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Eric Leonardson
Experimental / Acousmatic / Tape music / Other

afflicting the comfortable since 1982



CHICAGO, Illinois
United States

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Member Since8/7/2006
Band Websitehttp://ericleonardson.org
Sounds Like"...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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   About Eric Leonardson
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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Armando Saragoni

Armando Saragoni



Sep 26 2009 4:36 PM

tengo realmente mucho gusto de su trabajo








Ezcaton Visual Artist

Ezcaton Visual Artist



Sep 26 2009 4:36 PM

EVA 08
Video for Phalanx feat. The White Rabbit from Germany.




Ezcaton Visual Artist

Ezcaton Visual Artist



Sep 26 2009 4:36 PM

EVA 09
Psychedelic video for King Of Coma from Germany.


£leŦriKa {[|(NEW+TUNE=v3.1)|]} ╬BrazilianM£ŦAL

£leŦriKa {[|(NEW+TUNE=v3.1)|]} ╬BrazilianM£ŦAL



Sep 26 2009 4:34 PM

Thanks a lot for the add ! EletriKa sounds completely different from any Metal band you have ever heard. The Brazilian rhythms and the Portuguese language added to the songs makes its style unique, giving birth to a new kind of Metal. If you are really looking for something new about Metal, you should check EletriKa out!

Hugs from Brazil,
Claudio David


watcher

watcher



Sep 26 2009 4:34 PM

thanks for the add.  great sounds.
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Sep 26 2009 4:34 PM


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Per Olund

Per Olund



Sep 26 2009 4:34 PM

Floating steel dock in Hamburg. An early morning I arrived Hamburg. It was Sunday, and the only way to get some coffee was going on a tour by boat among the steel docks in Hamburg. I had a terrible hangover and when I first heard your composition, it was just like a picture from that time of the surrounding and inside my aching head.
Now listening to the same composition, I kind of walking with dinosaurs far back in time. 
As an artist you are inspirational, and even if the sounds are brutal, there is a lot of humor involved. At leas I think so.


Ezcaton Visual Artist

Ezcaton Visual Artist



Jul 31 2009 12:22 AM

EVA 07
Video for "I Dreamt Of Her Beautiful Tentacles" from Denmark.


Tampa Taiko

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Jul 31 2009 12:22 AM

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Jul 31 2009 12:22 AM



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Jul 31 2009 12:22 AM

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Jul 31 2009 12:21 AM

EVA 06
Video for Vo)))id: Italian band.


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Bad Bolster Boycott



Jul 3 2009 6:25 AM

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Jack Beals

Jack beals



Jul 3 2009 6:25 AM

Thank you Eric!

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JUFFAGE

JUFFAGE



Jul 3 2009 6:24 AM

this MONDAY at SUMMER CAMP (message for address):

- SINALOA (from Boston, MA)
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- MARIBELLE (also from Chicago)

www. myspace. com/summercampchi

6PM. Donate to the bands! Hope to see you there!

p.s.
did you just play at enemy w/ bryan day?
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TAKLAMAKAN



Jul 3 2009 6:24 AM







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Zreen Toyz



Jul 3 2009 6:24 AM

Nice conceptual music !
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Peter Brotzmann



Jul 3 2009 6:23 AM

Thanks for the friendship. Brotzmann 2009 USA Tour begins this week.
Seattle, Houston, Austin, Grinnell, Chicago, Milwaukee, Lexington, Detroit, Philadelphia, DC, New Haven, Baltimore, NYC
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Jul 3 2009 6:23 AM

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Jul 3 2009 6:23 AM

New album "She" Utech Records U.S
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Jul 3 2009 6:22 AM

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snot_locker



Apr 23 2009 4:31 PM

dang...i've been waiting for something like this...too bad i've got 100 things to do tomorrow....
Nick Hoffman

Nick Hoffman



Apr 23 2009 4:31 PM

Looking forward to it.
Nokalypse

Nokalypse



Apr 23 2009 4:31 PM

Hi Eric Leonardson!

I am amazed by the pieces I listened to here.
Especially by Blackouts and by Coil Spring Overture.
What an overture! How the complete piece is? Exactly the sound I love, metallic beasts combining a sense of acoustic instrument with analog treatment. Is that a double bass actually? The result is really thrilling.
Track 30 is terrifying. I love those low frequencies that taka place from time to time. Your live performances must be something special, really. I am very glad to know you here. Thank you for getting in contact.

Themis
christopher}{cathode

christopher}{cathode



Apr 23 2009 4:30 PM

Hey I wanna hear more of this springboard in action. What's the best record to acquire? Cheers. Chris Cathode
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