William Fields

William Fields is an artist and musician from the Philadelphia area whose work explores algorithmic composition, improvisation, and audio-visual correspondence.

His music has been released on labels such as SUPERPANG, tokinogake, EVEL, 3OP, GOTO, ding\ndents, Kaer'Uiks, Conditional, Great Curve, Nada, and New York Haunted.

“Tasty.”
— Sean Booth (Autechre)

“Like Richard Devine on acid... I was completely blown away... the pinnacle of bleeps and bloops and everyone deserves to know it.”
— Colin Benders

“Some of the most mind-blowing algorithmically generated music I'd ever heard”
— Richard Devine

“HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION: William Fields is at the absolute front of algorithmic music and this tremendous 24 hour collection is some of the wildest stuff out there... TOP NOTCH”
— Telefon Tel Aviv

“A master of the dark arts. A minimalist with a big sound. A pioneer and a deeply clever chap. He’s an audio visual mash man that’s got tasty taste. A rare combo!”
— Jamie Lidell

interviews

2021-08-21: Modern Music Studios
2020-10-14: Knob Twiddlers Hangout
2020-04-07: Hanging Out With Audiophiles Podcast
2019-12-01: Art + Music + Technology Podcast

press

2022-08-06: Boomkat - Chirality Review
2021-11-01: Super Super Sounds - Fluidity Review
2021-09-02: Super Super Sounds - Bokuseki Review
2021-08-12: Igloo Magazine
2020-09-26: Ars Technica

upcoming events

None currently scheduled.

discography

2023-12: Zugzwang (w/Jochen Rueckert
[SUPERPANG]
2023-08: Antero
2023-06: Celeritas
2023-02: Fictions
[GOTO Records]
2022-06: Fire
[ding\ndents]
2022-02: αlive (w/ Qebo)
[3OP]
2022-01: Odd Nerd Drum
[Tokinogake]
2021-11: Chirality
[Great Curve]
2021-10: Fluidity
[3OP]
2021-07: Bokuseki
[EVEL]
2020-09: Traction
2020-07: Bewilderment
[SUPERPANG]
2020-05: Live at In Situ 2019
[Nada]
2020-01: Shackamaxon
[Conditional]
2020-01: Imperfekt
[Kaer'Uiks]
2019-07: FieldsOS
[Resonance Extra]

live performance

2023-06-21: Live at Squeezebox Records, Wilmington, DE, USA
2022-12-02: Event Horizon, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2022-07-02: Minimal Input, Taiwan
2022-06-01: Live at Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
2022-05-04: Live with Negativland at PhilaMoca, Philadelphia, PA
2022-03-10: Algorithmic Art Assembly @ Gray Area, San Francisco, CA
2022-02-02: Live at IRL Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2021-10-22: Glitch w/ Richard Devine, Mercury Lounge, New York, NY
2019-12-06: Live A/V Performance @ In Situ - Festival For Electronic Music And Sound Art, Minneapolis, MN

