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Alan Nguyen
Alan's most recent work focuses on attempts to redefine the traditional notion of "composer". Appropriating techniques from circuit-bender culture and recent advances in glitch-technology, he has replaced his left frontal lobe and outer cortex with circuits from Atari?s Super Pong ProAM 10 console. After deriving various convexions and fluxes he decided thattchhhhhhhZXCHH rufff* *grrrrrrrrrrrrRRGHHHHH* *RUF!* *RUF!* *RUF!* 1010000110100110101010 1010000011110010100100111010100101001011111111000001000
A Brisbane-based sound-artist and/or composer and performer of ambient/experimental music. Past performances have included: "Ambient Explosion II", "interFACES", "Asfolt", "Visible Inks", "Thus Spoke...CD Launch" (2000-01).
Alan organised 'A night of noise...' (CD launch for local noise-artist, AGIT8)"? in November 2000. He has written the music for the theatre-production "Broken Down", which was performed at 'LaBoite Theatre' in 2000. Apart from his solo work, Alan also plays drums in the band "Cherry Cherry and The Export Data" and plays guitar in the free-improv group the "Conscience Quartet".