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More about Computo.
Computo is an electronic music composer/performer from Los Angeles, CA. Utilizing software, including programs he designed himself, as well as incorporating all types of new and archaic analog and digital electronics, Computo performs all genres of electronic music, from drum'n'bass to glitch, to breaks, and IDM. Born out of the ashes of a terrible accident, Computo is no more man than he is machine.
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Computo was once a man, Joe Caputo. A graduate of the Berklee College of Music and an accomplished jazz and classical musician, Joe had performed with many jazz legends including Wynton Marsalis and Kenwood Dennard. At Berklee, Joe extensively studied music synthesis and sampling, as well as sound design, with professor of Synthesis, Dr. Richard Boulanger.
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Joe had toured throughout the globe, including all over Europe, but on the fateful night of the accident, Joe was at home, falling asleep under his monolithic towers of studio equipment. Somehow, the towers fell, crushing Joe beneath almost a ton of electronics. After the accident, Joe was left more machine than man; a computer monitor permanently fused to his body in place of his head.
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In the haze of the accident, Computo began compulsively building electronics. He built a number of instruments including the Guitum (a programmable electronic percussion instrument crafted from an old guitar,) that became Computos obsession.
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Computo has made appearances performing original music throughout the United States, including performances with Boston's famed Club Delf. Since his arrival in LA in July 2005, he has performed with Edit (Planet Mu, Alpha Pup), Daedelus (Ninja Tune), Boom Bip (Warp, Lex), Terminal 11 and 8 Frozen Modules, among others. Computo has performed on multiple college-radio stations including Emerson College Radios renowned Revolutions, electronic music radio show (WERS 88.9 Boston).
