Erik Nystrom composes acousmatic, electroacoustic music. With a background in audio engineering, his musical education comprises computer music composition at CCMIX, Paris, and electroacoustic composition at City University, London (MA in 2008 and PhD, ongoing). His principal composition tutors have been Gerard Pape (CCMIX, 2006-07) and Denis Smalley (City U. 2007-Present). Other influential educational experiences include courses and workshops attended during the time at CCMIX, with Jean-Claude Risset, Trevor Wishart, Harry Halbreich, Agostino Di Scipio, Makis Solomos and Curtis Roads. Erik Nystrom’s PhD research concerns spatial texture in acousmatic music and takes particular interest in the sense of spatial scale in music, the relations between abstract structures and qualitative textural states, and processes of motion and transformation. His music, which also includes collaborations with contemporary dance choreographers, has been performed and broadcast internationally. Acknowledgements include the Prix du Public in Metamorphoses 2010, category B (Belgium) and an honourable mention in Musical Viva 2010 (Portugal), both for Elemental Chemistry.