
Nolan Hildebrand
composer - noise artist

"It's pure energy. It's noise."
- HörBar neu musikzeitung on Noise Trip Explosion
"Listeners may smell burnt toast as they feed it to their ears and minds."
- Andrew W. of CJSW on Noise Trip Explosion
News and Events
2026
June
Release of my portrait album of electroacoustic music Noise Trip Explosion on Redshift Records!
February - March
Two month research residency in the Spatialization and Interactive Research Lab (SPIRAL) with a 25.4 speaker setup at the Centre for Research in New Music at the University of Huddersfield. I also played a quadraphonic noise set.
February
2025
November
World premiere of Mutant Elephant Stomp at rainy days festival as a part of the Luxembourg Composition Academy.
September
September
World premiere of Digital Concrete Euphoria for saxophone, drum kit, electric guitar, electric bass, soprano, and keyboard with electronics.
photos by Thomas Li
July
World premiere of Pulse Demons on the Farm for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, and cello with fixed media performed by the MoLot Ensemble at the reMuisk Festival in Russia.
March
USA premiere of Urbanite//Troglodyte for 8 channel fixed media at SEAMUS 2025 in Indiana.
USA premiere of generative open graphic score #1 for solo instrument and mixer feedback at the 2025 MOXsonic Festival in Missouri with Seth Andrew Davis.
DMA Recital featuring a program of all electroacoustic music and an octophonic speaker system.
January
Premiere of Drone, Wolf, Skronk for saxophone ensemble with electronics. Performed by the Toronto Saxophone Collective and electronics at the University of Toronto New Music Festival.
2024
December
Premiere of when telekinetic teenagers telephone ghosts for soprano, bass clarinet, and percussion with fixed media. Written for and performed by Sputterbox in New York City.
July
Premiere of You Can't Win for string quartet. Written for and performed by Bozzini Quartet.
2023
October
Paper presentation and performance of Tripping in The Horror Vacui at the International Computer Music Conference in Shenzhen, China.
August
European premieres of noise ritual and generative open graphic score #1 and premiere of garlic, skunk, gas at Darmstädter Ferienkurse.
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July
Premiere of Technicolour Yawn (vomit rainbows) at Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend in Massachusetts.
June
European Premiere of Merz Re #1 for 8 channel fixed media at Forum Wallis in Switzerland.

















