spljohnstone

Samuel Johnstone is a sound artist based in Berlin and Cologne with a focus on mixed media composition and collaborative projects. Current projects include an autobiographical documentation project archived_, and a performance installation for vocal ensemble kopf.hörer.

He has presented works at Hellerau Festspielhaus Dresden, Konzerthaus Berlin, Deutsches Hygienemuseum Dresden and at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Frequenz Festival Kiel, Klangwerkstatt Berlin and the Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik. Performers of his work include El Perro Andaluz and Ensemble UnitedBerlin.

He plays guitar and electronics in the Sound & Fury Ensemble (direction: Stefan Prins) and has performed as a baritone (Chorus; Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg), with a Gamelan orchestra (Southbank Centre London) and on the Okinawan Sanshin.

He has studied with Stefan Prins and Manos Tsangaris at the Hochschule für Musik Dresden, Helmut Zapf and Robert Saxton, and received masterclasses from George Lewis, Chaya Czernowin, Malin Bång and Simon Steen-Anderson.

As a writer, he has contributed reviews, features and programme notes on classical and contemporary music for TEMPO, BBC Proms, The Cusp, Sinfini Music, and Bachtrack, and completed dissertations on German avant-garde rock and Japanese noise music whilst studying at Oxford University and SOAS, University of London.

email: spljohnstone [at] gmail [dot] com
instagram: @spleolion