Stephan Micus
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Stephan Micus is a German
musician and composer, whose musical style is heavily influenced by his study of traditional instruments and musical techniques from Japan
, India
, South America
, and other countries around the world. In many cases, he plays all of the instruments on his recordings, combining styles from different countries and using the instruments in unprecedented ways in each of his pieces. He often uses layers of a single instrument to create unusual combinations of sounds. He is also one of the only ECM Records artists whose records are not produced by Manfred Eicher
. He often sings in a made-up language.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
musician and composer, whose musical style is heavily influenced by his study of traditional instruments and musical techniques from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
, and other countries around the world. In many cases, he plays all of the instruments on his recordings, combining styles from different countries and using the instruments in unprecedented ways in each of his pieces. He often uses layers of a single instrument to create unusual combinations of sounds. He is also one of the only ECM Records artists whose records are not produced by Manfred Eicher
Manfred Eicher
Manfred Eicher is a German record producer and the founder of ECM Records and its subsidiaries.Eicher studied music at the Academy of Music in Berlin. He is a record producer and a double-bass player. In 1969 he founded a record label in Munich called ECM - Edition of Contemporary Music...
. He often sings in a made-up language.
Discography
- Archaic Concerts, 1976
- Implosions, 1977
- Koan, 1977
- Behind Eleven Deserts, 1978
- Till the End of Time, 1978
- Wings over Water, 1981
- Listen to the Rain, 1983
- East of the Night, 1985
- OceanOcean (Stephan Micus album)Ocean is a solo album by German composer and multi-instrumentalist Stephan Micus recorded in 1986 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM, 1986) - Twilight Fields, 1987
- The Music of Stones, 1989
- Darkness and Light, 1990
- To the Evening Child, 1992
- AthosAthos (album)Athos is a 1994 album by Stephan Micus that was released on ECM.Based on a three-day visit to Mount Athos, in it Micus tries to capture his experiences with the Greek Orthodox liturgy he experienced in the monasteries there, framing it with pieces that evoke his emotions at going to and leaving the...
, 1994 - The Garden of MirrorsThe Garden of MirrorsThe Garden of Mirrors is an album by Stephan Micus, released by the ECM label. It was recorded in 1995–1996 and released the following year...
, 1997 - Desert Poems, 2001
- Towards the Wind, 2002
- Life, 2004
- On the Wing, 2006
- Snow, 2008
- Bold as Light, 2010