Thomas Stone (B.1979) is a composer based in London.His practice focuses on live performance utilising bass instruments. Drawing inspiration from disparate sources such as his tinnitus, the act of ritual, the physical effect of sound and 20th-century composition.His influences include the chamber works of Galina Ustvolskaya and Dmitri Shostakovich and the experimental techno of acts such as Emptyset and Pan Sonic.Refined through presentation in various resonant spaces – from churches to a disused water tank; Cornish coastal caves to the hull of a ship – Thomas's compositions use contrabassoon and sampling devices as oscillators for his snare drum. Blurring the boundaries between acoustic and electronic sound sources, his post-classical / post-techno soundscapes use the relatively ugly means of long tones, dissonances and cyclic rhythms to reach moments of austere, fragile beauty.His music has been released on the record labels Cloudchamber Recordings, Bloxham Tapes and Sensory Leakage.
Billed as an artist to watch by Nick Luscombe on BBC Radio 3.
Performances at institutions including Tate Britain, The Serpentine Gallery, The Whitechapel Gallery, Kings Place and Britten Pears Arts.