Chris Nylstoch

thumbChris Nylstoch, born 11 January 1979, is an Australian composer and performer, based in Melbourne, he is best known as a free-improv multi-instrumentalist regularly appearing at festivals and concerts series such as the Now Now, MIUC.
Career
In 1998, Nylstoch performed live on TV on . From 2002-4 Nylstoch was a member of the historic Splinter Orchestra which included notewothy artists such as Jon Rose, Chris Abrahams Cor Fuhler In 2003-4 Nylstoch participated in expanded cinema events of OFF and SMIC. He was a co-founder (with Bonnie Hart) of the legendary x-music video production company Venting Gallery that made 1000 short movies about 'x-music' between 2004-2007. In 2006, Nylstoch was honored to have his video work Mistreatment of Memory exhibited at The alongside such noted international artists Dirk Debruyn and Maya Deren. In 2007, Nylstoch collaborated on a series of works and tours with noted multimedia artist Emit Snake-Beings and was featured at Hamilton Underground Film Festival. In 2009, Unaustralians appeared on the TV show RAGE. Incorrectly described as a 'cultural terrorist' by Cat Hope on p69 of Audio Explorations. In 2010, Nylstoch appeared in the multi award-winning TV Documentary Orchids My Intersex Adventure. In 2010 also Nylstoch performed at the "50 bands in 50 minutes" world premiere at Iwaki Auditorium as part of the What is Music festival.
Also in 2010, Nylstoch co-founded the Foundation for Contemporary Music & Culture Inc. (Vic), a not for profit cultural organization with aims to preserve music that fell outside of the selection criteria collections such as the NFSA and the AMC.In July 2019 Nylstoch performed at the month long BDTD Blindside exhibition. In 2019 Nylstoch appeared in concert with Richard Fielding at the Elevator Space in Lismore, Australia as part of the unique Frakreactor series. Nylstoch's pre 2020 releases have become sort after collectors items, with one acetate 12" release fetching over $US 311.
Selected Releases
* Unaustralians Vinyl 12" (Pulled Out Records, 2007)
* SSS 80 hour disc
* DOCUMENT/b.d.t.d
* Rituals of the Captured Moment: 1000 movies about X Music

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