Tod Dockstader
USA, 1958–2015
American composer (1932-2015), self-taught and working outside academic institutions. A film sound editor by day, he built Quatermass and Apocalypse from tape in studio downtime.
MusicRoots documents 2 artists who influenced Tod Dockstader and 0 artists Tod Dockstader influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.
Who influenced Tod Dockstader?
- Edgard Varèse — Dockstader named his practice 'organized sound' — borrowing Varèse's own term in open acknowledgement of the master.
- Pierre Schaeffer — His tape method was musique concrète learned from records — the self-taught American branch of Schaeffer's invention.