Growing up in Athens County, Ohio, Sxip listened to old-time and Appalachian gospel music with his grandmother on Sundays, and dreamed of becoming a folk musician. Then one day he stuck paper clips on his guitar-strings and they bonged like gamelan bells. That was the beginning of Sxip's journey into his own unique music, evoked on a variety of traditional and re-imagined instruments, such as Mutant Harmonicas, the Industrial Flute, and the Obnoxiophone. He has appeared as a solo artist in NYC at Joe's Pub, the Knitting Factory, Washington Square Church, HERE Theaters, and numerous underground parties, as well as at the Odeon in San Francisco. As a composer for the Daredevil Opera Company, Sxip has performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., the Adelaide Fringe Festival in Australia, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. He also performed with Anti-Gravity at The New Victory Theater on Broadway in NYC, and has toured the USA with The Bindlestiff Family Circus.

sxip@lumii.org