Eric Leonardson
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Blackouts
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The March
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White As White
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General Info
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Genre: Acousmatic / Tape music / Experimental / Other
Location CHICAGO, Illinois, Un
Profile Views: 23236
Last Login: 3/11/2011
Member Since 8/7/2006
Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vZXJpY2xlb25hcmRzb24ub3Jn
Record Label Artco, Transparency, Mimeomeme
Type of Label Indie
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Bio
.. Eric Leonardson is a composer, radio artist, sound designer, instrument inventor, and improviser. His work in the field of experimental music and sound began in Chicago, where in the mid-80s he helped found the ..Experimental Sound Studio.. and direct one of Chicago’s first internationally broadcast radio art programs. He has created sound design and music for films, video, theater, and dance, notably for South African choreographer ..Robyn Orlin.. and since 1995, for ..Plasticene.., one of Chicago’s foremost experimental theater companies. Leonardson’s music is distinguished by the unique sounds of his self-built instrument, the ..“springboard”... Leonardson's music has been described as "...ritualistic music, electronically synthesized industrial vibrations miraculously created with ordinary household objects...."..Carol Burbank, ..Chicago Reader... Leonardson also performs with experimental, creative musicians and sound artists from Chicago and the world at large, and teaches at ..The School of the Art Institute of Chicago... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. -
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"...ritualistic music, electronically synthesized industrial vibrations miraculously created with ordinary household objects...."—Carol Burbank, Chicago Reader "Here you will find washes of sonic ambiance combined with compelling rhythmic soloing. Field recordings and found sound collage provide a theatrical flavor. The musical travels between mesmerizing and explosive. My guess is that he improvises locally but composes globally."—Glenn Engstrand, The Improvisor "Eric Leonardson (USA) performs regularly on his Springboard: a plank of wood festooned with springs, wires, and other bits of scrap metal that, when heard through the piezo pickup, evoke the sound world of a Balinese Gamelan orchestra..."—Nicolas Collins, Handmade Electronic Music: The Art of Hardware Hacking "The March features Leonardson's springboard, an electroacoustic percussion instrument made out of coil springs, rubber bands and other unlikely items, which yields the kind of insectile rubbings and scrapping that one associates with fellow instrument inventors/improvisors Hugh Davies and Hal Rammel. There's an oblique sense of humour at play on the galumphing springboard rhythms of Father Walters Anoints His Nostalgia With Frying Bacon, while a wheezy, spine-chilling presence, reminiscent of Reichel's unearthly saxophone, is invoked on The Vulture's Midwife. Intriguing stuff."—Chris Blackford, The Wire "...highly creative sounds, like nothing you've ever heard before; you'll find yourself (often) wondering how he accomplished some of those sonic events. I especially liked the pieces that featured his Springboard."—Rotcod Zzaj, Improvijazzation Nation issue 57
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Eric Leonardson
heard a new birdsong right outside, incredible
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"Ants of New England" Wins Book Society Award | Harvard Forest http://t.co/XNPPOcSfZ1
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Altoids Guitar, 2009 among others made by Kevin Hale at Downtown Sounds, Northampton http://t.co/HrF3j0rws9
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Dessert at Amherst Chinese http://t.co/FEWMbVO6uo
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giving a talk and a performance today at 5pm at Studio Soto in Boston http://t.co/jKM1Bx74sR
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Videos
MEDIUM@Enemy 2010 pt.2
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9 Songs | Sep 21, 2008
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- Mike Celona2 years ago
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This second installment of the Detour series invites the viewer to revisit the perceptual experiment conducted in Detour 1 only instead of presenting the images in a rapid succession, here they are slowly fragmented almost like a puzzle occasionally coming together to form complete images. - Mike Celona2 years ago
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A performance experiment consisting of nearly 3 hours of home video footage arranged in an edit timeline and manually scrubbed at high speed in an attempt to generate random sensory impressions similar to memory fragments within the viewer's mind from which a personal subliminal narrative can be derived, similar to that of a recovering amnesia patient. - Mike Celona2 years ago
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A performance experiment consisting of nearly 3 hours of home video footage arranged in an edit timeline and manually scrubbed at high speed in an attempt to generate random sensory impressions similar to memory fragments within the viewer's mind from which a personal subliminal narrative can be derived, similar to that of a recovering amnesia patient. - Acrifolia2 years ago
Hi, thanks for the add!
Debut EP Infinite Still out now...
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