Scott Gibbons

Scott Gibbons is an American-born composer and performer of electroacoustic music. Active for over 30 years in the field of sound experimentation, he is a seminal figure for dark ambient and micromusic, utilizing a two-fold exploration into the possibilities of natural acoustic phenomena on the one hand, and those of audio technology on the other. Focused on the study of perception, he extracts sounds from the depth of matter, capturing their emergence from the most hidden volumes and movements, between the molecular level and the cosmic plane. Each sound thus obtained retains a connection to its root but is charged with latent energies and significance. Since 1998 he has created music and sonic events for the award-winning theatre productions of Romeo Castellucci and Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio (Genesi – from the Museum of Sleep, the cycles of Tragedia Endogonidia and La Divina Commedia).

He has released more than 30 albums with various groups and solo, including electroacoustic works Stone and Redwing (Sub Rosa), released under the pseudonym Lilith; The Cryonic Chants (KML Recordings), suite composed with Chiara Guidi; Il Terzo Reich/The Third Reich (Xing), techno mantra for Romeo Castellucci; My Computer My Stereo (Thousand), synthpop by Orbitronik; Dialtones: A Telesymphony (Staalplaat), sound performance for more than 200 mobile phones with Levin & Shakar. Gibbons also creates music for large-scale firework spectacles with Groupe F, for the inauguration of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, and for the 120th anniversary celebration of the Eiffel Tower incorporating sounds of the tower itself. He has also collaborated with artists as diverse as the Hilliard Ensemble, Survival Research Labs, Dead Voices On Air, Not Breathing, and the Flying Luttenbachers.