Danish Composer When composing his 2000 piece Shadow Songs for tape and soprano, Martin Stig Andersen (b. 1973) wanted to integrate the performer in the design of the work. He used recordings of the songs in the further composition process as a source of inspiration, a library of sounds and timbres.  This approach was again developed in the bass clarinet and tape composition Essential Tree Work (2002) leading to the earning of several awards both in Denmark and abroad. Martin Stig Andersen creates acousmatic music, sound installations and electroacoustic theatre performances, and collaborates with a number of musicians, performance artists and film- and video artists. Recently he has released the 'gesamtkunstwerk' Rabbit at the Airport I (2007) in collaboration with clarinetist Gareth Davis, electronica musician Robin Rimbaud (aka Scanner) and the visual artist and film maker Jacob Ballinger. Rabbit at the Airport I contains contains Martin Stig Andersen's title track paired with an remix by Scanner. Among the 'instruments' are Gareth Davis' bass clarinet, a 1930s gramophone, an audio transducer designed by the US Navy for the production of underwater sound, and, off course, a computer. Martin Stig Andersen graduated from The Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus in 2003. He is currently a PhD student in electroacoustic composition at City University, London, studying with Denis Smalley on the PhD-project The Perception of Temporality and Form in Acousmatic Music.   The composer has received commissions from various ensembles and organizations and his music has been performed in numerous international festivals including The San Francisco Tape Music Festival, Sonorities, ICMC, SAN EXPO, Santa Fe Electro Acoustic Music Festival, NWEAMO and The International Gaudeamus Music Week. He has received several prizes and grants including the three-year grant of the Danish Arts Foundation. “Martin Stig Andersen is an exceptional talent. His recent development into new universes of music, video and film simply has to continue!” the Committee for Classical Music wrote when giving him the grant. By Malene Wichmann August 2007

Martin Stig Andersen  is fond of using improvised material, pre recorded tape and manipulated real sounds in his works. Read  about Martin Stig Andersen at: Martin Stig Andersens' personal website Martin Stig Andersen on MySpace www.rabbitattheairport.com