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composer	David Slusser (b. 1952)
performers	Len Paterson, guitars, synth module Dave Scott, trumpet Chris Ackerman, brushes Ralph Carney, G clarinet David Slusser, saxophones, organ, accordion, electronics, sampler, Theremins, acoustic guitar, dulcimer, drum machines, xylophone
publisher	Breath Ears Music (BMI)
label	Tzadik 7024http://www.tzadik.com
duration	05:46

about the music

David Slusser:

"Cast in the popular style of today's young people, Hip Replacement was nonetheless assembled like a sound collage. My friend, musician and editor Chris Scarabosio started the construction by cutting together mutated drum machine recordings I had prepared. I added further departures in the same tempo and concocted a harmonic scheme to string all the pieces together."

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David Slusser (b. 1952) is a composer, performer, and sound designer. He refers to his work as 'sound composition,' in which "the creative choices come while recording, editing and mixing. Most often the unique contours of a sound will determine the structure more than any pre-composed notion. Maybe it's like composing with a set of blocks. Electronics, sound effects, natural ambiences, text, musical instruments and studio effects all [meet] in the realm of digital editing." (Slusser)

Born in Akron, Ohio, Slusser began playing tenor saxophone at the age of ten; around the same time he started experimenting with reel-to-reel tape recorders. He got his first film sound job in 1975; two years later he moved to the San Francisco Bay area, where he joined Lucasfilm in 1984. Slusser has since worked as a music editor for film directors Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas, and co-composed film music with David Lynch. He has also written for documentaries and public radio, as well as for his jazz group Rubber City. His sound design is in the collections of both the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, as well as in numerous television commercials. Slusser began an association with John Zorn in the mid-1980's.

Slusser's recent projects include music for a documentary on the negative aspects of the technology boom in California's Silicon Valley. A founding member of the Bay Area Improvised Music Association, Slusser's work can be found on the Rastascan, Tzadik, and Warner Brothers labels.

related websites
http://www.bayimproviser.com/artistdetail.asp?artist_id=63