental Intermedia Foundation in New York where he has been an artist/member since 1968. He is the producer of Music and Intermedia presentations at EI since 1973 (about 1000 performances) and the curator of EI's XI Records label.
Phill Niblock's music is available on the XI, Moikai and Touch labels. A DVD of films and music is available on the Extreme label.
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