Anthony Schmalz "Tony" Conrad (March 7, 1940 – April 9, 2016) was an American video artist, experimental filmmaker, musician, composer, sound artist, teacher, and writer. Active in a variety of media since the early 1960s, he was a pioneer of both drone music and structural film. As a musician, he was an important figure in the New York minimalist scene of the early 1960s, during which time he performed as part of the Theatre of Eternal Music (along with John Cale, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, and others). He became recognized as a filmmaker for his 1966 film The Flicker. He performed and collaborated with a wide range of artists over the course of his career.
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Theatre of Eternal Music
American musical group
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La Monte Young
American avant-garde composer
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Angus MacLise
American musician and poet
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Faust
German krautrock band
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Arnold Dreyblatt
American composer
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Terry Riley
American composer and performing musician
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Rhys Chatham
American composer
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The Velvet Underground
American rock band
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John Cale
Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer
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Charlemagne Palestine
American visual artist and musician
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The Dream Syndicate
band
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Stephen Vitiello
American musician
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Thomas Köner
German artist
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Brian Chase
American drummer
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Jon Hassell
American trumpeter
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Irv Teibel
American field recordist, graphic designer, and photographer
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Werner Herzog
German film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and opera director
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Lou Reed
American musician, recording artist, singer-songwriter (1942-2013)
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Dave McKean
English artist, photographer, filmmaker and musician
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David Lynch
American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician
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David Grubbs
American musician
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Andrew Deutsch
American sound artist
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Terry Gilliam
American-born British screenwriter, film director, animator, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe
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Vincent Gallo
American film director, writer, model, actor and musician