Philip Samartzis


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Philip Samartzis (born 1963, Melbourne) is a sound artist, composer and associate professor in Sculpture, Sound and Spatial Practice and teaches Sound Cultures in the Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) program at RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology).

Philip Samartzis uses field recordings of natural and constructed environments as his primary material to render densities of space and discrete zones of aural experience, which are arranged and mixed to reflect the acoustic and spatial complexities of everyday sound fields. He draws on a range of practices ranging from acoustic ecology and bioacoustics to musique concrète and sound art to arrive at compositions that highlight the pervasive nature of sound and the myriad ways in which it informs and influences our daily experiences. To emphasize this Philip designs his compositions for multi-channel surround sound systems that afford immersive and tactile listening experiences to demonstrate the transformational qualities inherent in sounds familiar and strange.

ALBA


Eric La Casa, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Philip Samartzis, Dan Warburton
Parking
2024, CD, Album, Dlx, Ltd, Swarming
Philip Samartzis
Atmospheres And Disturbances
2023, CD, Album, + B, Room40
Philip Samartzis, Eugene Ughetti
Array
2021
Philip Samartzis, Eugene Ughetti
Polar Force
2021
Philip Samartzis & Eric La Casa
Captured Space
2020
Philip Samartzis
Boleskine
2019, CD, Bogong Centre For Sound Culture
Philip Samartzis & Daniela D'Arielli
A Futurist's Cookbook
2018, 7xFile, MP3, Album, 320, Galaverna
Philip Samartzis
Antarctica - An Absent Presence
2017, 2xCD, Thames & Hudson
Seijiro Murayama & Philip Samartzis
Rainy Season
2016, CD, Album, Bogong Centre For Sound Culture
Jean-Luc Guionnet / Eric La Casa / Philip Samartzis
Stray Shafts Of Sunlight
2013, CD, Album, Swarming
Philip Samartzis
Current
2013, CD, Album, Bogong Sound
David Brown (3) And Philip Samartzis
Designing Sound For Health And Wellbeing
2012, CD, Australian Scholarly Publishing
Philip Samartzis / Michael Vorfeld
Scheckenrock
2009, CD, Album, Ltd, Non Visual Objects
Jean-Luc Guionnet, Eric La Casa, Philip Samartzis
Soleil D'Artifice
2009, CD, Album, Swarming
Samartzis* / CD-R
Aquarelle
2006, 3xFile, MP3, 320, Musica Excentrica
Bernard Parmegiani / Philip Samartzis
Immersion
2006, LP, Synaesthesia
Samartzis* // English*
One Plus One
2006, Minimax, Room40
Philip Samartzis
Unheard Spaces
2006, CD, Album, Microphonics
Philip Samartzis // Kozo Inada
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2006
Samartzis* _ Müller* _ Voice Crack
Wireless_Within
2005, CD, Album, For 4 Ears, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Philip Samartzis & Rasmus B. Lunding*
Touch Parking
2004, LP, Ltd, Pic, Synaesthesia
Ambarchi* _ Müller* _ Samartzis*
Strange Love
2004, CD, Album, For 4 Ears
Philip Samartzis
Soft And Loud
2004
Samartzis* + Pimmon + Verhagen* + Brown*
Grain
2003, CD, Comp, Ltd, Dorobo Limited Editions
Philip Samartzis
Mort Aux Vaches
2003, CD, Album, Ltd, Num, Mort Aux Vaches
Yamamoto Seiichi* + Philip Samartzis
Dance
2002, CD, F.M.N. Sound Factory, ,
Abstract/Noise/Minimal
Philip Samartzis + Sachiko M
Artefact
2002, CD, Album, Ltd, Dorobo Limited Editions, ,
Experimental
Rasmus B. Lunding* & Philip Samartzis
Fluorescent
2002, CD, Album, Dr Jim's Records
Kozo Inada & Philip Samartzis
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2001, CD, Album, Digital Narcis Corporation,. Ltd.
Philip Samartzis
Windmills Bordered By Nothingness
1999, CD, Album, Ltd, Dorobo Limited Editions
Philip Samartzis
Residue
1998, CD, Album, Ltd, Dorobo Limited Editions
Ph2
Janet Leigh (Dead)
2003, CD, Album, Sound Punch Records
Různí
Tranzmission EP
1993, 12", EP, Candyline Records
Impact
Threat
1989, 12", MiniAlbum, Present Records
Různí
The Box - Volume 2
1989, Box, S/Edition + LP + 2x12", MiniAlbum + 2x12", EP, Present Records
Western Grey
Glacial Erratic
2003, CD, Album, Dr Jim's Records
Ph2
Bionic Blue Bubblegum Slurpee
1999, CD, Album, Sound Punch Records
Zone Void
Wu-Nien Voidmusic
1991, Cass, Album, Ltd, Num, Cthulhu Records
Různí
The Lamp Of The Invisible Light
1991, CD, Comp, Cthulhu Records, Cthulhu Records, ,
Neofolk/Industrial/Experimental/Ambient
Ph2
Northern Void
2008, CD, Album, Sound Punch Records
Gum
Vinyl Anthology
2004, 2xCD, Comp, 23five, ,
Experimental
Hysterical Systems
Hysterical Systems EP
1994
Gum
20 Years In Blue Movies And Yet To Fake An Orgasm
1988, 12", Album, Ltd, Num, Not On Label
Information Systems
Live At The Doma Club
1987, Cass, C60, Information Systems
Gum
Vinyl
1987

