John Duncan (born June 17, 1953 in Wichita, Kansas, USA) has operated for decades at the cutting edge of performance, video, experimental music, installation, pirate radio and television. He has played a pivotal role in the development of performance art in Los Angeles, of experimental music as a member of LAFMS Los Angeles Free Music Society, of Japanese noise and pirate radio in Tokyo.
John Duncan
John Duncan (born June 17, 1953 in Wichita, Kansas, USA) has operated for decades at the cutting edge of performance, video, experimental music, installation, pirate radio and television. He has played a pivotal role in the development of performance art in Los Angeles, of experimental music as a member of LAFMS Los Angeles Free Music Society, of Japanese noise and pirate radio in Tokyo.
Blinding Turbulence
Tip! Recorded and mixed by Bob Bellerue at Ridgewood Badlands.Mastered by Ivan FU Pjevcevic at Short Straw studio, Bologna
John Duncan / T.R. Kirstein
*Limited edition of 200 copies* "On May 31st, 2019, the day Roky Erickson from 13th Elevators died (I later found out), I woke up from a dream of sound and text. I dreamt that John Duncan kept repeating the words You Are Safe entangled with sine wave…
Try Again
**Purple vinyl edition** Distorted classical choral recordings, synths, processed guitar… The exquisitely complex human-machine interface experiments conducted by Stefano Pilia are kept in a delicate balance by John Duncan‘s lyrics and the soulful qu…
Chimeratorium
**100 numbered copies in gatefold sleeve, to be released in June 2020** Chimeratorium is based on an audio dream that Deison had. He dreamt about making a new piece together with John Duncan: they were in a large room, in an old church, sculpting fre…
Da sich die Machtgier
Compiling the results of what was originally intended to be a compositional collaboration between John Duncan and renowned sound artist Asmus Tietchens, Da Sich Die Machtgier… transcends its tumultuous creation to stand as a distinctive addition to t…
s/t
**Released in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies** A compilation of live recordings specially released for a Die Stadt label night feat. All artists, at Argos in Brussels on 18. October 2007. The John Duncan recording was made at The Compound ,…
Our telluric conversation
'23five Incorporated proudly presents Our Telluric Conversation - the second collaborative album from John Duncan and Carl Michael von Hausswolff. This is an album which Duncan describes as having been galvanized by magnetism. In a semantic sleight o…