Carl Stone
- Type: Classical Composer
- Country: United States
- Born: February 10, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, United States
Biography
American composer, born in Los Angeles and long resident in Japan. A student of *Morton Subotnick* and *James Tenney* at CalArts, Stone pioneered the use of live sampling as a compositional method. Stone stretches and layers fragments of existing music into slowly mutating structures, often naming pieces after restaurants. Reissues on #Unseen Worlds#, including 'Electronic Music from the Seventies and Eighties' (2016), revived interest in a catalogue that anticipated plunderphonics, vaporwave and modern sampling practice by decades.
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Carl Stone Discography
- Woo Lae Oak (1983) - Album - rated 3.85/5
- Four Pieces (1989) - Album - rated 3.95/5
- Mom's (1992) - Album - rated 4/5
- Electronic Music From the Eighties and Nineties (2018) - Compilation - rated 3.89/5
- Himalaya (2019) - Album - rated 3.42/5
- Baroo (2019) - Album - rated 3.41/5
- Stolen Car (2020) - Album - rated 3.33/5
- Wat Dong Moon Lek (2022) - Album - rated 3.45/5
- Arthur Fischl Conducts the Music of Carl Stone (2026) - Album - rated 3.15/5