Biography

Born April 18, 1977, John Wiese is an artist and composer residing in Los Angeles, California. In the late 1990s, Wiese moved from St. Louis, Missouri to the west coast in order to study graphic design at the California Institute of the Arts

California Institute of the Arts

The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...

. His ongoing projects include LHD and Sissy Spacek, with plenty of freelance work with many artists as diverse as GX Jupitter-Larsen

GX Jupitter-Larsen

GX Jupitter-Larsen is an artist, based in Hollywood, California, who's been active in a number of underground art scenes since the late 1970s. Jupitter-Larsen has been involved in punk rock, mail art, cassette culture, the noise music scene, and zine culture...

, Sunn O)))

Sunn O)))

Sunn O))) is an American doom metal band known for its synthesis of diverse genres including drone, ambient, noise, and black metal. Supported by a varying cast of collaborators, the band has two core members: Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson .-History:Sunn O))) is named after the Sunn...

, Wolf Eyes

Wolf Eyes

Wolf Eyes is a post-industrial/noise band from Detroit, Michigan, United States.-History:Wolf Eyes began as a solo project of former Nautical Almanac member Nate Young, with Aaron Dilloway joining in 1998, and John Olson in 2000...

, Merzbow

Merzbow

is the main recording name of the Japanese noise musician , born in 1956. Since 1979 he has released in excess of 350 recordings.The name "Merzbow" comes from German artist Kurt Schwitters' artwork, "Merzbau”. This was chosen to reflect Akita's dada influence and junk art aesthetic...

, Evan Parker

Evan Parker

Evan Shaw Parker is a British free-improvising saxophone player from the European free jazz scene.Recording and performing prolifically with many collaborators, Parker was a pivotal figure in the development of European free jazz and free improvisation, and has pioneered or substantially expanded...

, Smegma

Smegma (band)

Smegma is an American experimental noise group formed in Pasadena, California in 1973 and currently based in Portland, Oregon. Originally part of the Los Angeles Free Music Society movement of the 1970s, Smegma is one of the few music collectives of that era still active today. Author Richard...

, Kevin Drumm

Kevin Drumm

-Biography:Emerging from the city's improvised music scene, in the 1990s he became one of the world's pre-eminent prepared guitar players. Since then his work has expanded to include electroacoustic compositions and live electronic music made with laptop computers and analog modular synthesizers...

, Cattle Decapitation

Cattle Decapitation

Cattle Decapitation is an American deathgrind band from San Diego, California, formed in 1996.-History:Originally founded in 1996, Cattle Decapitation's songs protest the mistreatment and consumption of animals as well as the abuse of the environment. Lyrics may also focus on subjects such as...

, C. Spencer Yeh (Burning Star Core) and Kommissar Hjuler

Kommissar Hjuler

Kommissar Hjuler works as a sound recordist in the field of Noise and Post-industrial music, visual artist and film maker at Flensburg, a town on the German border with Denmark. He often works together with his wife Mama Baer as Kommissar Hjuler und Frau. As self-taught artist he began making...

 und Frau. He has toured extensively throughout the world, covering Europe, Scandinavia and Australia as a member of Sunn O))), the UK as part of the Free Noise tour (a tentet including Evan Parker, C. Spencer Yeh, Yellow Swans

Yellow Swans

Yellow Swans were an American experimental electronic noise band from Portland, Oregon. The duo are renowned for their improvisional approach to music, creating a unique experience for each live performance. They describe their music as "a constantly evolving mass of psychedelic noise that is both...

, etc.), the United States alongside Wolf Eyes, and recently performed in the 52nd Venice Biennale

Venice Biennale

The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...

with artist Nico Vascellari.

Select Discography

• John Wiese "Circle Snare" CD (No Fun Productions)

• John Wiese "Dramatic Accessories" LP (Ultra Eczema, Belgium)

• John Wiese "Soft Punk" LP/CD (Troubleman Unlimited)

• John Wiese "Magical Crystal Blah" CD (Helicopter)

• Evan Parker & John Wiese "C-Section" CD (Second Layer, UK)

• John Wiese & C. Spencer Yeh "Cincinnati" CD (Dronedisco)

• Wolf Eyes & John Wiese "Equinox" CD (Troniks)

• Pain Jerk & John Wiese "Terrazzo" CD (Harbinger Sound, UK)

• Merzbow & John Wiese "Multiplication" CD (Misanthropic Agenda)

• LHD "Limbs Of The Fawn" CD (Misanthropic Agenda)

• Sissy Spacek "French Record" CD (Dual Plover, Australia)

• Sissy Spacek "California Ax" 4xCD (Helicopter)

• Sissy Spacek & Kommissar Hjuler und Frau / Smegma "Zwei/..." Split LP (SHMF)


• Sunn O))) "Black One" 2xLP/CD (Southern Lord)

• Sunn O)))/ Earth split LP (Southern Lord)