BEN NEILL
 COMPOSER // PERFORMER 		. recordings . touring . history . tech . installations . bio

XIX PROJECT

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RECORDINGS

Ben Neill is a composer, performer, and inventor of the mutantrumpet, a hybrid electro-acoustic instrument. Through his use of interactive computer technologies, Neill creates a unique musical and visual universe, melding the worlds of electronic music, popular culture and visual media.

Discography

ON TOUR

Performance:

5/03/2006 8:00 PM
World Financial Center Courtyard Gallery
Battery Park City, New York - FREE
Premiere show of new XIX project...live acoustic/digital music and video based on music of the 19th century Ben Neill - mutantrumpet/laptop Bill Jones - VJ/laptop John Conte - bass Jim Mussen - live drums and percussion
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5/15/2006 9:00 PM
Roulette @ Location One
20 Greene Street, New York - $10
Ben Neill will perform new music on mutantrumpet and laptop with live drums and bass.

6/07/2006 8:00 PM
Dual Airbags
200 quai de valmy, Paris, France
Duo performance with Nicolas Collins on the NIME 2006 Festival

 

ON TV

"The Chase" from Automotive was featured on the Fall 2003 premiere episode of the NBC TV show Boomtown.


AWARDS

. Automotive has been nominated for a 2003 AFIM Indie Award in the Electronica
category.
. Association of Independent Music


PUBLISHING

. Ben Neill's article "Breakthrough Beats" appears in
Audio Culture: A Modern Music Reader (Continuum Press/The Wire Magazine UK) along with writings by Brian Eno, John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Aphex Twin, and many others.

. Ben Neill interviews Christian Marclay in the Summer 2003 issue of Bomb Magazine
. www.bombsite.com

. Ben Neill has written an article in the current issue of Leonardo Music
Journal.
. Leonardo Online