Based on an interface of his own design, David Simons collages and remixes samples, loops, excerpts of music from many different sources, cultures and eras, in real time, in a non-linear and unusually musical way. These samples are interspersed and mixed with the performer's own sounds and excerpts of compositions using this unique proximity activated method of MIDI control. The Theremin itself evokes the supernatural, an extra-dimensional realm which is open to filmic imagery, at once both scientific and psychic in its exploration.

Bio: David Simons is a composer and performer specializing in percussion, Theremin, electronics, homemade instruments, and World Music. Recordings of his works include 2 CDs on Tzadik "Fung Sha Noon" (2009) and "Prismatic Hearing" (2004) ; the opera "The Birth of George" (Tellus/Harvestworks) w/Lisa Karrer (2003); 3 CDs for Gamelan Son of Lion, including the recent "Sonogram" (2008) on Innova; and on albums by God is My Co-Pilot, Music for Homemade Instruments, Stockhausen, Henry Brant, Shelley Hirsch, Denman Maroney, Laura Andel and many others.

David’s work in music for theater and dance has brought him to Europe, Asia, Guantanamo, Honolulu, and Bali. He has been awarded a Rockefeller Bellagio residency, NYFA fellowships, commissions and travel awards. Simons' composition "Odentity" for the Harry Partch instruments was premiered by Newband in 2007 and is featured on his newest Tzadik CD "Fung Sha Noon". Recent premieres include the 2009 "GONG(hump)ing Ceremony" for gamelan, and "CIPHER" for string quartet, which is included on the 2010 Innova CD "The NYFA Collection". David is a graduate of California Institute of the Arts. His writings on music and sound are published in Radiotexte(Semiotexte#16), EAR magazine, and Soundings. David is Adjunct Professor of Cross Cultural Perspectives at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Media Studies at The New School in NYC.