Three Lai (1996), by Christopher Adler
Performed by Christopher Adler, khaen, Eric Pritchard, violin, Jonathan Bagg, viola
released on Epilogue for a Dark Day (Tzadik, 2004)
Schorl
improvisation by the Alan Lechusza / Christopher Adler Duo
released on Mineralia (pfMENTUM, 2006)
Iris (2003), by Christopher Adler
Performed by NOISE: Lisa Cella, flute, Colin McAllister, guitar, Morris Palter, marimba, Franklin Cox, cello
released on Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze (innova, 2008)
Lai Yai Lam Thang Yao
improvisation for solo khaen (Lao / Northeast Thai mouth organ) in a traditional style, by Christopher Adler
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Khaen solos (previously unreleased studio recordings) Improvisations in traditional styles
Lai Sootsanaen
Lai Yai Lam Pheun
Lai Yai Lam Thang Yao
Lam Khonsavane (Isaan style) Traditional Thai and Lao composition
Lao Duang Deuan Original composition
Tashi Delek (1998)
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also performing on:
Derek Keller, Impositions and Consequences, Tzadik
David Loeb, The Silent Waterfall, Vienna Modern Masters
Nathan Hubbard, (compositions 1998-2005), Circumvention
Nathan Hubbard, Skeleton Key Orchestra, Circumvention
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"Reflections on Cross-Cultural Composition" in Arcana II: Musicians on Music, edited by John Zorn (Hips Road, 2007)
Influences
Bach, Sweelinck, Buxtehude, Ciconia, Beethoven, Schumann, Stravinsky, Ives, Messiaen, Alain, Cowell, Cage, Feldman, Reich, Riley, Glass, Xenakis, Ferneyhough, Hosokawa, Bang on a Can, Ziporyn, Michael Gordon, Louis Andriessen, John Zorn, Evan Parker, Matthew Shipp, John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, Wadada Leo Smith, Ruins, Otomo Yoshihide, Thai music, Lao music, Cambodian, music, Burmese music, Japanese music, Chinese music, Indonesian music, Vietnamese music, Indian classical music, bluegrass, mountain music, and this list should be much much longer......
Christopher Adler is a composer, performer and improviser living in San Diego, California. His music draws upon over a decade of research into the traditional musics of Thailand and Laos and a background in mathematics. He is a foremost performer of traditional and new music for the khaen, a free-reed mouth organ from Laos and Northeast Thailand. As a pianist and conductor, he has performed with many of the West coast's finest improvisers, and he performs contemporary solo and ensemble repertoire and is pianist and composer-in-residence for the San Diego New Music resident ensemble NOISE. He received Ph.D. and Master's degrees in composition from Duke University and Bachelor's degrees in music composition and in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he is currently an Associate Professor at the University of San Diego. His work may be heard on Tzadik, innova, pfMENTUM, Nine Winds Records, Artship Recordings, Vienna Modern Masters, Circumvention, Accretions, and WGBH's Art of the States.
It is with pleasure that we announce that today is the first day of Rüdiger Oppermann’s KLANGWELTEN Festival 2009. For this year’s tour Oppermann has chosen no less than eight wonderful musicians from around the globe to perform with him. Among these are two outstanding Lao musicians; Somdee Luangnikhone and Oneta Bussady, both performers of the quintessential Lao instruments khaen and pi.
The tour, which is no less a tour-de-force of world music, lasts for an outstanding two months with gigs almost daily in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium from October 22nd until December 21st.
See the program and read more about the music and the artists of the Klangwelten Festival 2009 here:
Thank you very much for da Invite & Sharing the Music
Nice to meet you through cyberlink!
Luv your tunes & keep up da Great Work!
Wishes you All da Best in 2009!
Enjoy your Weekend!
Hi there Christopher Adler, thanks for being friends, really appreciate it! really love your site and what you stand for...good luck here on myspace and whatever you have set your sights on in the future!:-)
Maybe you want a quick peek at what I do...take a look at my video...
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hi christopher.... thanks for add and friendship... i love the sound of the khene and it's always interesting to here outside the isan folk music..... peace
