Archive for October, 2007

RETO MÄDER
Reto Mäder works as RM74 at the periphery of electro-acoustic music and noise with a weakness for atonal boxhauling and melancholy melodies. The pieces of Mäder’s zig-zagging studies of aleatoric electro-acoustics includes a broad spectrum of sound sources like piano, organ, guitar, amp, harp, analogue and digital electronics, computer and field recordings. This resulted […]

SCOTT KAWCZYNSKI
Scott Kawczynski has designed, printed, and helped assemble many of the early Crouton releases. He has traveled the world studying and analyzing design and is now based in New York where he works - constantly. His work is not only limited to print, web and interactive projects; he has also contributed 40 photographs to […]

JOHN KANNENBERG
Sound and visual artist John Kannenberg (b.1969) received his BFA with a concentration in drawing and painting in 1993, and has been performing and writing music for over fifteen years. In 1999, John began work as a solo sound artist using manipulated field recordings as the foundation for loop-based generative electronic pieces. While his […]

JASON KAHN
Jason Kahn was originally a percussionist, and later began integrating live electronics into his playing. His solo performances involve laptop, analogue synthesizer or minimal percussionöeither singularly or in combination. Currently residing in ZY®rich, Switzerland, he has performed or recorded with GY®nter MY®ller, Dieb13, Erik M, Voice Crack, Evan Parker, Christian Marclay, Kevin Drumm, Steve […]

JARBOE
A primary objective of Jarboe’s is to close in on the gap in the audience/performer relationship with a complete submission and vicarious experience through her performance. This is at times done through visceral vocals and music from a variety of cultures and sound vignettes. Her delivery can be at turns innocent, knowing, seductive, & vitriolic […]

STEVEN HESS
Steven Hess resides in Chicago where he plays drums and percussion currently with Fessenden, Haptic, On, and Pan American.
He can be heard on recordings released by Le Disques du Soleil et de L’Acier (DSA), Crouton Records, Autumn Records, SixGunLover, Longbox Recordings, Carpark Records, Mosz, Tonschacht, Kranky, Audio Dregs, Stasisfield, Utech, Chat Blanc, and Entr’acte.
He […]

The Hafler Trio
The Hafler Trio is Andrew M. McKenzie (from Newcastle, England — currently residing in Estonia) working in the field of psychoacoustics and sonic research. Since 1982, The Hafler Trio has produced a prolific body of work involving art, science, sound, religion, comedy and philosophy — emphasizing a dynamic balance and interplay of ‘body’ […]

RAYMOND DIJKSTRA
Raymond Dijkstra is a self taught composer, musician, painter, drawer and sculptor, born in Sneek, (Netherlands). He works in the field of electro-acoustic music with high emphasis on the word acoustic. He has collaborated a.o with Timo van Luijk (Af Ursin), Keith Connolly (NNCK), Dave Nuss (NNCK). Since 2003 he runs the music label […]

RICHARD CHARTIER
Richard Chartier (b.1971) minimal sound/installation artist and graphic designer has produced critically acclaimed solo recordings for labels including Trente Oiseaux (Germany), LINE (USA), Meme (Japan), and Fallt (Ireland), as well collaborative works with Nosei Sakata (*0),Taylor Deupree, and Kim Cascone on 12k (USA) and has appeared on numerous international compilations. His minimalist work explores […]

KEITH BERRY
Born 1973, implanted into a normal life together with psyche that was already being filled with the numerous rubbish unnecessary for contemporary life Keith set about, like the birds in Attar’s “The Conference of the Birds”, in search of a Godhead and a divine unity with sound, space and the never ending pursuit of […]