Samantha Simmons
CONTACT
EDUCATION
2023 MA, Universität Der Künst, Berlin, DE
Experimental Sound Practices, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2010 Post Baccalaureate Certificate, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED HONORS
2022/2023 Musikfonds Award
2021/22 DAAD Performing Arts Award
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 I HAVE NO TEETH, ROD, Valencia, CA, USA / Performance
2023 The Kitchen, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Berlin, DE / Radio Performance
Collaboration with Matthew Herbert and artist all over Europe. Live radio performance and improvisation with kitchen sounds. The concert "The Kitchen" is part of the European Broadcasting Union's "Art's Birthday"
2022 Innerre Stimme with Olaf Nicolai, Berlin, DE / Singer and Performer
2022 Recycled Listening, Klanglandschaften Festival, Brandenburg, DE
Music performance with voice based on pre-recorded sounds from nature / Performance
2022 Memory Transmitters Installation, CTM Vorspiel and Transmediale Festival, Silent Green, Berlin, DE
2022 Cowboy Big Space Music, The Church, Berlin DE / Concert
2022 Cowboy Big Space Music, The Pit, Brooklyn, NY/ Concert
2022 Live Electronics, 8MM, Berlin DE / Performance
2022 Cowboy Big Space Music, Arkaoda, Istanbul, Turkey / Concert
2022 Live Electronics, Tavern, Istanbul, Turkey / Performance
2022 Gack, Vocal Trio with Ani Samperi and Kayla Elrod, synth, vocal mic, and percussion, Kiosk, Berlin DE / Concert
RADIO
2020 Open Hand Real Flames Insect Collaboration, NTS, London, UK
2013-2019 Resident DJ, weekly 3-hour radio program, WFMU, Jersey City, NJ
RADIO COLLAGE
2021 WFMU, Jersey City, NJ
July and May Dublab Radio Los Angeles, CA
2020 Lyl Radio Lyon, FR
HöR Radio, Berlin, DE
2019 September and December 2019 Cashmere Radio Berlin, DE
Red Light Radio Amsterdam, NL
Kiosk Radio Brussels, BE
Keith FM Radio, Berlin DE
Noods Radio, Bristol UK
SOLO PERFORMANCE AND COLLABORATION
2021 Tolistenistobetouchedindistance,,Trio Collaboration and 10-day performance online with Mariana Carvalho and Mauro Zannoli, Tolistenistobetouchedindistance.bandcamp.com/releases
2019 Slow Motion Conversations, Solo, Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, PT
2018 Alba, Duo collaboration with Letecia Sampedro, Secret Project Robot, Brooklyn, NY
Kitchen, Trio with Whitney St Ours and Tracy Brooks
Muchmore’s, Brooklyn, NY
Low Tide, Coney Island, NY
Coney Island Baby, Manhattan, NY
Hanks Saloon, Brooklyn, NY
Abasement Max Fish, Brooklyn, NY
The Footlight, Brooklyn, NY
Troost, Brooklyn, NY
Ceremony, Brooklyn, NY
SOLO PERFORMANCE FESTIVALS
2021 Rock This Town Festival, Pau, FR
2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, NL
2018 Marina Di Neukölln Festival Berlin, DE
AT.Tension Festival Lärz, DE
COMPILATIONS
2019 Songs recorded in Cathedrals
Compilation of tracks made by various artists. All tracks are recorded in a cathedral or church to achieve an echo quality
2018 Glass Sounds
Compilation of tracks made by various artists using glass as an instrument, or inspiration.
2017 Songs Recorded in Strange Places
Compilation of tracks made by various artists in unique places to create sounds. Examples include King Tuts Tomb, a Cistern, washing machine, a tank, etc
2016 Sunken Noises: Add more Reverb: Songs that sound underwater
Compilation of tracks made by various artists to achieve a submerged, reverb quality
MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR FILM
2021 Impossible Project Documentary- Instant Film | Music Supervisor | Egoli Tossel
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2020 Don Letts Documentary-Rebel Dread | Music Supervisor | Molasses Manifesto
MUSIC BLOG MUSIC SELECTOR
2020 Marz Mix, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Love in the Afternoon, London, UK
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2012 Artist in Residence| Can Serrat Residency | Barcelona, Spain
Artist in Residence| Cercca Residency | Llorenç del Penedés, Spain
DJ
2021 Ore, Brooklyn, NY
Milo’s Yard, Brooklyn, NY
TV EYE, Brooklyn, NY
Nicky’s Unisex, Brooklyn, NY
Wonderville, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Arkaoda, Berlin, DE
8 MM, Berlin, DE
2019 Loophole, Berlin, DE
Brutal 45 Berlin, DE
Keith, Berlin, DE
Motif, Berlin, DE
Klunkerkranich Berlin, DE
Club Desterro, Lisbon, PT
Brilliant Corners, London, UK
Arkaoda, Berlin, DE
Motif, Berlin, DE
Magazine, Brooklyn, NY
Starliner, Brooklyn, NY
Flowers for all Occasions, Brooklyn, NY
WFMU Record Fair, Brooklyn, NY
Oak and Iron, Brooklyn, NY
Ace Hotel, New York, NY
Troost, Brooklyn, NY
Rebeccas, Brooklyn, NY
La Loba Cantina, Brooklyn, NY
Ceremony, Brooklyn, NY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021 Listening for Youth Workshop, Asphalt Green, New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS
2010 The Art Blog Samantha Simmons Black and Whites, THEARTBLOG.ORG