Deep Listening Band | |
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Background information | |
Origin | United States |
Genres | Avant-garde, experimental, contemporary classical |
Instrument(s) | Accordion, didjeridu, trombone, electronics, keyboards, experimental instruments, found objects, voice |
Years active | 1988 | -present
Labels | Deep Listening, New Albion, Taiga Records, Za Discs, Important |
Members | Stuart Dempster Pauline Oliveros |
Past members | David Gamper Panaiotis |
Website | deeplistening |
The Deep Listening Band (DLB) was founded in 1988 by Pauline Oliveros (accordion, "expanded instrument system", composition), Stuart Dempster (trombone, didjeridu, composition) and Panaiotis (vocals, electronics, composer). David Gamper (keyboards, electronics) replaced Panaiotis in 1990.
The band is named after Oliveros' term, concept, program and registered servicemark of the Deep Listening Institute, Ltd., Deep Listening, and specializes in performing and recording in resonant or reverberant spaces such as cathedrals and huge underground cisterns including the 2-million-US-gallon (7,600 m3) Fort Worden Cistern which has a 45-second reverberation time.[1]