Philip Jeck (15 November 1952 – 25 March 2022) was an English composer and Multimedia. His compositions were noted for utilising antique Phonograph and vinyl records, along with looping devices and both analogue and digital effects.
Early life
Jeck was born in England in 1952.
[Staff. "Philip Jeck – CV" . www.philipjeck.com.] He studied visual arts at Dartington College of Arts in
Devon.
He became interested in record players after visiting New York in 1979 and being introduced to the work of
disc jockey such as
Walter Gibbons and
Larry Levan.
Career
Jeck started exploring composition using record players and electronics in the early 1980s. In his early career, he composed and performed scores for dance and theatre companies, including a five-year collaboration with Laurie Booth.
He also composed scores for dance films
Beyond Zero on Channel 4 and
Pace on BBC 2.
Jeck was perhaps best known for his 1993 work
Vinyl Requiem with Lol Sargent, a performance for 180
Dansette record players, 12 slide-projectors and two film-projectors.
Although he initially intended to perform it only once, he went on to organise further performances of the installation.
[ It won the Time Out Performance Award in 1993.]
Jeck signed with Touch Music in 1995 and proceeded to release his best-known works on the label, including Surf (1998), Stoke (2002), and 7 (2003). In 2004, he collaborated with Alter Ego on a 2005 rendition of composer Gavin Bryars's The Sinking of the Titanic.
He collaborated with artists including Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebezeit, David Sylvian and Janek Schaefer.
Death
Jeck died on 25 March 2022, aged 69, following a brief illness.[
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Discography
Studio and live recordings
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Loopholes (1995, Touch Music)
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Surf (1998, Touch)
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Live in Tokyo (2000, Touch)
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Vinyl Coda I–III (2 CDs) (2000, Intermedium Records)
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Vinyl Coda IV (2001, Intermedium Records)
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Stoke (2002, Touch)
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7 (2003, Touch)
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Sand (2008, Touch)
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Suite. Live in Liverpool (2008, Touch)
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An Ark for the Listener (2010, Touch)
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Cardinal (2015, Touch)
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Iklectik (2017, Touch)
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Collaborations
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