About

Steve Ashby is a musician, composer, and sound artist who creates works around sound found in the natural and digital world to discover places of intersection which engage in the art of listening. Ashby’s work is a combination of field recordings, manipulated sound, and composed elements. With an interest towards sound ecology, Ashby listens for rhythms, melodies, and textures found in his surroundings to inform the direction of his work. His artistic practices stems from lifelong study and performance as a musician that has extended into a practice of listening and the consideration for the ways in which sound shapes our experience and perception of the world. Ashby’s approach focuses on the creation of multi-channel sound works through the use of stochastic processes, data sonification, and interactive systems that explore sonic possibilities between environmental recordings and synthesized sound. The development of these processes amplify the ever changing experience of our environment to engage with the sensual nature of sound that connects us to place.  The works place a particular interest on developing a sense of space within the composed and performance space, and the perspectival possibilities the listeners bring to the work from their own life experiences and culture.

Steve Ashby is a musician, composer, and sound artist based in the United States. Ashby work focuses on sound found in the natural and digital world to discover places of intersection which engage in the art of listening. Recent performances and residencies include the Australasian Computer Music Conference, International Computer Music Conference 2022, the Society of Electro-Acoustic Musicians in the United States, Soundpedro, Moxsonic, EMS Stockholm Guest Composer Series, Radiophrenia Scotland, Cube Fest at Virginia Tech, New Music Gathering, Sound Arts Richmond, and the NYC Electroacoustic Music Festival.