Ben Lauber

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Ben Lauber (* as Bernd Lauber in the second half of the 20th century) is a German musician , sound artist and composer .

biography

After autodidactic occupation with guitar, piano and drums, Ben Lauber studied classical drums at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt am Main with Karl Setzer. As a drummer he was an active member of the State Youth Orchestra of Hesse. He studied musicology in Berlin and took composition courses for electronic music ( Trevor Wishart , Hans Tutschku ) and new music ( Karlheinz Stockhausen , Helmut Zapf ).

He completed an internship in the Hansa recording studio , where he met his long-time musical partner, Moses Schneider . With him he founded the production collective and the production location Transporterraum in 1996 , in which the two jointly produced artists such as Quarks , Mediengruppe Telekommander , Viktoriapark and Peter Licht .

He worked as a musician, arranger, composer and producer in the studio for Dendemann , Fraktus , Dieter Meier , Tocotronic and Beatsteaks . Since 2005 he has been working with Marco Haas on the T. Raumschmiere project . As a live musician he was on stage with Susie van der Meer , Laing and Apparat ( Devil`s Walk Tour ) and is an integral part of the Olli Schulz Live Band.

With PC Nackt he founded the artist collective Berlin String Theory in 2006, from which the other projects Göteborg String Theory, Aachen String Theory and Los Angeles String Theory developed. In these he worked with national and international musicians (Tocotronic, Anna von Hausswolff , Midaircondo and others) and worked there as an arranger and drummer. In 2011 and 2017 he toured Europe and the USA with Jose Gonzalez & The String Theory Orchestra. The album Sekou Andrews & The String Theory was nominated for the GRAMMY Award 2020 in the Spoken Words category and won the award in the Best Spoken Word Album and Song category at the 18th Independent Music Awards.

He also writes music for theater and film. In his collaboration with the directing duo See! he set several plays by Peter Licht to music. For the play Only Utopias Are Still Realistic! together with the Ensemble Analogtheater he received the Cologne Theater Prize 2017. The play Die Psychonauten: Asche was nominated for the Cologne Theater Prize 2018. As a sound artist, he has exhibited his mostly multi-channel sound installations in Germany, Austria, Poland, Denmark and Spain.

Works (selection)

  • 2017 The cry for soprano and cello
  • 2016 Cross-B. for ensemble (Kl., H., Vib., Klav., Vl., Br., Vc., Kb.)
  • 2016 All people have to die for the organ
  • 2016 Adorn yourself, O dear soul for the organ
  • 2016 Long journey for computer live electronics (6.2-channel audio) with Helena Persson and David Sabel
  • 2015 Narciss 3.0, (8.1-channel audio) Interactive, audio-visual performance for a dancer ( Lars Scheibner )
  • 2014 Bremen model for computer live electronics (2-channel audio)
  • 2010 Sadludium for string orchestra

Music for theater

  • 2018 Die Psychonauten: Asche , Director: Daniel Schüßler , Studiobühne Köln
  • 2017 Only utopias are still realistic! , Director: Daniel Schüßler , Studiobühne Köln
  • 2015 I am a volume joker , directed by See !, Ringlokschuppen, Mülheim ad Ruhr
  • 2014 Ok, panic! , Director: See !, Favoriten-Festival, Dortmund
  • 2014 Tonight Fraktus , director: Studio Braun , Thalia Theater, Hamburg
  • 2013 The Rush of the World , directed by See !, Schauspiel Köln
  • 2013 Nostalghia , directed by Alexander Eisenach , Centraltheater Leipzig
  • 2008 Die Wundervolle Welt Dissozia , directed by Birger Markuse, Theater in Mitte, Berlin
  • 2005 Clockwork Orange , directed by Sascha Hawemann , Landestheater Magdeburg

Music for film

  • 2016 Wedgetail , directed by Greg Blakey (score)
  • 2015 Family Business , director: Christiane Büchner (score)
  • 2006 My death is not your death , directed by Lars Barthel (moods)
  • 2005 Die Boxerin , directed by Catharina Deus (moods)

