Todd Stapleton is a self-taught composer and multi-instrumentalist from Arizona. His works are a conglomeration of several schools of sound: modern electronics and processing; sonic abstraction and the cacophonous texture; calculated improvisation and minimalism; and elements of pensive ambient composition.
Through his works, Todd focuses on transcending conventional instrumental approaches and deviates from the cliché to create worlds of sound that combine both spacious beauty and deliberate pattern.
Todd Stapleton works with simple constructs and minimal parameters, exploring one or two ideas over an extended duration and patiently dissecting every nuance and reverberation.
Todd has been recording under pseudonym Flock From Spokane since 2001 in which he has explored the sonic abstraction of the guitar, organic instrumentation and subtle electronics. His inaugural release as Todd Stapleton was the epic seventy-five minute piece Requiem For A Dying Sea, released in June of 2017.
His latest release is the stunning A Quiet Shimmering, a nearly eighty minute immersion into a sonic sea of electronics, synthesizers and piano. Released in December of 2022, this ambient masterpiece marks his thirteenth release as Todd Stapleton.