John Duncan (born 1953, Wichita) is an American conceptual and performance artist working with sound, installation and experimental music. Since the 1970s he moved through the Los Angeles Free Music Society, Tokyo, Amsterdam and now lives in Bologna. His pieces often draw on shortwave radio, field recordings and voice. Live events tend to be confrontational and physically risky. In Japan he was among the early non-Japanese figures in noise. Critics treat Riot, The Crackling and the installation The Keening Towers as landmarks.
His official bio lists appearances at VOD Festival 2025 in Friedrichshafen, ABON 2025 in Shanghai, WIF 2025 in Wrocław and NOISE Istanbul.
DIG (2025), a collaboration with Ivan Pjevcevic, was released.
