Gregg KOWALSKY
Gregg Kowalsky resides in Oakland, California where he completed a Master of Fine Arts degree in Electronic Music and Recording Media at Mills College. Kowalsky's compositions range from drone and noise pieces to meditative psychedelia, which are highly influenced by the thick, humid air of South Florida where Gregg lived for most of his life. He is interested in filling the spaces his music occupies through dense, live, multi-channel mixes.
Gregg Kowalsky resides in Oakland, California where he completed a Master of Fine Arts degree in Electronic Music and Recording Media at Mills College. Kowalsky's compositions range from drone and noise pieces to meditative psychedelia, which are highly influenced by the thick, humid air of South Florida where Gregg lived for most of his life. He is interested in filling the spaces his music occupies through dense, live, multi-channel mixes.
Movements in Marble and Stone
While these performances occurred on opposite coasts, the source material is closely aligned in both concept and process. These works highlight Gregg's ongoing preoccupations with sound and setting, incorporating the focused blend of acoustic and electronic sources that Kowalsky is already well known for. 'Electronic Music for Square and Sine Waves' documents Gregg Kowalsky's contribution to the 2011 Activating the Medium festival in San Francisco. This commissioned piece continues Kowals…
Battery Townsley
restocked: Mindblowing edition! One side of the Lp contains the recording of a performance realised with 10 cassette players positioned inside the bunker of Battery Townsley (World War II coastal fortification). The studio source material, recorded by The Norman Conquest, was also mixed in studio by Giuseppe Ielasi, and this version appears on the other side. Numbered edition of 280 copies. Transparent vinyl (cut at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin), printed cover designed by Jefre Cantu-Ledes…
Tape Chants
A series made up of performances & compositions using tapes as the main source material, as well as mono speakers of various cassette players for the piece's amplification. Inspired by experiments with tape loops, cassette players & recorders, analog synths, sine oscillators, mixer feedback, contact mics & various acoustic sound sources. The studio version adds rhythmic textures to the once static drone compositions.