Program:

A record release event for Touch Strings - a 2CD set on the Touch label, with three new pieces by Phill Niblock:

- "Poure" for cello, Arne Deforce;

- "Stosspeng" for two guitars in stereo, with Susan Stenger and Robert Poss;

- "One Large Rose", the Nelly Boyd Ensemble

Performed will be Poure - Arne Deforce, cello and Stosspeng - Susan Stenger and Guy De Bievre, guitars; and with film.

http://www.touchmusic.org.uk/ and www.phillniblock.com for info on previous releases.

PHILL NIBLOCK makes thick, loud drones of music, filled with microtones of instrumental timbres which generate many other tones in the performance space. Simultaneously, he presents films / videos which look at the movement of people working, or computer driven black and white abstract images floating through time.

He was born in Indiana, US, in 1933. Since the mid-60's he has been making music and intermedia performances which have been shown at numerous venues around the world among which: The Museum of Modern Art; The Wadsworth Atheneum; the Kitchen; the Paris Autumn Festival; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels; Institute of Contemporary Art, London; Akademie der Kunste, Berlin; ZKM; Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard; World Music Institute at Merkin Hall NYC.

Since 1985, he has been the director of the Experimental Intermedia Foundation in New York [www.experimentalintermedia.org] where he has been an artist / member since 1968. He is the producer of Music and Intermedia presentations at EI since 1973 [about 1000 performances] and the curator of EI's XI Records label. In 1993 he was part of the formation of an Experimental Intermedia organization in Gent, Belgium – EI v.z.w. Gent – which supports an artist-in-residence house and installations there.

Phill Niblock's music is available on the XI, Moikai, Mode and Touch labels. A DVD of films and music is available on the Extreme label. www.phillniblock.com