Gus Tomizuka is a multimedia composer and instrumentalist in Los Angeles exploring emergent narratives in audio. His pieces mix traditional instrumentation and avant-digital techniques to animate songs, soundtracks, instrument designs and installations. He has had work and collaborations featured by the Andy Warhol Foundation, NPR, Bandcamp Daily, the National Youngarts Foundation, KLOF Magazine, Boiler Room, Netflix, Apple, the Kulturstiftung Hohenlohe, the Kennedy Center, MOCA Tucson, and NTS Radio.
As a collaborator he has performed and/or recorded with a range of artists including Laraaji, Daniela Spalla, Esteman, Arrington de Dioinyso, Lori Goldston, Jumbo, Calexico, Chetes Garza, Carín León, Ximena Sariñana, Orkesta Mendoza, Carrie Rodriguez and Gaby Moreno. In 2022 he played guitars for the debut run of Americano the Musical at the New World Stages in New York City.
His work has been released by labels including Sony Music, Centripetal Force, Tobira Records, and Dissolved Sound. From 2020 to 2024 Gus co-founded and ran the Transitory Tapes experimental music label.
As a collaborator he has performed and/or recorded with a range of artists including Laraaji, Daniela Spalla, Esteman, Arrington de Dioinyso, Lori Goldston, Jumbo, Calexico, Chetes Garza, Carín León, Ximena Sariñana, Orkesta Mendoza, Carrie Rodriguez and Gaby Moreno. In 2022 he played guitars for the debut run of Americano the Musical at the New World Stages in New York City.
His work has been released by labels including Sony Music, Centripetal Force, Tobira Records, and Dissolved Sound. From 2020 to 2024 Gus co-founded and ran the Transitory Tapes experimental music label.
