Tristan Perich (born 1982) is a

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and

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ist from

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who focuses on electronic one bit sound. Perich received his B.A. from

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in 2004 and went on to earn a master's degree from

New York University Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the ar ...

. Perich composed a series of compositions as well as

installations with 1 bit electronics, which Perich describes as being music that never has more than one bit of information being played at any given time. In Denmark he was an artist in residence, where he built a series of sculptures called ''Interval Studies'' consisting of large numbers of small speakers all sending out their own frequency. The blending of all of these independent frequencies caused a

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, or other forms of colored noise. Other works by him include ''Machine Drawings'' and ''1-bit Video''. Together with Kunal Gupta and Katie Shima he forms the group Loud Objects. This group performs electronic music by soldering. Perich has performed on

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and

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. Works by Perich have been commissioned for

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festival held at

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. In February 2010 he won, with his Loud Objects collective, third prize in the Guthman Instrument Competition at

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with a circuit bent electronic system. Works of Perich have been performed by the

-ensemble,

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and Meehan/Perkins. His work has been reviewed by

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. He received the Prix Ars Electronica in 2009 and was a featured artist at

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2010 in

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. Perich was the Edward E. Elson Artist-in-Residence of the

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Phillips Academy ("Not for Self") la, Finis Origine Pendet ("The End Depends Upon the Beginning") Youth From Every Quarter Knowledge and Goodness , address = 180 Main Street , city = Andover , state = Ma ...

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, serving as a composer, musician and visual artist., Andover.edu. Accessed 24 January 2011. In 2013, Perich was artist-in-residence at

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's Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST), presenting public performances and lectures. His work is included in " Soundings: A Contemporary Score", which was at the

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from August 10 until November 3, 2013. Perich is of Croatian descent.

Discography

* 1-bit music,

Cantaloupe Music Cantaloupe Music is a Brooklyn-based record label that produces and releases contemporary classical music and other forms of avant-garde music. The label was founded in 2001 by Michael Gordon, David Lang, Julia Wolfe, and Kenny Savelson. Gordon ...

, 2005, CD box with built-in electronics * 1-bit symphony,

, 2010, CD box with built-in electronics * ''Surface Image'' for solo piano and 40-channel, 1-bit electronics (

New Amsterdam Records New Amsterdam Records is a record label in New York City that was formed in 2008 by Judd Greenstein, Sarah Kirkland Snider, and William Brittelle to promote classically trained musicians who fall between traditional genre boundaries. Often abbrev ...

NWAM060, 2014) * ''Drift Multiply'' for 50 violins and 50-channel 1-bit electronics (

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79181, 2020)

References

External links

www.tristanperich.com

www.loudobjects.com

www.1bitmusic.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Perich, Tristan American male composers 21st-century American composers Living people 1982 births Nonesuch Records artists 21st-century American male musicians Columbia College (New York) alumni Tisch School of the Arts alumni