Schopenhauer is Tom Jackson (sax/clarinet), Adam de la Cour (electric guitar, vocals) and Federico Reuben (live electronics). Schopenhauer specialises in tasteless expressionist improvisations, dark dialectics, banal conservatism and trashy late-romantic kitsch.
Federico Reuben is a composer, sound artist and live-electronics performer. His work includes compositions for acoustic, electroacoustic and mixed ensembles, laptop improvisations, computer-mediated performances, fixed media, hybrid works, installations, collaborations and computer programs. As a laptop improviser he has performed with improvisers such as Elliott Sharp, John Edwards, Steve Noble, Mark Sanders, London Improvisers Orchestra, Tony Marsh, Alekander Kolkowski, Ingrid Laubrock, Alexander Hawkins, Dominic Lash, Rachel Musson, and Javier Carmona. He is co-founder of netlabel and artist collective squib-box with Adam de la Cour and Neil Luck. Currently, he is Associate Professor at the Music Department, University of York.
