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Roddy Schrock is a New York City based digital composer. His live performances, music and installations have been presented in Japan, Europe and North America. His music juxtaposes playful sonic surfaces and formalism, rooted in a sense of frivolity.
“Schrock makes literary music.” – Alvin Curran
“This is beautiful.” – Asmus Tietchens
“We enjoyed the work very much. It is intellgent and playful.” – Lucky Kitchen
“Conjures unintelligible snips of urban environments mingling with garbled voices and machine glitch, with a beautiful sustaining backdrop of undulating electronics.” – New Music Box on Lexivexicon
“He creates a kind of monastic zone-out realm, with overlapping patterns of round tones that echo Terry Riley’s minimalist mysticism.” -Disquiet.com
“Schrock takes us on a unique and strangely cheerful musical journey.” – Listen Now
“Roddy’s music is fundamentally sound.” – Momus
