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Ian Epps

About Me

Ian Epps is a Sonic/Visual Artist, customizing his life and
belongings, in Brooklyn, NY.

Ian Epps is interested in treating sound as units, much like
building blocks. These blocks become pieces of information that
synthesize space. Each block has a voice and sings, but together
sounds out the warmth and infinitely complex nature of a composed
environment.

1977 Born in Lakenheath, UK
1999 Alfred University, BFA
since 2002 resident in Brooklyn, NY, USA

He has played performances alongside and in collaboration with Rafael Toral , Ogurusu Norihide , Kenneth Kirschner. Mountains (Koen Holtkamp & Brendon Anderegg), Takeshi Mitsuhashi, Richard Devine, EVOL, Dave Gross and Liz Tonne, Richard Zvonar, Dan Walsh, Joe McPhee, Andrew Deutsch, and Pauline Oliveros. and collectively with Dan Walsh, and Jason Forrest aka Donna Summer under the name "the Computers".

more info can be found at ian epps..............com and a myspace link

selected discography
35 Mutant Seconds: based on Rafael Toral´s Creamy Burst
CD - Remix | gos016 / karu:3 | August 2005
feat. Pita, Fonica, Sawako, Richard Chartier, John Kannenberg, Stapletape, Allto and Ent
| www.grainofsound.com | www.baskaru.com |
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Album cover photo by Ian Epps
Memories of Sasaki san
CD - Remix | PSA - 001 | May 2005
Flim, Alejandra & Aeron, Bexar Bexar, Mika Sasaki, Chris Rosenau, Greg Davis, Hans Appelqvist, Mika Sasaki, asuna, Yoonkee, Harald ”sack” Ziegler, un caddie renverse dans l’herbe, Patrik Torsson, Ian Epps, Steve Roden, Yuichiro Fujimoto
| www.powershovelaudio.com |
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spokenslightlysoft
mp3 | on;(do) | February 2005 | 24:04
| www.ondomusic.com |
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standingpresence
mp3 | Addenda | April 2004 | 21:27
| www.seasonalbk.net |
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Ian Epps finds... the4yearoldchild: Courtside- volume1
CD | som301 | 2003
"The4yearoldchild is a continuing series of audio-portraits, documenting a world through child's eyes.
Ian Epps finds the4yearoldchild Courtside, entertains the idea of an identity of a child, constructed out of sound. Understanding that humans are complex filtering machines, Courtside is the4yearoldchild's experience of playing a game of lawn tennis. Developing a vocabulary of this activity, the child relies on memory, and an understanding of physics, weather conditions and human behavior".
“Ian Epps has pointed the way down numerous witty and provocative pathways using thickly layered organizations of sound.”( THE WIRE )
| www.softlmusic.com |
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Audiophone
CD | dceo002 | 2001
"Debut cd by video/audio artist Ian Epps. Epps creates a playful music out of manipulated sine waves and digital artifacts. For this genre of computer glitchery, Epps has a unique sense of phrasing and timing. He introduces charming musical hooks and bats them around and tears at them until they are lost in machine-like textures and atmospherics. Fragments of the original ideas then resurface throughout the disc's 86 tracks. This is a fun and promising debut work".
| www.deadceo.com |
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The Computers
CD | CRD | 2002
first release by The Computers is actually a single recorded improv session between Dan Walsh (The 100 year old man), Ian Epps (finds... The 4 year old child) and Jason Forrest (Donna Summer). Recorded last fall in Atlanta, this is what happens when three sets of computers lock horns.
| www.cockrockdisco.com | www.ianepps.com |

**Forthcoming
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7" | uframed recordings | 2006
chris forsyth (PSI), koen holtkamp (Mountains), ian epps, kenta nagai, annette krebs, and giuseppe ielasi
| www.unframedrecordings.net |

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 05/06/2005
Band Website: http://www.ianepps.com
Band Members: ian epps
Influences: john cage (philosopy), brian eno, tony conrad, et al
Sounds Like: compared to Fennesz, Microstoria, Oval, Mum, Anderegg, Sebastien Roux, Fonica, Alva Noto, Ronnie Sunden, Ryoji Ikeda
Record Label: SoftL Music, Dead CEO, Cock Rock Disco
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Record Release Party - Saturday 7 March 2009

Hope to See you there
Posted by on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:20:00 GMT

Performance - Sat. January 5th

..>..>..> 01/05/2008 08:00 PM - Tommy's Tavern ...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 22:34:00 GMT

sorry! No Promotional Comments

I appreciate all of your comments! ...but I don't think it appropriate to allow promotional content.  I will delete themsorry....but let's please stay connected.best for this spring....Ian Epps
Posted by on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:09:00 GMT

July 22nd Performance @ "BAPLab" - Bushwick Art Project

6:00pm - Richard Garet, Ian Epps, Shimpei Takeda, Andy Graydon, MPLD & Ben Owen........................................................ ................................................. Date: &...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:39:00 GMT

Rooftop Benefit Party - Saturday July 8th @ 10pm

Spread the word. Hope you can make it!.... Rooftop Benefit Party for a Rooftop Artshow Come dance under the stars with DJ's JRG- Kompakted +house (minimal house) b owen- grassy knolls + muffler boo...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:46:00 GMT

:.3.: |||||| some more music ||||||

Winter Construction cdr comp/print object on dead ceo (dceo003)       "Winter ...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 12:31:00 GMT

:.2.: |||||| some more music ||||||

Another mp3 release from addendastandingpresenceAddendaregards,+Ian
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 12:04:00 GMT

:.1.: |||||| some more music ||||||

I've realized that I neglected to post other websites that carry my music...of course, you can stream my music, at last.fm ...here is another release from on;(do)..... . spokenslightlysofton;(do)Check...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 11:48:00 GMT

more music to listen to

Hush the morning speaks at night here is some music I published to post.thing.net while I wait for other submissions to filter in. THING.net personal weekly charts
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:32:00 GMT