Christopher DeLaurentiAugust 21, 2010
*Name: Christopher DeLaurenti
*Are there any additional names used to describe this project: Except for collaborations, I use my own name, Christopher DeLaurenti.
*Do you use a pseudonym? I probably should, but even after a few legal hassles over my work, I haven't. I just don't feel enough of a division between living my life and making my art to justify coming up with one.
*Tape manipulations, digital deconstructions or turntable creations: It depends on what I am making; I've made pieces with sine waves, field recordings, ultra-processed sounds, as well as composed for acoustic instruments. Appropriation - of myself, of others - is one way I approach composing. For pieces I make exclusively from commercial recordings, I like John Oswald's term plunderphonics.
*Location: I'm from Seattle.
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*What is your creative/artistic background: I come from long line of musicians. I've been creating with sound since I was a kid in the 1970s and composing with commercial recordings since the late 1980s by splicing bits and fragments of songs I like together.
*History: My first album, "Three Camels for Orchestra," was released in 1995.
*Born: I was born in 1967.
*Motivations: I love to listen. I make things I want to hear again.
*Philosophy: I could go on about this for hours, so I'll just address appropriation: When I create, I'm not only sharing sound but how I listen. Since listeners stand a greater chance of already having heard a commercial, more or less popular recording, my plunderphonics not only reveal how I listen but do so more transparently than anything else I make.
*How would you like to be remembered: As someone who made and found interesting things for the ears!
*Web address: www.delaurenti.net
