Niblock (center left) at the Random Cube Festival in Oslo, 2006
Born
Phillip Earl Niblock
(1933-10-02)October 2, 1933
Anderson, Indiana, U.S.
Died
January 8, 2024(2024-01-08) (aged 90)
New York City, U.S.
Alma mater
Indiana University
Occupations
Composer
Filmmaker
Videographer
Years active
1968–2024
Known for
Art film, Drone music, Minimalism
Phillip Earl Niblock (October 2, 1933 – January 8, 2024) was an American composer, filmmaker, and videographer. In 1985, he was appointed director of Experimental Intermedia,[1] a foundation for avant-garde music based in New York with a parallel branch in Ghent, Belgium.
^Alan Licht, Common Tones: Selected Interviews with Artists and Musicians 1995-2020, Blank Forms Edition, Interview with Phill Niblock, pp.453-478
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moniker. Stenger and Poss have also worked extensively with composer PhillNiblock. Poss has concentrated on production and solo work, whilst Stenger played...
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defined it thus: The vanishing-point music created by drone elders PhillNiblock and, especially, La Monte Young is what happens when a fixation on held...
1980, which released records from artists such as Nicolas Collins and PhillNiblock. Robert POSs Sometimes (1986) Inverse Guitar (1988) - with Nicolas Collins...
edition CD in 2004 which included bonus tracks and a DVD with footage by PhillNiblock. They subsequently reissued it on CD and LP in 2005. Rough Trade also...
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to this, some recordings of minimal music, such as Arnold Dreyblatt, PhillNiblock and Joseph Celli, or Tom Johnson, also appeared. Ratliff, Ben (10 September...
Ankersmit frequently collaborates with New York-based minimalist composer PhillNiblock, electroacoustic improviser Valerio Tricoli and noise artist Kevin Drumm...
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1995. It has followed up to present day with specialized releases from PhillNiblock, Kyle Bobby Dunn, Francisco Lopez, Brendan Murray, and Alessandro Bosetti...
such as Alvin Lucier, La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Maryanne Amacher, PhillNiblock, and Glenn Branca relate some of the influences of spectral music into...
… among others. He has collaborated with musicians and artists like PhillNiblock, Z'EV, Nico Vascellari, Prurient, Sebastian Escofet, Nastro Mortal....
composers, and other lesser known pioneers included Pauline Oliveros, PhillNiblock, and Richard Maxfield. In Europe, the music of Louis Andriessen, Karel...
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collaboration connects him with drone pioneer PhillNiblock, who wrote several pieces for him. He performs on Niblock releases like YPGTPN or Touch Food. Krieger...
minimalists (La Monte Young, Tony Conrad, John Cale, Charlemagne Palestine, PhillNiblock) were less characterized by their music's prettiness and accessibility...
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