KOMPILACE +


Bogan Ghost
Zerfall
2014, CD, Album, Relative Pitch Records
Různí
Magnetic Traces 2
2013
Helium Clench
Sieve
2012, LP, Bocian Records, ,
Experimental
Anthea Caddy & Thembi Soddell
Host
2012
Bruce Russell
Antikythera Mechanism
2010, LP, Ltd, Whi, The Spring Press
Různí
Magnetic Traces : A Survey Of French And Australian Sound Art
2009, CD, Comp, Swarming
Dan Warburton, Frederick Farryl Goodwin
Compendium Maleficarum III
2008, CD, Album, Incunabulum
Tim Catlin
Radio Ghosts
2007, CD, Album, Ltd, 23five
Candlesnuffer
Wakool
2007, CD, Album, Room40
Will Guthrie
Body And Limbs Still Look To Light
2006, CD, Album, Cathnor Recordings
Různí
Loose Canon: Sounds From The Australian Experimental Underground
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Enh, Promo, Australia Council For The Arts, ,
Experimental
Candlesnuffer
Apsomeophone
2005
Lawrence English
Transit
2005, ,
Field Recording/Experimental/Minimal/Ambient
Různí
Melatonin: Meditations On Sound In Sleep
2004, 2xCD, Comp, Room40, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Field Recording/Minimal/Ambient
Různí
Variable Resistance (Ten Hours Of Sound From Australia)
2002, CD, Comp, 23five, San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art, ,
Noise/Experimental/Ambient/Abstract
K K Null* / Jon Rose
Transgenic Nomad
2001, CD, Album, Sonore
Různí
Screaming At The Mirror Three: Independent Melbourne Compilation
1992, CD, Comp, Giggle Records, ,
Indie Rock/Post-Punk/Goth Rock
Sally
Great Pretenders
1991, 7", Dr Jim's Records
Krank
Chaos
1991
John Duncan
Mirror Pulse
1990, Cass, C60, Extreme, ,
Industrial/Interview/Musique Concrète/Noise
Různí
The Present Records Compilation
1990, CD, Comp, Present Records
Information Systems / Moralunary Class*
Doma Blut / Nox Perpetua
1988, Cass, C60, Information Systems
Gum Gum Gum* / Mapleson Cylinders*
Untitled
1988, Cass, Information Systems
Různí
Ophicleide Stopover
1987, Cassette C90, ,
Industrial/Experimental
Severed Heads
Blubberknife
1982
Různí
The Wire Tapper 56
2021, CD, Comp, Wire Magazine, ,
Experimental
Různí
Sonic Interventions
2016, 2xCD, Comp, Bogong Centre For Sound Culture
Různí
Topologies 1
2016, CD, Comp, Bogong Centre For Sound Culture
Různí
HEAR & Now
2013
Různí
Liquid Architecture 13 - Antarctic Convergence
2012, CD, Comp, Liquid Architecture (2)
PvC*
Dawn Secrets
2011, File, MP3, Mixed, 256, Headphone Commute
Různí
10
2011, 40xFile, MP3, Comp, Smplr, 320, Room40, ,
Leftfield/Abstract/Field Recording/Experimental
Různí
10
2010, CD, Comp, P/Mixed, Promo, Room40, Wire Magazine, ,
Leftfield/Abstract/Field Recording/Experimental
Různí
Under The Influence Of Angelo Badalamenti
2010, 14xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Boomkat, ,
Drone/Experimental/Ambient
Různí
SNO Catalogue 2010
2010, CD, Comp, Sydney Non Objective
Různí
Audible Geography
2008, CD, Album, Room40
Různí
Monographic 14: Musica Excentrica
2008, 14xFile, MP3, Comp, Mixed, 192, INQ Mag
Různí
Tape Projects (Locked Groove)
2008, 12", Tape Projects
Různí
Evening At Room40
2006, CD, Comp, Promo, Wire Magazine, Room40, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Ambient
Různí
Some Recent Actions
2006, CDr, Comp, Authorised Version
Různí
Liquid Architecture - Festival Of Sound Arts
2005, CD, Comp, Promo, Wire Magazine, ,
Abstract/IDM/Minimal/Experimental/Ambient
Různí
Der Michel Und Der DOM
2005, CD, Comp, Ltd, Gruenrekorder
Různí
MIFIM Compilations 2004
2004, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, Make It Up Club
Různí
Outer 02
2003, CDr, Comp, Bus
Různí
Liquid Architecture 4
2003, CD, Comp, Liquid Architecture (2), ,
Glitch/Downtempo/Experimental
Různí
Suffer / Enjoy
2002, CD, Comp, Antifrost
Různí
The Last Bleak Days
2002, CD, Comp, Bleak Records
Různí
Emit One
2002, CD, Creative Industries, ,
IDM/Downtempo/Minimal/Experimental/Ambient
Různí
Strewth! An Abstract Electronic Compilation From Australia And New Zealand
2002, CD, Comp, Ltd, Synaesthesia
Různí
lockERS
2000, 12", Comp, ERS, ,
Abstract/Noise/Experimental
Různí
Sound Box 1.0
1998, CD-ROM, Comp, Mul, Kiasma, ,
Noise/Spoken Word/Abstract/Ambient/Poetry/Drone/Experimental/Musique Concrète/Radioplay/Industrial/Field Recording/Minimal
Různí
The Casio VL Tone Challenge
1998, Cass, Comp, JJ180