Bill Fontana
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About Bill Fontana
Bill Fontana (born in Cleveland, Ohio, April 25, 1947) is known internationally for his pioneering experiments in sound art. Fontana attended New School for Social Research in New York and studied both music and philosophy. He traveled to Australia, and also stayed in Japan and Germany composing. Fontana began writing sound sculptures in 1976. In a career spanning 30 years, Fontana’s sound sculptures use the urban environment as a living source of musical information
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Harmonic Bridge
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Landscape Sculpture with Fog Horns (Installation Version, 1981)
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Birds In A Rainforest In Southeastern Australia
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The Mating Dance Of Sage Grouse Near Mammoth Lake California
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Multi-Channel Recording Of A Woodpecker And Other Birds On A Lake In The Adirondack Mountains
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Spring Peepers In The Adirondack Mountains
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Waves Breaking On Rocks Along The Northeast Australian Coast
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Birds Along A Rivers Edge In A Chaparral South Of Monterey
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Side A: Landscape Sculpture with Fog Horns Installation Version
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Landscape Sculpture with Fog Horns (Concert Version, 1981)
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Landscape Sculpture with Fog Horns (1981 Installation Version)
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Side B Landscape Sculpture with Fog Horns - Live Radio Version 1982
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Acoustical Views, Sydney, 1988
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Landscape Sculpture with Fog Horns (Installation Version, 2018)
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Kirribilli Wharf, Sydney, 1976
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01 The Mating Dance of Sage Grouse near Mammoth Lake California
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02 Multi-Channel Recording of a Woodpecker and Other Birds on a Lake in the Adirondack Mountains
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Installation Version, 1981
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Landscape sculpture with foghorns
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03 Spring Peepers in the Adirondack Mountains
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Imaginary Sonic Visions
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06 Waves Breaking on Rocks along the Northeast Australian Coast
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Ohrbrücke/Southbridge Köln-San Francisco
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Landscape Sculpture with Fog Horns (1981 Concert Version)
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Live Radio Version, 1982
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05 Birds in a Rainforest in Southeastern Australia
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Ohrbrücke Soundbridge Köln - San Francisco
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04 Birds along a Rivers Edge in a Chaparral South of Monterey
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Landscape Sculpture with Fog Horns (2018 Installation Version)
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Harmonic Bridge 02
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Harmonic Bridge 01
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Speeds of Time: Stereo Mix Recorded at Noon on September 3, 2008
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Satelliten-Klangbrücke/Satellite Sound Bridge Köln-Kyoto
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Arche Sonore
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Landscape Sculpture With Fog Horns: Installation Version, 1981
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Satellite Sound Bridge Koln Kyoto
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Landscape Sculpture with Fog Horns (Installation Version)
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Kirribilli Wharf. Sydney, 1976
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Landscape Sculpture With Fog Horns. Live Radio Version, 1982
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a09 Landscape sculpture with foghorns
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Landscape Sculpture With Fog Horns. Installation Version, 1981
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Landscape Sculpture with Fog Horns
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pointe du hoc
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Acoustical Views. Sydney, 1988
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Landscape Sculpture with Fog Horns (Live Radio Version 1982)
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Accostical Views. Sydney, 1988
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Ohrbrücke / Soundbridge Köln - San Francisco
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01 Harmonic Bridge
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Spring Peepers in the Adirondacks
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Field Recordings of Natural Sounds
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