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John Roach

John Roach is a California born, Brooklyn based artist who is usually not happy unless he is jamming things together that don’t seem to fit. With a playful use of materials, he set procedures in motion that are not easily controlled: viewer-activated robots create a score for live musical performers; the fluctuation of the internet is harnessed to drive a sound composition; foil from chocolate coins discarded by gallery visitors is used in an installation. These are just some of the tactics he has employed to coax indeterminate outcomes. The items that can be heard here are an amalgam of recordings from installations, performances, audio collages, collaborations, experiments and projects derived from his home-made musical instruments.

Links: Official site · FMA profile

Catalogue & Listenership

Tracks

24

Albums

3

Total audio

2h 38m 55s

FMA listens

10,570

Favourites

4

Avg bitrate

208 kbps

Genre & Licence Profile

GenreTracks
Experimental23
  • Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3. — 24

Top Tracks by Listens

TrackAlbumYearDurationListens
Glaring wet surfaceKing Saint Stephen and His Swamp08m 52s3,121
Bphonne 4King Saint Stephen and His Swamp00m 30s660
King Saint Stephen and his SwampKing Saint Stephen and His Swamp010m 00s651
WandsKing Saint Stephen and His Swamp015m 55s605
LandscapeKing Saint Stephen and His Swamp03m 18s472
Bphonne 5King Saint Stephen and His Swamp00m 25s471
Converted to an airfieldSongs of the Highlands05m 44s378
Introduction of Steel ShaftsSongs of the Highlands08m 36s377
lone Ailsa CraigSongs of the Highlands012m 24s359
Rise up Arecibo (with Marco Larsen, Ian David Simpson, Amanda Trovato, Ben Owen, John Hudak, Michael Northam)King Saint Stephen and His Swamp09m 52s353

Track Length Distribution

LengthTracksShare
Under 1 min312.5%
1–3 min28.3%
3–6 min625%
Over 6 min1354.2%

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Track Catalogue

24 tracks shown

Track Album Genre Duration Listens Licence
Bphonne 1 [1, 38, 514] King Saint Stephen and His Swamp Experimental 0m 38s 175 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Landscape [1, 38, 514] King Saint Stephen and His Swamp Experimental 3m 18s 472 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Afone [1, 38, 514] King Saint Stephen and His Swamp Experimental 6m 10s 225 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Glaring wet surface [1, 18, 38, 514] King Saint Stephen and His Swamp 8m 52s 3,121 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Bphonne 2 [1, 38, 514] King Saint Stephen and His Swamp Experimental 1m 08s 116 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Fluxlotto – from exhibition at Flux Factory [1, 38, 514] King Saint Stephen and His Swamp Experimental 4m 26s 215 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Bphonne 3 [1, 38, 514] King Saint Stephen and His Swamp Experimental 1m 10s 229 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Rise up Arecibo (with Marco Larsen, Ian David Simpson, Amanda Trovato, Ben Owen, John Hudak, Michael Northam) [1, 38, 224, 514] King Saint Stephen and His Swamp Experimental 9m 52s 353 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Bphonne 4 [1, 38, 514] King Saint Stephen and His Swamp Experimental 0m 30s 660 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
The Two Shades [1, 38, 41, 514] King Saint Stephen and His Swamp Experimental 4m 59s 341 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Bphonne 5 [1, 38, 514] King Saint Stephen and His Swamp Experimental 0m 25s 471 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
BQEar [1, 38, 514] King Saint Stephen and His Swamp Experimental 5m 42s 287 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Wands [1, 38, 514] King Saint Stephen and His Swamp Experimental 15m 55s 605 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
King Saint Stephen and his Swamp [1, 38, 41, 514] King Saint Stephen and His Swamp Experimental 10m 00s 651 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.
Converted to an airfield [1, 38, 514] Songs of the Highlands Experimental 5m 44s 378 Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.