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Bill Fontana

Bill Fontana has been played on NTS shows including Phil's Jazz Dis-Junction, with Harmonic Bridge first played on 17 April 2015.

Bill Fontana (born in Cleveland, Ohio, April 25, 1947) is known internationally for his pioneering experiments in sound art.

Fontana attended New School for Social Research in New York and studied both music and philosophy. He traveled to Australia, and also stayed in Japan and Germany composing. Fontana began writing sound sculptures in 1976. In a career spanning 30 years, Fontana’s sound sculptures use the urban environment as a living source of musical information, all with the potential to conjure up visual imagery in the…

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Birds In A Rainforest In Southeastern Australia
Bill Fontana
Sierra Club1983
Birds In A Rainforest In Southeastern Australia
Bill FontanaSierra Club1983
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Spring Peepers In The Adirondack Mountains
Bill Fontana
Sierra Club1983
Spring Peepers In The Adirondack Mountains
Bill FontanaSierra Club1983
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Landscape Sculpture With Fog Horns. Live Radio Version, 1982
Bill Fontana
KQED-FM1982
Landscape Sculpture With Fog Horns. Live Radio Version, 1982
Bill FontanaKQED-FM1982
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Harmonic Bridge
Bill Fontana
Rizzoli2007
Harmonic Bridge
Bill FontanaRizzoli2007
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