ENGLISH
dj sniff (Takuro Mizuta Lippit) believes in the instrumental autonomy of the turntable and the musicianship of the DJ. He is a turntable musician working in the field of improvised and experimental music. His music focuses on the live reconstruction and narratization of the phonographically amplified - the music, the sound, the technology and the past. To achieve this, he uses a unique setup consisting of hand-made hardware interfaces and a custom Max/MSP software along with one turntable and DJ mixer.
He is also a concert/event curator for electronic music and a researcher of music technology.
While studying Art History and Philosophy in Tokyo, he was active as a DJ in the underground electronic music scene and formed a collective called smashTV productions which organized genre-mixing events such as anti-Gravity and bistro-Smash!. In 2002, he moved to New York to pursue graduate studies in computer music and physical computing at NYU's ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program).
Since 2005 he has been involved with STEIM's (Studio for Electro-Instrumental Music, Amsterdam) R&D lab. From 2007 on, he is STEIM's Artistic Director, guiding the institution's creative output and representing it's activities through performing and lecturing around the world.
In 2010, he released his first solo album "the play-back" through lebanese label Annihaya.
日本語
dj sniff/水田拓郎 プロフィール:1978年生まれ。ターンテーブル奏者、リサーチャー、キュレータ。
1995年よりDJ活動開始。1998年にsmash TV productionsを組織し、4年間にわたってanti-Gravity, Bistrosmash!など、ジャンルを超えたイベントを東京各所で開催。また2001年にミックスCD Deframed Memories+-のリリースを機にブレイクビーツ、エレクトロニカのDJとして数多くのイベントに参加。DJ Klockに衝撃を受ける。
2001年慶應大学文学部美学美術史学科卒業、同年に研究員として熊倉敬聡、芹沢高志らとともに学術フロンティア・インターキャンパスプロジェクトの立ち上げに関わる。2002年渡米、2004年ニューヨーク大学Interactive Telecommunications (ITP)学科でTom Igoeの師事のもと修士課程修了。翌年に文化庁新進芸術家海外派遣制度のもとオランダ・デンハーグのInstitute of SonologyとアムステルダムのSTEIM, Studio for Electro Instrumental Musicに在籍する。
PHOTOS (click for high-resolution version and always credit the photographer if used)
From left to right, 1 & 2 by Tanya Traboulsi, 3 by Vivian Wenli Lin, 4 by Frank Baldé