BIOGRAPHY

DJ Sniff (Takuro Mizuta Lippit) (United States/Japan) is Co-Director of Ensembles Asia/ Asian Music Network, musician, and curator in the field of experimental electronic arts and improvised music. He builds upon a distinct practice that combines DJing, instrument design, and free improvisation. He has performed internationally at various venues and festivals, having released 12 DJ mixes and 4 albums, which include collaborations with Evan Parker, Otomo Yoshihide, Martin Tetreault, and Paul Hubweber. As Artistic Director of STEIM (2007­-12) in Amsterdam, he curated and produced large-scale international festivals and award-winning artworks. From 2012 to 2017, he was Visiting Assistant Professor at the School of Creative Media - City University of Hong Kong. Lippit was also one of the invited musicians hosted at the Mirrored Gardens in Guangzhou during the presentation of Tarek Atoui’s The Ground project in 2017.