| Tom Hamilton | |
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"The synthesizer is such an anonymous instrument that few of it's players have come up with a personal style. Tom Hamilton is one of the few who has." [Kyle Gann, Village Voice] "A delight to devotees of the aesthetically inexplicable." [Jim Aikin, Keyboard Magazine] |
Tom Hamilton has composed and performed electronic music for over 25 years, and he most often features older analog synthesizers in performance and recording. Since 1979, he has been exploring the relationships between 'Formal and Informal Music' in an ongoing series of concerts and recordings that contrast structure with improvisation and textural electronics with acoustic instruments. Hamilton was a featured artist in summer 1996 at Sound Symposium in St. John's, Newfoundland, where he presented the installation version of Off-Hour Wait State, which uses the New York Subway system as a basis for his sound environment. A CD of this music is available on O.O. Discs, and features Thomas Buckner, Roscoe Mitchell, Ralph Samuelson, Peter Zummo and Jonathan Haas. Since 1990, Hamilton has been a member of composer Robert Ashley's touring opera ensemble, performing sound processing and mixing in both recordings and concerts. Hamilton has been a collaborator with visual artists, including Heleen Waterbolk (computer animator), Van McElwee and Morey Gers (video artists), and the late Ernst Haas (photographer). He performs and records with the improvising quartet Act of Finding with Bruce Arnold, Thomas Buckner and Ratzo B. Harris. Their CD is also available on O.O. Discs. |
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