Sound installations

The real-time-generated, audio-visual installation "Resonant Space" by Ben Lauber and Marcus Doering in the Øksnehallen in Copenhagen 2017 in the exhibition Perspective Playground.
The real-time-generated, audio-visual installation Resonant Space by Ben Lauber (sound) and Marcus Doering (video) in the Øksnehallen in Copenhagen 2017 in the exhibition Perspective Playground .
  • 2016 Resonant Space , (8.1-channel audio), interactive audio-visual installation - Perspective Playground, Carlswerk, Cologne
  • 2015 Szczecin Concrète , (8.1-channel audio), interactive sound installation - 13muz, Szczecin
  • 2014 Resonant Grid, (8.1-channel audio) Interactive, audio-visual installation - Photography Playground, Jack in the Box, Cologne
  • 2004 Indonesia 2, (headphones), for Jorinde Voigt , -. ipeg, bild.ton.maschine, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
  • 2002 Alien - Ten Songs From Beyond , for Candice Breitz - Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (as musical producer)
  • 2002 I got involved in something I realize… (group work) - Inventionen, Staatsbank, Berlin

Discography (selection)

  • 2019 Sekou Andrews & The String Theory - Sekou Andrews & The String Theory (as musician, arranger, composer, producer)
  • 2019 José González & The String Theory - Live in Europe (musician, arranger, producer)
  • 2017 T. Raumschmiere - Heimat (as musician, composer, producer)
  • 2015 Fraktus - Welcome to the internet (as musician, composer, producer)
  • 2015 T. Raumschmiere - T. Raumschmiere (as musician, composer, producer)
  • 2015 Olli Schulz - Feelings from the Ashes (as a musician)
  • 2014 Dieter Meier - Out of Chaos (as musician, composer, producer)
  • 2013 Tocotronic - How we want to live (as a musician)
  • 2013 Laing - Paradies Naiv (as composer night after night , producer in the morning always tired )
  • 2012 Olli Schulz - SOS (as musician)
  • 2011 Apparat - the devil's walk (lim. Edition) (as a musician with the world around you )
  • 2011 Julia Marcell - June (as musician, producer)
  • 2011 The Göteborg String Theory - Live at Konserthuset Göteborg (EP) (as musician, arranger, producer)
  • 2010 The Göteborg String Theory - The Göteborg String Theory (2 LP) (as musician, composer, arranger, producer)
  • 2010 Hans Unstern - Scratch yourself out (as a musician)
  • 2010 Dendemann - Gone by Vintage (as a musician)
  • 2008 T. Raumschmiere - I tank u (as a musician)
  • 2007 Beatsteaks - Limbo Messiah (as musician, composer for Cut off the top )
  • 2007 Tocotronic - surrender (as a musician)
  • 2006 Viktoria Park - What's a year already? (as musician, producer)
  • 2006 Mediengruppe Telekommander - Closer to people (as musician, composer, producer)
  • 2005 Beatsteaks - B-side (as musician, composer)
  • 2005 Seeed - Next! (as composer for Slow Life )
  • 2004 Quarks - Quarksland (as musician, producer)
  • 2003 Susie van der Meer - Luciferin (as musician, composer, producer)
  • 2002 Madrugada - Grit (as a musician)
  • 1998 Viktoria Park - In Teufels Küche (as musician, arranger)
  • 1997 Susie van der Meer - static warp bubble (as musician, composer, producer)

Literature (selection)

