Boyd Blake Rice (born December 16, 1956) is an American composer, performance artist, author and painter. A pioneer of industrial music, Rice was one of the first artists to use a sampler, as well as the second, after John Cage, to use a turntable as an instrument. As a teenager and in his early 20s, Rice was a prankster. Rice began painting when he was 18. In the 1970s, Rice pioneered techniques of noise, industrial and electronic music. Rice says that he made sample-based music "about a decade before the advent of samplers". In addition to pioneering industrial music, Rice was one of the first artists to use a sampler, which he referred to as a "noise manipulation unit". Recording under the name NON, Rice released vinyl records with locked grooves or multiple holes, and encouraged listeners to play them at any speed they chose, preceding the use of turntable manipulation by composers Pierre Schaeffer and John Cage. Rice was the second, after Cage, to use a turntable as an instrument. Rice's first album, The Black Album, consisted of looped samples of girl group and bubblegum music. Rice was the first artist to be signed to Mute Records. Rice's 1992 album In the Shadow of the Sword focused on social Darwinism. His 1995 album of poetry backed by music, Might!, was inspired by author Ragnar Redbeard's book Might Is Right. More information...
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