upcoming events 2025
MAR 11 | in juneb2btheo, alongside Mitchell Keaney, Miles Friday at Wholesale Saloon, santa fe nm
MAR 12 | visuals for 99jakes at Tumbleroot Brewery, santa fe nm~
APR 13 | no contact at cocoon, santa fe
JUN 10 | 'The Force of Listening', Seattle WA
JUN 28 | the minnow, abq
JUL 17 | fujoshi daughter at cocoon, santa feSEPT 12-14 | tierras sonidas, marfa tx

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past events (2024)
JAN 06 | COCOON Santa Fe: duo with Helen Pinch, alongisde Chacon, Nakatani, Santistevan trio
FEB 17 | ICA-SF, Santa Fe: SFNO x Palmerie: Drone Night in honor of Phil Niblock
MAR 15 | LOST PADRE, Santa Fe: solo set
MAY 25 | COCOON Santa Fe: solo set, alongside 99jakes, magpie cemetery, tba
JUN 14-23 | CURRENTS NEW MEDIA FESTIVAL
JUL 06 | CIRQ Santa Fe: ICE ORC 3
JUL 19 | GHOST Santa Fe: SFNO ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY, playing in NO CONTACT
SEPT 29 | GHOST Santa Fe: with Bogie Bogie!, Helen Pinch, Awl

Theo Krantz (b. 1993) is an experimental musician, new media artist, and viola da gamba player living in Santa Fe, NM.His music practice focuses on textural, emotive compositions built with tape machines, radios, string instruments, and synthesizers. He is especially drawn to the physicality of sound—its texture and materiality—and often works with outdated or unconventional technologies for the unique qualities they can impart on recordings.In his new media work, he explores the role of broadcasting and transmission in the digital age. His interactive live streaming work is a satirical and maximalist interpretation of public access television and is deeply influenced by the plunderphonic movement’s questions around authorship and intellectual property.Over the years, he has created and performed a range of live works—everything from dense audio-visual media collages to absurdist performance art. He also has collaborated with other artists on interactive sculptures and installations.Beyond this, he runs the tape/net label cry like donna, edits otherworld, co-runs santa fe noise ordinance, does all the music for a visual novel, hosts a public radio show on 101.1 KSFR, and is an organizer for campbient, an annual field recording residency.

A selection of my different projects, including orchestral, experimental, plunderphonic, radiophonic, and video game music.

selected original work

Subliminal Exercise is an ~hour long broadcast of live sound collage, focusing on repurposing old tapes into a hypnotic, plunderphonic experience.

subliminal exercise radio archive