John Bischoff ~ Audio Combine ~ 2012 New World Records 80727-2
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- Audio Combine (2009) 12:53
- Sidewalk Chatter (2010) 12:32
- Local Color (2004) 11:47
- Decay Trace (2006) 11:46
- Surface Effect (2011) 11:00
John Bischoff (b. 1949) is an early pioneer of live computer music. He was a founding member of the League of Automatic Music Composers (1978), considered to be the world's first Computer Network Band. His long experience teaching music theory, harmony, and counterpoint is evident in his work: in the elegant balance of elements in his pieces can be heard an intuitive understanding of traditional musical forms expressed in sonic palettes far removed from the ones around which those forms were originally constructed. He describes his work as "a music built from the intrinsic features of the electronic medium at hand: high definition noise components, tonal edges, digital shading, and non-linear motion, all evolving in the variable context of live performance." While these features are all prominent, his work can also be considered fundamentally as a form of "expanded counterpoint," one in which the juxtaposition of sonic elements and their compositional development is a central concern. His work possesses a clear and intuitive sense of formal clarity combined with a nuanced deployment of audio events and textures