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DJ Sniff with Seth Bennett, Joost Hendrickx and Johnny Richards at Wharf Chambers Co-operative Club, Leeds. 21/06/2012.

DJ SNIFF / turntables (Japan/Netherlands)

dj sniff (Takuro Mizuta Lippit) believes in the instrumental autonomy of the turntable and the musicianship of the DJ. He is a turntable musician working in the field of improvised and experimental music. His music focuses on the live reconstruction and narratization of the phonographically amplified - the music, the sound, the technology and the past. To achieve this, he uses a unique setup consisting of hand-made hardware interfaces and a custom Max/MSP software along with one turntable and DJ mixer.

He is also a concert/event curator for electronic music and a researcher of music technology.

While studying Art History and Philosophy in Tokyo, he was active as a DJ in the underground electronic music scene and formed a collective called smashTV productions which organized genre-mixing events such as anti-Gravity and bistro-Smash!. In 2002, he moved to New York to pursue graduate studies in computer music and physical computing at NYU's ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program).

Since 2005 he has been involved with STEIM's (Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music, Amsterdam) R&D lab. From 2007 on, he is STEIM's Artistic Director, guiding the institution's creative output and representing it's activities through performing and lecturing around the world.

Joost Hendrickx is a drummer, composer and teacher based in Leeds, UK. He moved to Leeds in 2005 to study jazz at Leeds College of Music. He has studied with drum legend Dave Walsh and pioneering musicians such as Barak Schmool, Omar Puente, Matthew Bourne, Jesse Bannister, Jamie Taylor, Petter Fadness, and Mornington Lockett.
http://soundcloud.com/joosthendrickx

Johnny Richards is a pianist in the free/improv ensemble known as Shatners Bassoon. A composer and performer. He's supported various jazz artists including Troyka, Matthew Bourne and Christophe De Bezenac.
http://soundcloud.com/johnnyrichards

Seth Bennett cut his teeth playing in punk bands around Europe before switching to double bass and embarking on free jazz and folk-jazz-improv-classical stuff. Lots of collaborations - Mary Hampton, David Thomas Broughton, and l'Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp.
7 Hertz -- http://www.myspace.com/the7hertzband
http://www.myspace.com/iamsethbennett