Benjamin Thigpen
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NEW SERIES FRAMEWORKAn extension of our CONCRETE ELECTRONICS NOISE,a brand new mix-up of unusual conceptions of sound material by young unknown composers, well known not-so-young composers and old but clever composers.Benjamin Thigpen, nomad, born in the United States, immigrated to Paris at the age of 31. He studied music, literature, philosophy and esthetics. He now composes in European studios such as GRM, EMS, Visby and STEIM, as well as in his bedroom and in the train. After six years as a …
Flux
Two multi-part Ina-GRM commissions by Benjamin Thigpen made in Visby, Stockholm and Paris: still (2007-09), built from untransformed recordings of common objects, and pulse (2010-15), made entirely on a Buchla 200 modular synthesizer.