Tod Dockstader

Tod Dockstader (March 20, 1932 – February 27, 2015) was an American electronic music composer and sound designer. He is regarded as one of the first American musique concrète composers. Biography Dockstader was born on March 20, 1932, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. In the early 1990s, Starkland re-released most of the content of Dockstader’s out-of-print Owl recordings, alongside previously unreleased material, on two CDs. These releases brought him new, significant acclaim. The Washington Post called Dockstader “a highly imaginative pioneer,” and The Wire concluded: “The obsessive care with which Starkland have compiled these extraordinary recordings should ensure that Dockstader will be remembered as the innovative, visionary figure he undoubtedly was.” Reinvigorated, Dockstader returned to music at the start of the 21st century, adopting computer composition. New CDs appeared from Sub Rosa and ReR Megacorp. Work on a documentary about his life, Unlocking Dockstader, was begun in 2011; however,a lack of funding stalled the project. Dockstader died in Arlington, Massachusetts, on February 27, 2015, at the age of 82. In 2016, Starkland released From the Archives, a CD that premiered 15