Thomas Stone

thomasstonemusic.com Thomas Stone is a composer, performer and AV artist from London. Using contrabassoon and samplers as oscillators for his snare drum, his post-classical / post-techno soundscapes explore themes of memory, restraint, ritual and presence by blurring the boundaries between electronic and acoustic sound sources - adding the human to the synthetic and making the virtual become physical. Cyclic rhythms, bass tones and dissonances are the relatively ugly means used to reach moments of austere, fragile beauty. His compositions have been refined through performance in various resonant spaces ( from churches to a disused water tank, Cornish coastal caves to the hull of a ship ) and the relationship between performer and audience explored further by presenting the works via large PA systems in club environments while utilising incorporated projected visuals developed from abstracted distortions inherent in analogue and digital formats. Thomas has performed throughout the UK including shows at Tate Britain, The Serpentine Gallery, Resonance FM and BBC Radio 3.