Stefan Smith (Sound)

Stefan Smith studied music at Mills college in Oakland, California, where he worked with musical luminaries such as Fred Frith, Maggi Payne, Pauline Oliveros and Roscoe Mitchell. After graduating he was employed as an assistant to the legendary synthesiser designer Don Buchla. Stefan makes his music with synthesisers and drum machines, and when he is not making music he works as a sound designer and composer for films and installations. For 8 years Stefan was the sound designer/ composer on the infamous ‘Dau project‘ - the biggest film project in history (which was in production for 13 years.) For the project premiere in 2019, at the Theatre de Chatalet, he developed (alongside Rob Walker and Brian Eno) a sound Installation that played in the two theatres that hosted the events. Through Dau he was introduced to composer and sound designer Nicolas Becker (gravity, arrival, Sound of Metal). Through this relationship he contributed...Read More