Robert Stillman

About
Robert Stillman is a saxophonist, improviser, and composer. His projects are characterised by a willingness to ask and answer questions about reality, and his relationship to it, as well as by a radical commitment to spontaneity and process.
He has been heavily influenced by regular collaboration over the past five years with Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Tom Skinner as a touring solo support for and performing member of The Smile, as well as in projects led by Skinner, Dave Okumu, and co-led with Sean Carpio and Anders Holst, among others.
In addition to 12 records under his own name, he has also created work for installation and various media, has curated the ‘Oscillate’ collection of artist lecture performances/essays in collaboration with the Turner Museum, Margate, and contributed to film score recordings by Adem Ilhan, Daniel Pemberton, Jonny Greenwood, and Thom Yorke.
Originally from Maine, USA, Stillman has played saxophone since the age of 11, and his teachers have included George Garzone, George Russell, and Danilo Perez. Based in the UK since 2007, he makes music from his studio based in Margate, UK, and lectures in Music at Canterbury Christ Church University.
Something about Living, the latest album by Robert Stillman, was recorded in front of live audiences over the course of Stillman’s time as both saxophonist and solo support act for The Smile. The album weaves excerpts from various theater and arena shows along the tour’s North American routing into a seamless whole, creating a 40-minute program that represents an expanded version of Stillman’s ever-transforming live set.
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Links
- Official website
- Soundcloud
- Bandcamp
- "As He Walked into the Field" video by Benjamin Rowley
- Wake the Deaf previews Rainbow
- GoldFlakePaint premieres "Epilogue" from Rainbows
- Aquarium Drunkard reviews Rainbow
- Record Collector Magazine reviews Rainbow
- UK Vibe reviews Rainbow
- ATTN Magazine interview
- Aquarium Drunkard reviews Portals
- Music Won't Save You reviews Portals (Italian review)
- Post-Trash premieres "What I Owe" from Reality
- Aquarium Drunkard reviews Reality
- Robert Stillman performs "As He Walked Into the Field" at Union Chapel, London, England
- Clash Magazine premieres "All Are Welcome" music video
- Soho Radio live performance & interview
- Vinyl Factory names Reality one of their favorite albums of 2019 (so far)
- Jason Woodbury interviews Robert Stillman for Aquarium Drunkard
- Robert Stillman's Rainbow on Aquarium Drunkard's "Decade 2009-2019" list
- Daniel King writes about What Does It Mean to Be American? for Mother Jones Magazine
- For the Rabbits premieres "Cherry Ocean" & interviews Robert Stillman
- Under the Radar premieres "It's All Is"
- Glenn Donaldson reviews What Does It Mean to Be American? For Free Form Freakout
- Chad DePasquale & Jason Woodbury review What Does It Mean to Be American? for Aquarium Drunkard
- Sam Sodomsky reviews What Does It Mean to Be American? for Pitchfork