Joseph Hammer has been played on NTS in shows including Awkward Movements, featured first on 23 December 2013. Songs played include Mirror Lake and Banner Drop.

Joseph Hammer, a Time-Based artist from Los Angeles, has actively created experimental works since 1980.

His practice operates at the interface between music making and performance art. Using a tape recorder, he creates compositions by employing a looping technique originally developed for radio and TV sound effects. The tape recorder is also a documenting device. Using it draws simultaneously on the qualities of recording/listening and playback/performing.

The sound sources he uses come from both popular and avant-garde culture. Using…