Joe Grimm is a composer/performer based in Providence, RI. Drawing inspiration from Charlemagne Palestine, Gyorgy Ligeti, and Alvin Lucier (with whom he has studied), Grimm makes music that involves acoustical and psychological phenomena. His work applies rational, structuralist tools in pursuit of irrational, ecstatic results. Performances frequently take the form of meditations: resonance, repetition, friction, and disintegration become the hypnotic focal points in an attempt to reach a state of inner tranquility and heightened attention to sonic minutiae. Grimm has collaborated live or on record with artists such as Lauren Carter, Lucky Dragons, Greg Davis, Glenn Branca, Alvin Lucier, Dirty Projectors, Black Forest/Black Sea, Geoff Mullen, Lightning Bolt, Pleasurehorse and Ben Russell.
