Artist description Solo Improvised Guitar Employing Traditional and Extended Techniques.

Music Style Improvised / Avant-Garde

Musical Influences Krimson/Maneri/Partch/Varese/Hendrix/Schoenberg/Cage

Similar Artists Fripp/Belew fluxxed by Cecil Taylor as heard by Stockhuasen's gamalan

Artist History Philip Tomasic, electric guitarist, has been forming a unique voice in the world of improvised music and the medium of his instrument for the past ten years. Performing extensively in Boston and New York, he has proven to be an integral part of the growing improvised music scene.

Instruments Electric Guitars, Guitarmalan, Pickrake

Albums Figure - solo guitar / Real Time - DeChellis / Tomasic / Nakatani Trio both on Sachimay Records

Press Reviews "Philip is a visionary...his unique approach to the instrument and ability to create his own sounds sets him apart. He is a true improvisor." Joseph Maneri Dec., 1997 "Tomasic is more often given to short, contained motifs, but he rarely plays a note without inflecting it, so even within two-note phrases different colors bleed into one another and textures vary...Tomasic' [extended technique] sounds like a malfunctioning music box programmed by Stockhausen" Ed Hazell, Boston Phoenix Mar., 1999

Location Jamaica Plain, MA - USA

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