San Francisco-based composer John Bischoff (1949), a student of
Robert Moran, James Tenney, Robert Ashley, and David Behrman,
pioneered interactive electronic and computer music in the 1970s.
Rendezvous/On «Just For The Record» (Lovely)
In the 1980s, he founded the world's first computer network band,
League of Automatic Music Composers.
Artificial Horizon (Artifact, 1990) documents a collaboration with Tim Perkis.
In the 1990s, he joined the ensemble the Hub, which recorded Wrecking Ball (Artifact, 1994).
His methods are best represented by the compositions collected on
Aperture (23five, 2003):
Piano 7hz (2002), Interlude (2001), Graviton (2001), Immaterial States (1999), Override (2002), Sealed Cantus (2002), and Aperture (2002).
The triple disc Boundary Layer: The Hub (Tzadik) was performed by a six computer lineup.
Audio Combine (New World, 2012)
collects five pieces composed in 2004-11:
Audio Combine,
Sidewalk Chatter,
Local Color,
Decay Trace,
Surface Effect.
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(Translation by/ Tradotto da Andrea Marengo)
Il compositore di San Francisco John Bischoff (1949), uno
studente di Robert Moran James Tenney, Robert Ashley, e David Behrman, fu
pioniere della musica elettronica interattiva e della computer music negli anni
settanta.
Rendezvous/On <<Just For The Record>> (Lovely).
Negli anni ottanta fondò la prima band per computer
collegati in rete al mondo, la Leaugue Of Automatic Music Composers. Artificial
Horyzon (Artifact, 1990) è una collaborazione con Tim Perkis. Negli anni
novanta si unì al complesso The Hub, che registrò Wrecking Ball (Artifact,
1994). I suoi metodi sono meglio rappresentati da composizioni raccolte su
Aperture (23five, 2003), Piano 7hz (2002), Interlude (2001), Graviton (2001),
Immaterial States (1999), Override (2002), Sealed Cantus (2002) e Aperture
(2002).
Il triplo Boundary Layer: The Hub (Tzadik) venne eseguito da
uno schieramento di sei computer.
Audio Combine (New World, 2012) raccoglie cinque pezzi
composti tra il 2004-2011: Audio Combine, Sidewalk Chatter, Local Trace,
Surface Effe.
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