Josh Russell currently lives in Austin Texas. His work lies in the gully between academic electro-acoustic and ambient. Inspired by the soft incidental noises that one normally filters out he distills these sounds down and composes with them. By manipulating previously recorded sounds live as well as amplifying miniature sound environments he tries to create recordings and give performances that keep the listener engaged and present in the moment.

In 2000 he founded bremsstrahlung recordings and in 2005 founded trans>parent radiation it's net-audio/CDR sub-label.

For more information and audio please visit www.josh-russell.org

Discography

Albums
“ub_cus” - Stasisfield 2002  net-release
“Live in Austin: February 2004” Stasisfield 2004 net-release
“FOR” con-v 2005 CDR

Compilations
“1000X” Lowercase Compilation (2000)
“Transgenic Bacteria Freezing In A Dry Ice/Methanol Bath” Phonography.org 3 2001
“Hospital Death” Compositions using Field Recordings 1 2002
“bp 70/30” Lowercase Compilation 2002
“Wall-Mounted Gas Heater Overheating and Shutting Down” [Phonography.org 6] 2004
“Sharde” Spellewauerynsherde, Interpretations Various & Sundry | Various 2005
“Fiboharmiculations” Golden | Various 2005

Published Collaborations
amalgam – contributed sound sources for Dale Lloyd to use in this con-v release (2005)
E.O. Sound #1 – excerpts from 4 hour concert with civyiu kkliu and Ilya Monosov published on Kunst Radio (2003)
lowcloudcover – provided 3 tracks for this brooding San Diego 4-piece’s “One Little Shot in the Eye”  (2003)

Mixed Media
San Francisco Cinematheque's "The Drowned World," a program of "live text/sound works" fusing video and poetry with "immersive sound environments. –  used the phonography 6 track inbetween films (2005)
Provided a soundtrack for a McCaleb Dance Troop performance in San Diego (2001)

Selected Performances
2004
Austin Museum of Digital Art – Austin
Loft Series – Austin

2003
Field Effects #16 – San Francisco
Interchange #1 – Los Angeles

2002
Field Effects #2 – San Francisco
Day of Attention 1 – Los Angeles
Siggraph convention – Los Angeles
Day of Attention 2 – Los Angeles
New West Coast Electro Acoustic Music Organization Festival – San Diego/Portland
Phonographers Union – San Diego
E.O. Sound #1 – Los Angeles

contact

DOWNLOAD
track 3 from "ub_cus" LP
Stasisfield.com 10/02

For Mike McCurdy (16.72 MB 160 kbs)