Takuro Mizuta Lippit aka dj sniff is  a turntable musician, who works in the field of improvised and experimental music. He uses a unique setup consisting of hand-made hardware interfaces and custom Max/MSP software pieces along with one turntable and DJ-mixer. He is also a concert/event curator for electronic music and a music technology researcher. While studying art history and philosophy in Tokyo, he was active as a DJ in the underground electronic music scene and formed a collective called smashTV productions. In 2002, he moved to New York to pursue graduate studies in computer music and physical computing at NYU's ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program). Since 2007 he has been the artistic director of STEIM in Amsterdam. As dj sniff he regularly performs with computer musician Yutaka Makino as Audile and with saxophonist Keir Neuringer and bassist Raed Yassin.

> www.djsniff.com
 
 
Appearances:
> CTM.10 > EXTENDED ECLECTICS
> CTM.10 > DEFINING YOUR OWN INSTRUMENT
> CTM.10 > INTERFACE AND INSTRUMENT - DESIGN - HOW TECHNOLOGY AFFECTS MUSIC