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'''James Wyness''', also known as '''Arcadian Meadows''' or '''Ubanu Tarasa''', is a composer and instrument maker who works almost uniquely in the electroacoustic medium.
'''James Wyness''', also known as '''Arcadian Meadows''' or '''Ubanu Tarasa''', is a composer, instrument maker and [[scalesmith]] who works almost uniquely in the electroacoustic medium.


Some of his influences include [[Lou Harrison]]’s biography, and the journal ''[[Xenharmonikon]]''.
Some of his influences include [[Lou Harrison]]’s biography, the journal ''[[Xenharmonikon]]'' (which was for a time edited by [[Daniel Wolf]]), and [[Indonesian]] gamelan music (which inspired most of the scales Wyness crafted).


His current research in both stereo and multi-channel [[acousmatic]] composition focuses on the detailed investigation of the sound object and on the contrast and dialectic between overtly musical material on the one hand and mimetic material on the other.  
His current research in both stereo and multi-channel [[acousmatic]] composition focuses on the detailed investigation of the sound object and on the contrast and dialectic between overtly musical material on the one hand and mimetic material on the other.  
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[[Category:Composers]]
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[[Category:Instrument makers]]
[[Category:Instrument makers]]
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