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William C. Harrington
was born
January 10th, 1952 in Yonkers, New York. He studied composition,
performance, and electronic music at Cal State Dominguez Hills (now UC
Dominguez Hills) with Richard
Bunger,
author of the classic book on John
Cage, "The
Well Prepared Piano".
He was also influenced by seminars with several composers including Nicholas Slominsky.
After leaving college he worked in the wholesale record industry for
two years before going on tour. He was on eleven tours over a five year
period working for (among others) Gentle
Giant and Frank
Zappa
(making a brief, credited appearance in Zappa's movie, "Baby Snakes"). He
was with Zappa
in Paris when Pierre
Boulez visited.
Upon returning to LA he attended the UCLA Extention Music Business
course where he was awarded two NARAS scholarships. He studied record
production with Nick
Venet -
producer of The Beach
Boys, Creedence
Clearwater and many
others.
Urban Electronic Music was constructed using loops
recorded over
a 30-year period, analog and digital synthesis, as well as traditional
instruments and found objects.
This is a professionally made CD in a full-sized shrink wrapped jewel case.
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