Bernhard Günter
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Bernhard Günter is a German post-Cageian
composer
associated with microwave and lowercase
movements or styles of minimalist composition. He is influenced by Morton Feldman
.
A former rock and jazz drummer, Günter studied at IRCAM
and began working with electronically generated sound. However, he now works primarily with samples
. He founded his own label, Trente Oiseaux
.
His first album Un Peu de Neige Salie (1993), a collection of pieces, was listed by The Wire
as one of the 100 albums that "set the world on fire".
John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
associated with microwave and lowercase
Lowercase (music)
Originally coined by minimal artist Steve Roden, lowercase is an extreme form of ambient minimalism in which very quiet sounds bookend long stretches of silence. Roden started the movement with an album entitled Forms of Paper, in which he made recordings of himself handling paper in various ways...
movements or styles of minimalist composition. He is influenced by Morton Feldman
Morton Feldman
Morton Feldman was an American composer, born in New York City.A major figure in 20th century music, Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School of composers also including John Cage, Christian Wolff, and Earle Brown...
.
A former rock and jazz drummer, Günter studied at IRCAM
IRCAM
IRCAM is a European institute for science about music and sound and avant garde electro-acoustical art music. It is situated next to, and is organizationally linked with, the Centre Pompidou in Paris...
and began working with electronically generated sound. However, he now works primarily with samples
Sampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
. He founded his own label, Trente Oiseaux
Trente Oiseaux
Trente Oiseaux is a record label founded by experimental musician Bernhard Günter in 1995.Early releases featured musicians such as Francisco López, Roel Meelkop, John Duncan, Jim O'Rourke, Daniel Menche and Günter himself....
.
His first album Un Peu de Neige Salie (1993), a collection of pieces, was listed by The Wire
The Wire (magazine)
The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music...
as one of the 100 albums that "set the world on fire".
External links
- "Bernhard Günter", Trente Oiseaux.
- [ "Bernhard Günter"], AllMusic.com.