Photo: courtesy of  Vivian Wenli Lin / STEIM
Philip Jeck studied visual arts at Dartington College in the 1970's and has been creating sound with record players since the early 80's. He has worked with many dance and theatre companies and played with musicians such as Jah Wobble, Gavin Bryars and Steve Lacy. He has released  8 solo CDs and the just released  "Suite" on vinyl only.
His largest work made with Lol Sargent, "Vinyl Requiem", was for 180 record players, slide projectors and 16mm film  received The Time Out Performance Award. Vinyl Coda I-III a commission from Bavarian Radio won The Karl Sczuka Foderpries for Radio Art. He also still works as a visual artist having shown works at The Hayward Gallery, The Hamburger Bahnhof Gallery, Berlin and at The Shanghai Bienalle. His latest CD "Sand" was placed at no.2 in The  Wire magazines top 50 of 2008 and was described as  " ...billowingly poignant ...it evokes a simultaneous sense of persistance and decay, both a profound sadness and a sense of joy."
 
 http://www.philipjeck.com