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Tony Conrad

American violinist, filmmaker, and composer, a member of the Theatre of Eternal Music from 1964 to 1966.

Tony Conrad (1940–2016) was an American violinist, filmmaker, and composer who joined La Monte Young’s Theatre of Eternal Music from 1964 to 1966, playing sustained just-intonation drones on amplified violin. In 1966 he made The Flicker, a landmark of structural cinema built entirely from alternating black and white frames, and he carried his drone practice forward into his own music, most notably the 1973 collaboration with Faust, Outside the Dream Syndicate.

Works in the Library

  • Tony Conrad, Faust ALBUM 1973

    Outside the Dream Syndicate

    Tony Conrad and Faust's 1973 landmark of sustained-tone drone minimalism.

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  • Tony Conrad FILM 1966

    The Flicker

    Tony Conrad's 1966 landmark of structural film, built entirely from alternating black and white frames.

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