Squidco: Flinn, Stephen: Architect of Adversity

Architect of Adversity

Arizona based percussionist Flinn, who has worked with Tim Perkis, Noah Phillips, in a solo work for drums, percussion and voice.

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Personnel:

Stephen Flinn-drums, percussion, voice

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UPC: 5609063401172

Label: Creative Sources
Catalog ID: cs117
Squidco Product Code: 9479

Format: CD
Condition: Sale (New)
Released: 2008
Country: Portugal
Packaging: Jewel Tray

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Arizona based percussionist Flinn, who has worked with Tim Perkis, Noah Phillips, in a solo work for drums, percussion and voice.

"Stephen Flinn has been a professional musician for over twenty years, and has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. As well as being an accomplished drummer and percussionist, he works with unusual sound sources including self-made insturments and found objects. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona and spends his time teaching, performing, and writing."-Stephen Flinn website

"Flinn's percussion more closely resembles the Byzantine path of interconnected firing neurons than it does the beating of the heart." Signal to Noise, Sean Molnar

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"Stephen Flinn is a composer, performer, and improviser who performs throughout Europe, Japan, and the United States. As well as being an accomplished percussionist, he works with unusual sound sources, including self made instruments and found objects. Stephen is based in New York City, NY."

-Stephen Flinn Website (http://www.stephenflinn.net/)
1/27/2026

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Track Listing:

1. magistrate

2. at midnight

3. avenging spirit

4. jewels in my teeth

5. electric fire

6. ethereal dances

7. heart so strong

8. desolation

9. violet bank

10. in sorrow

11. bleak december

12. upon her hair

13. artemis

14. money punch

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