leon todd johnson
lives in indianapolis, in.
about
Formerly known as airport people, Leon is a multi-instrumentalist whose compositions have been used to score films, photography galleries, dance performances, and podcasts. His music features acoustic instruments as well as field recordings, found sounds, and spoken word. He writes code for the monome norns musical computer and shares essays here.Leon is also an educator, husband, and a father-to-be.
All music releases are available on bandcamp, and the typical streaming services. A few worth mentioning include ...wa kei sei jaku (2025) – Whited Sepulchre Records [releases in July]
berceuse for piano and iphone (2024) – Self-released
themes for "news from home" (2024) – Pseudoscope Media
midwest dispossessed (2024) – Pseudoscope Media
from nine mornings (2022) – Whited Sepulchre Recordscollaborated with
Kyle Bolender, Landon Caldwell, Tony Colantino, Rob Funkhouser, Ryan Hopper, Michael Ginda, Clockwork Janz, Tom Lageveen, Jesse Lee, Ian Milliken, Jayve Montgomery, Chaz Prymek, Eric Salazar, Mark Tester, Nick Turner, ...
music
notable
live scoring of the film news from home
20241218 at KanKan Cinema in Indianapolis, INsolo piano performance of themes for "news from home"
20241018 at Bim Bom in Chicago, ILopen improvisation with Chaz Prymek and Jayve Montgomery
20240929 at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, OHmidwest dispossessed gallery release and recital
20240720 at the Stutz Building in Indianapolis, INsolo bass performance
20230507 at Tobira Records in Hyogo, Japanmr. badger featured on podcast for Indiana Humanities
20210620 on WFIU in Bloomington, IN
