Ikue Mori is considered a legendary composer and musician of the downtown scene. Soon after arriving to New York from her native city of Tokyo in 1977, she became drummer/co-founder/co-composer of the seminal punk/no-wave band DNA with fellow noise pioneers Arto Lindsay and Tim Wright. Mori has developed a unique and innovative technique of combining modified drum machines and triggered samplers. She continues to be recognized and awarded for her cutting-edge electronic music that includes works with musicians: Bill Frisell, Christian Marclay, John Zorn, Tom Cora, Derek Bailey, Zeena Parkins, Anthony Coleman, Kato Hideki, Sylvie Courvoisier, Susie Ibarra, Kim Gordon and Aki Onda, to name a few.
Originally from rural New England and now living in New Mexico, William Fowler Collins (b.1974) is a musician whose work explores and synthesizes both musical and extra-musical elements. Improvisation, field recordings, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, laptop computer, processed recordings, micro-cassette tape recorders, and home-made electronic devices all play roles in creating, performing, and the recording of his music.
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