2019-10-25: Live A/V Performance @ Final Friday 91, Newark, DE
2019-09-27: Live A/V Performance, opening for Kaki King @ Arden Gild Gall, Wilmington, DE
2019-08-24: Soniennes @ Random Tea Room, Philadelphia, PA
2019-03-23: Algorithmic Art Assembly @ Gray Area, San Francisco, CA
2019-03-09: Renick Bell, William Fields, Father of Two @ 3577 Studios, Pittsburgh, PA
2018-04-06: Group Show @ The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE
2018-01-12: Live at Oddity Bar, Wilmington, DE
2017-01-06: NWAA Presents: PRACTICE @ Tower Hill School, Wilmington, DE
2016-10-28: Live at Final Friday 55, Newark, DE
2016-06-04: Live at Rainbow Records, Newark, DE
2016-03-25: NOREMIXES NORESIDENCY @ Art Dept, Philadelphia, PA²
2016-01-29: Final Friday 46 @ Newark Bike Project, Newark, DE
2015-12-05: Event Horizon @ The Rotunda, Philadelphia, PA¹
2014-11-28: Final Friday 32 @ Newark Bike Project, Newark, DE²
2014-08-22: The Leap @ Cambridge, MA
2014-05-13: Live @ Newark Bike Project, Newark, DE²
2014-03-19: NOREMIXES Label Showcase @ Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA²
2014-02-28: Tric Town @ Mojo Main, Newark, DE²
2013-12-14: Event Horizon @ The Rotunda, Philadelphia, PA²
2013-10-12: Fall Fest 2013 @ Agrilla Brewing Company, Newark, DE²
2013-08-31: DELAWEIRD NOISE FEST @ Newark Bike Project, Newark, DE²
2013-06-28: Final Friday 19 @ Newark Bike Project, Newark, DE²
2013-06-14: Labyrinth @ Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE²
2013-05-03: Art Opening @ Dylan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA²
2013-03-15: Art Opening @ Project Space Gallery, Wilmington, DE²
2012-12-07: Event Horizon @ The Rotunda, Philadelphia, PA
2012-05-02: Deltronica @ Mojo Main, Newark, DE
2011-07-08: Live @ Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2010-08-07: One Thousand Pulses @ House Concert, Woodcliff Lake, NJ
2010-08-01: Body + Mind @ Tritone, Philadelphia, PA
2010-03-16: Polymer @ Kung Fu Necktie, Phildelphia, PA
2009-11-14: Philadelphia Laptop Battle 2009 @ North Star Bar, Philadelphia, PA
2009-11-07: Mid-Atlantic Electronic Music Festival @ Buzz Ware, Arden, DE
2009-09-30: Eclosion: New Work from New Wilmington Art Association @ Pop-up Gallery Space, Wilmington, DE
2009-06-05: First Friday @ The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
2008-04-26: The Rashomon Effect V @ Mascher Space Coop, Philadelphia, PA
2006-11-09: International Computer Music Conference 2006 @ Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2006-06-04: Electro-Music 2006 @ Cheltenham, PA
2006-05-26: Live @ Mojo 13, Wilmington, DE
2006-05-19: Gate to Moonbase Alpha @ The Rotunda, Philadelphia, PA
2006-04-25: The Ambient Ping @ Toronto, Canada
2006-01-04: Philly Winter Festival of Delicate Creative Music @ The Rotunda, Philadelphia, PA
2005-10-29: Ars Electrik @ The Aqua Lounge, Philadelphia, PA
2005-07-14: Hologram @ Manhattan Room, Philadelphia, PA
2005-06-04: Electro-Music 2005 @ -, Cheltenham, PA
2005-05-06: Chaise 2 Release Party @ Southpaw, Brooklyn, NY
2005-04-04: Live @ 4W5 Cafe, Wilmington, DE
2005-04-02: Live @ Rocket Cat Cafe, Philadelphia, PA
2005-02-02: Hologram @ Philadelphia, PA
2005-01-28: Tsunami Benefit Concert @ Wilmington, DE
2004-10-17: Live @ The Five Spot, Philadelphia, PA³
2004-09-11: Feedback Concert Series @ UCAL, Philadelphia, PA
2004-09-01: Hologram @ Philadelphia, PA
2004-07-29: FM @ The Khyber, Philadelphia, PA
2004-07-27: Knobs @ Silk City, Philadelphia, PA
2004-05-15: Philadelphia Laptop Battle 2 @ Silk City, Philadelphia, PA
2004-05-01: Philadelphia Electronic Music and Art Festival @ The Rotunda, Philadelphia, PA
2004-02-29: Open Source @ Cafe Izmir, Philadelphia, PA
2004-01-07: Hologram @ La Tazza, Philadelphia, PA
2003-09-08: EIDE @ East End Cafe, Newark, DE
2003-08-06: EIDE @ East End Cafe, Newark, DE
2003-05-16: We Are the Robots @ Brown University, Providence, RI
2003-02-19: Live @ MIT, Cambridge, MA
2002-02-10: tbtmo@khyber @ The Khyber, Philadelphia, PA³
2001-08-01: Galactique @ Philadelphia, PA³
2001-05-26: Hologram 11 @ La Tazza, Philadelphia, PA³
2001-01-27: Hologram 7 @ La Tazza, Philadelphia, PA³
2000-06-01: Live @ Fletchers, Baltimore, MD⁴
2000-02-01: Rangzen @ Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD⁴
1999-09-18: Ultraworld's Sunrise Festival '99 @ Baltimore, MD⁴
1999-05-19: Modex99 @ University of Delaware, Newark, DE⁴
1999-03-01: Cloudwatch Kode:Art @ Baltimore, MD⁴
1998-12-31: Buzz New Years Eve Gala @ Buzz, Washington, DC⁴
1998-09-12: Cloudwatch @ Baltimore, MD⁴
1998-05-20: Modex98 @ University of Delaware, Newark, DE⁴

¹ Collaboration with Ben Fleury-Steiner.

² As "Beck-Fields" with Jeremy D. Beck.

³ As "Team Techno" with Michael Henderson & Matt Tuozzo.

⁴ Appeared as "Asoka".

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