Martin
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Location | LA, California, United States |
| Introduction | I am a composer. I have an online radio station - bentstrings radio - for experimental and unusul music. Have a small production company also called Bentstrings Productions. Love to travel and love hiking. Summited Mt. Whitney with friends in the eastern Sierras of California last year. |
| Interests | contemporary music, computer music, experimental music, electronic music, painting, sculpture, multimedia, travel, India, Spain, hiking, sumo, chaos, complexity theory, mid century modern architecture and design |
| Favorite movies | Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Clockwork Orange, Spartacus, old and new movies about Rome, David Lynch, old Westerns, The Searchers, Ox Bow Incident, Red River, quirky indy films, Red Rock West, Coen brothers, Quay Brothers, Bollywood |
| Favorite music | Mainly experimental stuff but diverse, Steve Reich, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Beatles, early Pink Floyd, Buffalo Springfield, Byrds, Moby Grape, Quicksilver, Pixies, Radiohead, Dead Can Dance, Autechre, Aphex Twin, Stockhausen, Bjork, Matmos, Ligeti, John Adams, Sigur Ros, Flamenco. |
| Favorite books | I like classics like, Ovid's Metamorphosis, Homer's Iliad, Livy's History of Early Rome. Colleeen McCullough's historical novels on Rome, The First Man in Rome, Caeser. Umberto Eco's novels, Foucault's Pendulum, The Name of the Rose, Peter Matthiessen's novel, The Snow Leopard. |