Russell Haswell
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Russell Haswell (born 1970, Coventry, UK) is a multidisciplinary artist.
He has exhibited conceptual and wall based visual works, video art, Public sculpture, as well as audio presentations in both, the art gallery and concert hall context. Extreme Computer Music is one specialized area of activity. An ongoing collaboration (2003 +) with Florian Hecker working with Iannis Xenakis' graphic-input 'UPIC Music Composing System' is one project, the recorded results have been presented in the form of multi channel electroacoustic diffusion sessions, for example for the Frieze Art Fair.
He has collaborated in one way or another with: Aphex Twin, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Florian Hecker, Earth, Popol Vuh, Kjetil Manheim, Carsten Höller, Mika Vainio, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Masami Akita, Peter Rehberg, Zbigniew Karkowski, Gescom, Yasunao Tone to name a few.
In 2002 his debut compact disc Live Salvage 1997-2000 (Mego) received Prix Ars Electronica Honorable Mention for Digital Musics.
In 2005 and 2006 he curated two London based All Tomorrow's Parties club events, entitled 'Easy to Swallow', intended for the broad-minded the events showcased: Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Yasunao Tone + Hecker, Mark Stewart and the Maffia, Aphex Twin, Whitehouse, Surgeon + Regis Present: British Murder Boys, Lee Dorrian, Pita, Earth, Autechre, Robert Hood (ex-Underground Resistance).
[edit] Selected Discography
- (2001) Russell Haswell: Live Salvage 1997-2000 (Mego) digipak + jewel case compact disc
- (2002) Masami Akita & Russell Haswell: Satanstornade (Warp Records) digipak compact disc + 12 inch album
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