About this episode
The episode features Yasunao Tone, exploring his contributions to sound art and music from 1989 to 2022.
Yasunao Tone (1935-2025) was a composer, sound artist, technology disrupter, theorist, and author who was a participant in the 1960s Japanese Fluxus movement, and an early influential innovator in noise and glitch music, conceptual art, chance operations, and computer-assisted composition. His work utilized optics, sensors, interactivity, and techno-abuse, most notably his technique of scratching the surface of compact disks in order to confuse the laser reader causing it to randomly select fragments of sound. He later transitioned to corrupting digital audio files using his own algorithms and software. He moved from Tokyo to New York City in 1972. This program includes performances by the artist at Roulette ranging from 1989 to 2022 tracing the evolution of his practice.
People in this episode
Guest: Yasunao Tone
Topics covered
- Yasunao Tone
- Fluxus movement
- noise music
- glitch music
- computer-assisted composition
- sound art
Keywords
- Yasunao Tone
- Fluxus
- noise music
- glitch music
- sound artist
- computer composition
- Tokyo
- New York City
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Roulette, Fluxus
Places: Tokyo, New York City
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