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John Oswald (born May 30, 1953 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian composer, saxophonist, media artist and dancer. His best known project is Plunderphonics , the practice of making new music out of previously existing recordings (see sound collage and musical montage ).
Jul 26, 2007 · John (Anthony) Oswald. Composer, saxophonist, record producer, dancer, writer, b Kitchener, Ont, 30 May 1953. His teachers included R. Murray Schafer and Barry ...
John Anthony Oswald. Profile: Composer, saxophonist, record producer, dancer, writer, b Kitchener, Ont, 30 May 1953. His teachers included R. Murray Schafer and Barry Truax at Simon Fraser University and David Rosenboom, Casey Sokol, Richard Teitelbaum, and James Tenney at York University.
Mar 2, 2022 · John Oswald is a musician, composer, and media artist based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he experimented with sampling and alternative modes of music distribution via projects like Burrows (1974-75), which features audio of William S. Burroughs cut up and re-arranged, and Mystery Tapes (1980- ), which ...
Feb 28, 2022 · John Oswald is a musician, composer, and media artist based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he experimented with sampling and alternative modes of music distribution via projects like Burrows (1974-75), which features audio of William S. Burroughs cut up and re-arranged, and Mystery Tapes (1980- ), which ...
Canadian composer, saxophonist, and sound collage artist John Oswald is best known for his plunderphonics, which involves using samples of existing recordings to create a new work. A year before Negativland…
The jury states: 'John Oswald has created an art - and vocabulary - of his own in his exceptional and innovative work as a sound artist, image alchemist, composer and media artist... Oswald's art, while often playful, is a serious examination of basic elements.
