Michael Thompson is a composer of electroacoustic music and also a computer programmer, studio designer, and computer troubleshooter. His works have been performed at the International Computer Music Conference (Hong Kong, 1996 - Berlin, 2000), at the International Computer Music Festival (Kobe. Japan 1998) and also in Taiwan, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the United States. His music has also been presented at the Society of Electroacoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) National Conferences and the Florida Electroacoustic Music Festival (1999 and 2000). In addition to winning a residence prize in the 1999 International Electracoustic Music Competition (Bourges, France) for his composition MachineWerks, Michael received a mention in 1997 for his composition Klank I, II, III, IV, which has been released on CDCM Volume 27, disc entitled CemiSonics.