Isaiah Toran (born in 1970 Cincinnati, Ohio) is a musician, composer, performer, sound sculptor, and visual artist who has become known for his unique sound. Through a highly developed process of layering, Isaiah composes and performs music in rich texture, depth, mood, and subtle detail. Using various acoustic and electronic instruments, found sounds and extended studio techniques, he is able to sculpt sound environments that conjure a strong sense of place, hovering somewhere between the inner self and the external environment. Isaiah Toran began composing and performing music in 1990 while studying biochemistry and psychology. He has composed music for film, video, dance, theater, radio and art installations. The most important elements in making music are silence, clarity, and simplicity. This is created through inspiration from many different sources: classical music, jazz, rock, ethnic and electronic music. What is fascinating within classical music in particular- is the polyphonic style of the Baroque, where the art lies in allowing each single voice to live its own lush life; at the same time, every instrument is a part of a strictly-ordered wholeness. This is exactly as it is with human beings; each of us is one single voice, a miracle of individuality. And when we rediscover our profound and true individuality, we also remember our link to a Wholeness - our belonging to the Cosmos, Life, the Earth and to each other. A visual-arts background has helped to p

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