In concert

Hosted by Réseau des art médiatiques.

Le Réseau des art médiatiques hosted a "portrait concert" at which Oliver performed his own electroacoustic music (both live and for fixed media) through an orchestra of 28 loudspeakers. The event occurred at ESPACE GO in Montréal during the 4-day long festival.

Featured works:

Over the Edge - for mixed media, 12 channels
Marimba Destruido - for mixed media, 8 channels
Copper Singing - for fretless guitar & computer
Nylong Symphony part 5 - for fretless guitar & computer

as well as,

just inference - for mixed media, 4 channels
Give Us Peace - for mixed media, 4 channels

NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD
This music was released in February 2012 on a surround DVD-audio disc called Time is Dust on the earsay label. Check it out at the store.

In the fall of 2002, Structural Damage (John Oliver, guitar & Vancouver keyboardist Andrew Czink), went on a huge Cross-Canada tour playing improvised music with guest musicians Ron Samworth (Vancouver), and Yasuhiro Otani & Kazuhisa Uchihashi (Tokyo). They appeared at several universities across Canada, as well as on the concert series of New Works Calgary, Upstream (Halifax), Groundswell (Winnipeg), The Music Gallery (Toronto), Brady's "Guitarevolution" (Montreal), Vancouver New Music, and Open Space (Victoria).