C. Spencer Yeh was born in Taipei, Taiwan 1975, moved to the US in 1980; studied radio/television/film at Northwestern University, repped Cincinnati, Ohio over a decade, and is now based in Brooklyn, New York. Musically, Yeh is active both as a solo artist and improviser, as well as with his project, Burning Star Core. Yeh has collaborated with a deep and ever-growing list of artists and groups, including Tony Conrad, New Humans with Vito Acconci, Evan Parker, Thurston Moore, Okkyung Lee, Paul Flaherty and Chris Corsano, John Wiese, Nate Wooley, Wally Shoup, Michael Johnsen, John Olson (Wolf Eyes), Don Dietrich and Ben Hall (as The New Monuments), Clare Cooper, Prurient, and Jandek. He has performed at festivals and venues such as Sonar, FIMAV at Victoriaville, Frieze Arts Fair, Issue Project Room, No Fun Fest, High Zero, the 24 Hour Drone People at Fylkingen, The Kitchen, ZKM Karlsruhe, and has also exhibited visual art, sound, and video works internationally.

http://www.ubu.com/sound/yeh.html

http://www.myspace.com/cspenceryeh

dj sniff (Takuro Mizuta Lippit) is a turntable musician working in the field of improvised and experimental music. He likes hip house.

http://www.djsniff.com

Videos:

Yeh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQiDeJGA448

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOZSprEphfU

sniff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiVDkT0BBaA

http://vimeo.com/djsniff/videos

STEIM & DNK presents

Saturday 2 Apr: C.Spencer Yeh and dj sniff duo

- Performance by C.Spencer Yeh (voice, violin) and dj sniff (turntable + computer) duo

- Release party for dj sniff’s new album “EP”

Violin and voice explorer C.Spencer Yeh and turntablist dj sniff end their weeklong UK tour with a special night hosted by DNK & STEIM. This event will also double as a release party for sniff’s new album “EP” released from psi records this month.

Date: Saturday, April 2

Venue: STEIM, Utrechtsedwarsstraat 134, Amsterdam

Time: 21.30 hrs.

Charge: 5 euros

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STEIM

(studio for electro instrumental music)

(studio voor elektro instrumentale muziek)

Achtergracht 19

1017 WL Amsterdam

Nederland

tel 00 31 (0) 20 6228690

fax 00 31 (0) 20 6264262

WEB SITE : http://www.steim.nl