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Damon Holzborn is an improviser and composer who works primarily with electronics. In performance, he makes the familiar unrecognizable, subjecting sound sources such as guitar and field recordings to manipulation through custom software and hardware, traditional effects, and interactive processes. He is a founding member of the Trummerflora collective and co-creator of zucasa.com. Holzborn holds a degree in music from UCSD, where he studied composition and improvisation with George Lewis, and is currently pursuing his doctoral degree in composition at Columbia University.
Holzborn has presented his work in the US, Mexico, Europe and Japan, performing as a solo artist and with several ensembles, including Donkey (a decade-long collaboration with musician/filmmaker Hans Fjellestad), Quibble, and Titicacaman (with Nathan Hubbard and Marcelo Radulovich). He has performed and/or recorded with Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis, Miya Masaoka, Lê Quan Ninh, Eugene Chadbourne, Matt Ingalls, Andrea Polli, Mike Keneally, and the Nortec Collective. Holzborn also regularly creates music for dance, often collaborating with innovative dance collective Lower Left, producing both custom compositions and improvised performances.
Holzborn lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Alicia Marván.
Selected live appearances:
Columbia University, COMA at ABC No Rio, Diapason Gallery, Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Red & Black, The Stone, Tonic (New York City); ffmup (Princeton); The Electric Possible (Washington D.C.); Fiume (Philadelphia); impulse response (Troy, NY); Yokohama Jazz Promenade, Airegin (Yokohama); Binspark (Tokyo); Big Apple (Kobe); Cafe Futuro (Osaka); NWEAMO Festival (Portland); SIL2K (Seattle); SIGGRAPH 2001, Holly Matter Gallery, Inner Ear Series (Los Angeles); Voz Alta, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, The Space, The Casbah, Galoka, CRCA, UCSD, SDSU, Sushi Performance Gallery, Intersection Gallery, Spruce Street Forum, Palomar College (San Diego); Jiffy Scutler at RX Gallery, Luggage Store, Kimos (San Francisco); 21 Grand (Oakland); Big Sur Experimental Music Festival 2001, 2003 & 2004; Artisan's Hand Gallery (Carmel); inSite 05 at Caliente, La Antiqua Bodega de Papel, El lugar del Nopal and Don Loope (Tijuana); NIME 2006 (Paris); LAM 2006 (London).
Discography:
Trummerflora - Rubble 2 [2006/Accretions/Circumvention, A/C-202]
Rubble 2 is the second in a series of compilations featuring works by members and ensembles of the Trummerflora Collective. Damon contributes a solo composition.
Damon Holzborn - Adams & Bancroft [2004/Accretions, ALP035]
Abandoning his guitar for this project, Holzborn brings his instrumental approach to the laptop, resulting in the same dynamicism and timbal exploration displayed in his ensemble work.
Trummerflora - Rubble 1 [2004/Accretions/Circumvention, A/C-201]
A CD compilation featuring works by various members and ensembles of the Trummerflora collective. Damon performs on tracks with Donkey, Quibble and solo.
Various Artists - Grain - A Compilation Of 99 Tracks [2003/Dot Dot Dot Music]
99 tracks by 99 artists. Curated by Brian O'Shaugnessy.
Donkey - Big Sur [2002/Accretions, ALP028]
Hans Fjellestad - analog & digital synthesizers, sampler, electronics
Damon Holzborn - guitar, sampler, electronics
With its own sense of rhythm, tension and momentum, Big Sur maintains Donkey's commitment to live improvisative music and moves into some rich new spaces, providing a new window into the mind of the Burro.
Trummerflora Collective - No Stars Please [2001/Accretions, ALP022]
A collection of live concert recordings featuring a capricious roster of performers,
including collective members Marcos Fernandes, Hans Fjellestad, Damon Holzborn,
Nathan Hubbard, Robert Montoya, Marcelo Radulovich and Jason Robinson, with
guest appearances by George Lewis, Lê Quan Ninh, Mike Keneally and Ellen Weller.
Donkey - Show [2000/Accretions, ALP020]
Hans Fjellestad - keyboards, electronics
Damon Holzborn - guitars, electronics
Live concert recordings, with guest performances by turntablist Marcus B and clarinettist Matt Ingalls.
Fernandes/Fjellestad/Holzborn/Radulovich - ...and the reindeer you rode in on [1999/Accretions, ALP016]
Holiday music from the Trummerflora collective.
Various Artists - Trummerflora 2 [1998/Accretions, ALP012]
Experimental/improvised music compilation featuring "LOT 12" by Hans Fjellestad and Damon Holzborn.
patrioticAnne 74:30 [1993/Digital Child, DCP01]
Hans Fjellestad - piano, keyboards, voice, percussion
Damon Holzborn - guitars, keyboards, percussion
Electroacoustic improvisations and compositions. With guest appearances by Romana Jaroff and Scott Walton.
Guest Appearances:
Nathan Hubbard - Skeleton Key Orchestra [2003/Circumvention Music CD039A-B]
Damon appears as guest improviser/electronics.
Marcelo Radulovich - Hello [2002/Accretions, ALP029]
Composed of looped voice and samples, ruled by infectious essence shrouded in mystery, HELLO introduces the legend of TITICACAMAN: instrument maker, ignorant scientist. Damon appears as guest improviser/guitarist.
Marcos Fernandes - Hybrid Vigor [2002/Accretions, ALP027]
New music incorporating improvisation, avant rock, trance and sound art. Guests include Michael Dessen, Lisle Ellis, Philip Gelb, David Gould, Damon Holzborn, and others.
Hans Fjellestad - Red Sauce Baby [2000/Accretions, ALP019]
Damon appears as guest improviser/guitarist performing with Jason Robinson (tenor sax), Alan Lechusza (bass clarinet/bari sax), and Hans Fjellestad (organ).
Marcelo Radulovich - 2 Brains [1999/Accretions, ALP017]
Damon appears as guest improviser/guitarist.
Film and Theater Scores:
Perspective Study - Dance video by Alicia Marván (2006)
Measures of Distance - Installation by Magaly Ponce & Margaret Bellafiore (2006)
Gather - directed by Keith Hennessy, performed by Sarah Leddy, Alicia Marván, Margaret Paek, and Amanda Waal (2005)
Ellipsis - part of inSite_05 - video by Ivan Díaz Robledo, Liisa Lounila, and Magaly Ponce; curated by Hans Fjellestad (2005)
Gunter's Grass - video by Marcelo Radulovich, music by Marcelo Radulovich and Damon Holzborn, dance by Alicia Marván and Jessica Radulovich (2005)
Available Space - dance by Lower Left (with Quibble) (2003)
The Tiger's Pool - dance by Alicia Marván (2003)
Celebrate Dance Festival - dance and performance art by Lower Left; part of the festival sponsored by Eveoke Dance Theatre and Balboa Park (with Quibble) (2001)
Available Space - dance and performance art by Lower Left (with Quibble) (2001)
Oddities from the Bridge - dance by Alicia Marván (2000)
Available Space - dance and performance art by Lower Left with Simone Forti (2000)
Nada Objectography - video short by Hans Fjellestad (1998)
Discount Baby World - poetry film by Hans Fjellestad and Mark Latiner (1998)
Slides - animated short by Richard Sandoval (1995)
Untitled for the Moment - play by Mark Latiner (1993)
Placebo - animated short by Hans Fjellestad (1994)
Installations:
Donkey Wire (with Hans Fjellestad) (1998)
Table of Contents (with Hans Fjellestad) (1995)
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