Takuro Mizuta Lippit

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Takuro Mizuta Lippit (aka DJ Sniff; born in San Francisco, California) [1] is a turn-tableist, curator and producer, who works in experimental electronic arts and improvised music. [2]

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Life

Takuro Mizuta Lippit studied philosophy and art history at Keio University in Tokyo. [3] As a musician, he is largely autodidact and has stated that he learned most of his skills from the internet. [4] From 2008 to 2013, he was artistic director of STEIM in Amsterdam. [5] He currently is an assistant visiting professor in the School of Creative Media at City University of Hong Kong. [6]

Work

Lippit combines DJing, instrument design and free improvisation. He is particularly known for his approach to the turntable as an autonomous musical instrument. [7] His work engages with diverse forms of sonic media, ranging from archival collections of vinyl records to real-time digitally captured sounds during performances. His work often involves a combination of turntables and software instruments, many of which he developed at STEIM. [8] In 2015, Lippit and composer Otomo Yoshihide founded 'Ensembles Asia', a pan-Asian network of experimental and electronic musicians. [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mediamatic.net - Takuro Mizuta Lippit/ dj sniff" . Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  2. ↑ "Takuro Mizuta Lippit / DJ Sniff - K11 Art Foundation" . Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  3. ↑ "DJ Sniff – 22 June 2012 | The Noise Upstairs". www.thenoiseupstairs.com. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  4. ↑ Collins, Nick; d'Escrivan, Julio (2007-12-13). The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge University Press. ISBN   9781107495326.
  5. ↑ Mancuso, Anne (2010-05-06). "Spare Times". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  6. ↑ "School of Creative Media". School of Creative Media. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
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  8. ↑ "STEIM". V2_Institute for the Unstable Media. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  9. ↑ "Major pan-Asian experimental music project launched - The Wire". www.thewire.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
  10. ↑ "ENSEMBLES ASIA". ensembles.asia. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
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