Vic Rawlings is a central figure of the Boston improvised music community. His performances focus on the metamusical potential of unstable sounds and silences. He is an instrument builder specializing in modifications of existing instruments. In addition to his extensive cello preparations, he has developed an electronic instrument from existing analog circuitry, producing, in effect, an analog synthesizer with a highly momentary interface. He performs regularly with undr quartet, The BSC, and in duo and trio ensembles with Greg Kelley, Sean Meehan, Bhob Rainey, Jason Lescalleet, James Coleman, Michael Bullock, Howard Stelzer, and Jason Talbot. Collaborators have included Eddie Prevost (AMM), Donald Miller (Borbetomagus), Daniel Carter (Other Dimensions in Music), Laurence Cook, Jaap Blonk, Masashi Harada and Stephen Drury. His work has been presented on the following record labels: Grob, Sedimental, Emanem, Boxmedia, Chloe, and Sublingual. He has performed as a soloist/ composer with Nicola Hawkins Dance Company and has composed scores for films by Alla Kovgan and Jeff Silva.