Travis Johns
ThinkTank Projects
Bio
Travis Johns (b. 1983) writes and performs music that he describes as an "abstraction of reality." Consisting primarily of processed field recordings, improvisations and amplified "small sounds," he attempts to weave a tapestry of experiences, gestures and thoughts into a singular, enveloping mass of sounds. Though often labeled as noise at first, a more concentrated listen will yield countless paths for the ear to follow, leading to listening experiences that he hopes will provide infinite possibilities for interpretation. His music has been performed extensively throughout the United States and abroad to a wide variety of audiences, ranging from galleries to anarchist warehouses to international music festivals. An avid performer and improviser on electric bass and electronics, he is a member of the Oakland, Ca. based quartet le Pink Canoes (with Noah Phillips, Aram Shelton and Zachary Watkins), the improvisation trio Satellite (with Gudmundur Steinn Gunnarsson and Liz Meredith) and The Night, an award winning video and performance collective founded in Oberlin, Oh.
He holds a B.M. in Technology in Music and Related Arts from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, studies conducted with Tom Lopez and Dr. Hye Kyung Lee as well as an MFA from Mills College in Electronic Music and Recording Media, studies conducted with Chris Brown, Les Stuck and Hilda Paredes. He has also participated in residencies at such places as the Atlantic Center for the Arts, is a frequent collaborator with Costa Rican visual artist Paulina Velazquez-Solis and is a founding member of the Thinktank Collective, as well as its current artistic director. Most recently, his work is concerned with the perception of sound by the subconscious mind, as documented in a monthly series of podcast compositions available through this site.Discography
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