BIO
St Celfer, treading glitch-tronic failure, embraces sensory overload to unlock ways of perceiving a world made narrow by the impositions of power.
“St Celfer writes immersive electronic songs that encompass both haunting beauty & wild experimentalism.”
BANDCAMP
BANDCAMP
St Celfer (john macdougall parker), of American and Korean origin, a former Olympian, now a creator of interactive sound devices, floats between NYC, Seattle, and São Paulo where you can find drawings on the 'Space Between Points' in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MACUSP). 4 albums are named "New & Notable" by the editors at Bandcamp.com along with one featured wave track for Infrasonica.org, ‘Voicing Abstraction.’
"Always inventive, always challenging sound artist St Celfer returns with another album of glitchy experiments to dazzle & fascinate."
BANDCAMP
His music has been broadcast by Michael Schell on KHUH & KBCS, David Weinstein, among other DJs, on WFMU and, additionally, WZBC, WMBR, WOZO, FM104.7, FM89.7, CMPFR-22c, Tikrishow, and Oolongradio. Part of the '00's Williamsburg, Brooklyn music scene playing venues such as The Tank, CBGB's, Remote Lounge, Rocky's, Galapagos, Subtonic, Sputnik and Stinger Club. John currently collaborates with Tim Spelios and Weinstein as Nancy, Kevin Bud Jones as dycot, and Leyya Mona Tawil.
"St Celfer returns with four more boundary-breaking electronic compositions sparked with sudden bursts of melody."
BANDCAMP
Recent interviews include TomMoody.us, Invert/Extant (UK), and the School of Commons (Zurich).
"There is a lot of noise today - we just need to hear the music within it." @StCelfer