Steve Bates

Biography

Canadian sound artist Steve Bates builds installations, performances and recordings from feedback, shortwave radio, field recordings and drone. Rooted in Winnipeg's punk and activist scenes, he founded the Send + Receive festival in 1998 and later worked in Montreal before settling in Saskatoon. Through his platform #The Dim Coast# and the solo album 'All the Things That Happen' on #Constellation Records#, he pursues patient, research driven work about thresholds, borders and the politics of listening.