TV Pow is a Chicago-based electroacoustic/experimental trio founded in Tokyo by
Michael Hartman and
Brent Gutzeit in 1995, and later joined by
Todd A. Carter in the Chicago in 1996. Often cited as 'laptop trio', they really use various acoustic and electronic instruments: percussion, drums, piano, self-made instruments (like Gutzeit’s famous 20-string steel bass), synthesizers, samplers, etc. Most of their releases are remixed and edited live recordings, and throughout their career TV Pow collaborated with many sound artists from Japan, US and Europe, including
Boris Hauf,
Ernst Karel,
Stilluppsteypa,
Toshimaru Nakamura,
Tetuzi Akiyama,
Tsuguto Tsunoda,
Gene Coleman, Thomas Deater, Astro, etc.
They also have a side-project Television Power Electric.