Tony Conrad (Anthony Schmaltz Conrad, March 7, 1940 – April 9, 2016) was an American avant-garde video artist, experimental filmmaker, musician, composer, sound artist, teacher and writer from Baltimore, Maryland. Active in a variety of media since the early 1960s, he is considered to have been a pioneer of both structural film and drone music (or, as he has qualified, "The first non-bagpipe western drone music"). Conrad's first music release, and only release for many years
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Recognition
📻 Played on 2 NTS Radio shows
Why This Artist
Tony Conrad's releases show consistent growth in engagement — top 5% for trajectory. Only 405 platform followers, but 11K listeners — discovery outpaces the fanbase. Hand-picked by NTS Radio DJs across 2 episodes. A drone act in the sonic world of Scott Walker and Mr. Bungle.
Sounds Like
Scott Walker · Mr. Bungle · John Cale · Jonny Greenwood · Badbadnotgood