RICK WALKER: (found & invented sound/extended vocal techniques/loops)
A CELEBRATION of 30 YEARS of LIVE LOOPING

with guest artists:
DAVID TRISTRAM (iPhone/loops)
JOHN CONNELL (sampler/synth/loops)

Rick Walker
In Rick Walker's 50 year career as a musician, bandleader, producer, instructor and multi-instrumentalist/world percussionist/drummer he has been instrumental in starting 2 distinct movements in modern music: The so called 'World Beat' movement and the Live Looping Movement. From experiments in the pre-digital world of live looping using tape in the early 1980's to his 30 years of looping in the digital era; Rick founded the international live looping movement with a series of live looping festivals from 1997 through 2001 and then with the creation of the Y2K International Live Looping Festival in 2001. Credited with inventing the term 'live looping' which distinguished itself from the use of pre-recorded sample and tape loops used in DJing and Re-Mix genres, Rick's annual festival in Santa Cruz California has directly inspired the creation of live looping festivals in 102 cities in 31 countries in the last 25 years.

A self described "Found and Invented Sound, multi-instrumental, Live Looping" solo artist, he has headlined music festivals in 20 countries in the past 22 years included Live Looping Festival, Noise Festivals, Goth/Inustrial Festivals, Dark AmbientFestival and Experimental Music Festivals. Currently, he is also very active in the Northern California Jazz world as a drummer/composer/bandleader.

David Tristram
David Tristram is a video artist and musician working in Santa Cruz California.

Tryptich Descending
This three part electronic looping composition explores polyrhythm and harmony and the space where they converge. Multiple periodic modulations combine to form short syncopated phrases, while loop periods create longer term temporal structure. In a second section, physically based synthesis allows evocative duets and trios where audio-rate modulations meld. Finally, these elements are replicated, manipulated, and deconstructed to reveal their most basic nature.

John Connell
Santa Cruz electronic musician John Connell AKA CHATT3R uses Hardware Synthesizers, Samplers, and iOS to create dark beats and soundscapes informed by his lifelong passion for Industrial, Metal, Noise, and Post-punk. John studied traditional Persian instruments for 8 years with Bay Area teachers, and has performed at the Y2K International Live Looping Festival since 2008. From 2014-2018 he participated in numerous tours throughout France, Italy, Germany, Czechia, Switzerland, and Mexico.