John Cage

John Cage

male, deceased (1992)
John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 - August 12, 1992) was an American composer. He is perhaps best known for his 1952 composition "4'33",...

Jim O'Rourke

male, 40 years old
Jim O'Rourke (born January 18, 1969) is an American musician and producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene....
Derek Bailey

Derek Bailey

male, deceased (2005)
Derek Bailey was an English avant-garde guitarist and leading figure in the free improvisation movement.
Alvin Lucier

Alvin Lucier

male, 78 years old
Alvin Lucier (born May 14, 1931) is an American composer of experimental music and sound installations that explore acoustic phenomena and auditory...
La Monte Young

La Monte Young

male, 74 years old
La Monte Thornton Young (born October 14 1935) is an American composer and musician. Young is commonly seen as the first minimalist composer and...
Ikue Mori

Ikue Mori

female, 56 years old
(b. 1953,Tokyo, Japan) is a drummer, composer, and graphic designer. She often records on Tzadik, as well as designing the covers for many of their...
David Tudor

David Tudor

male, deceased (1996)
David Eugene Tudor was an American pianist and composer of experimental music. Tudor was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied piano with...
Christian Wolff

Christian Wolff

male, 75 years old
Christian Wolff (born March 8, 1934) is an American composer of experimental classical music.
Cornelius Cardew

Cornelius Cardew

male, deceased (1981)
Cornelius Cardew was an English avant-garde composer, and founder (with Howard Skempton and Michael Parsons) of the "Scratch Orchestra", an...
Dieter Moebius

Dieter Moebius

male, 65 years old
Dieter Moebius is a German/Swiss experimental/krautrock/ambient/electronic musician. Moebius studied art in Brussels and Berlin and met there...