  • Frank Raddatz: The common space of experience - A common space for experience . In: Kunststiftung NRW, Düsseldorf (ed.): Crossing Lines - contact centers of art . Alexander Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-89581-462-4 .
  • Jens Balzer: The Tocotronic Chronicles . Ed .: Martin Hossbach. 1st edition. Blumenbar / Aufbau Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-351-05020-7 .
  • Ewa Adamczewska: Szczecin Concrète . In: 13muz / Instytucja Kultury Miasta Szczecin (ed.): Digital_ia.15 arts festival . Szczecin 2015, ISBN 978-83-64629-26-6 , p. 14th f . (Polish, English).
  • I got involved in something I realize… In: Ingrid Beirer for the Berlin artist program of the DAAD (Ed.): 20 years of Inventionen - Berlin Festival of New Music . PFAU-Verlag, Saarbrücken 2002, ISBN 3-89727-189-3 , p. 74 ff .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This is where the music plays. In: Der Tagesspiegel. September 19, 2006, accessed December 15, 2017 .
  2. ↑ THOMAS WINKLER: Crazy, but effective . In: The daily newspaper: taz . February 15, 2008, ISSN  0931-9085 , p. 13 ( taz.de [accessed December 15, 2017]).
  3. ↑ Dendemann in an interview - ByteFM Blog. October 29, 2010, accessed December 15, 2017 (German).
  4. ↑ Andreas Borcholte, Tex Rubinowitz: Abgehört: The most important music of the week . In: Spiegel Online . November 24, 2015 ( spiegel.de [accessed December 15, 2017]).
  5. ↑ Review: Dieter Meier - Out Of Chaos . In: Musikexpress . April 10, 2014 ( musikexpress.de [accessed December 15, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Jens Balzer: The Tocotronic Chronicles . Ed .: Martin Hossbach. 1st edition. Blumenbar / Aufbau Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-351-05020-7 .
  7. ↑ T. Raumschmiere . In: Chain DLK September 21, 2008 (English, chaindlk.com [accessed December 23, 2017]).
  8. ↑ T. Raumschmiere on the production of his current studio album . In: SOUND & RECORDING . June 26, 2016 ( soundandrecording.de [accessed December 19, 2017]).
  9. ↑ Saburi Pandit: 'Electronic music has found a niche'. In: Millennium Post India. Retrieved December 15, 2017 .
  10. ↑ MTV Live Sessions: APPARAT (BAND). Retrieved December 15, 2017 (German).
  11. ↑ programm.ARD.de - ARD Play-Out-Center Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany: Rockpalast: Olli Schulz. Retrieved December 19, 2017 .
  12. ^ Volksbühne Berlin: Volksbühne Berlin. Retrieved December 15, 2017 .
  13. ↑ How was it with… The Berlin String Theory? | SOUND SPYING . January 4, 2008 ( tonspion.de [accessed December 15, 2017]).
  14. ↑ Kammarorkester från och Berlin Göteborg på Göteborgs Konserthus - DN.SE . In: DN.SE . April 19, 2010 (Swedish, dn.se [accessed December 15, 2017]).
  15. ^ José González and The Göteborg String Theory . In: Paul Heppner (Ed.): Stanford Live . Volume 9, No. 4 . Encore Media Group, Seattle, WA / Palo Alto, CA March 2017, p. 20th f . (English).
  16. ↑ 2020 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Nominees List. Retrieved November 29, 2019 .
  17. ^ The 18th Independent Music Awards Winners. Retrieved May 24, 2020 .
  18. ^ Frank Raddatz: The common space of experience - A common space for experience . In: Kunststiftung NRW, Düsseldorf (ed.): Crossing Lines - contact centers of art . Alexander Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-89581-462-4 , pp. 203 (German, English).
  19. ^ The previous winners of the Cologne dance and theater awards. Retrieved December 16, 2018 .
  20. ↑ Christian Bos: Cologne Dance And Theater Awards: Women who go their own way . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . December 5, 2017 ( ksta.de [accessed December 15, 2017]).
  21. ↑ 29th Cologne Dance and Theater Awards 2018 - The nominations of the 2nd half of the year. Retrieved November 29, 2019 .
  22. ^ Ingrid Beirer for the Berlin artist program of the DAAD (ed.): 20 years of Inventions - Berlin Festival of New Music . DAAD, PFAU-Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-89727-189-3 , p. 74 ff .
  23. ↑ Beyond The Blue / Coop Himmelb (l) au - Studio Lukas Feireiss. Retrieved December 15, 2017 .
  24. ↑ Ewa Adamczewska: digital_ia.15 arts festival . Ed .: 13muz / Instytucja Kultury Miasta Szczecin. Szczecin 2015, ISBN 978-83-64629-26-6 , p. 14th f . (Polish, English).
  25. ↑ Perspective Playground | Barcelona 2017 . In: Olympus Perspective Playground . (English, perspectiveplayground.com [accessed December 15, 2017]). Perspective Playground | Barcelona 2017 ( Memento of December 17, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  26. ↑ Perspective Playground | Copenhagen 2017 . In: Olympus Perspective Playground . (English, perspectiveplayground.com [accessed December 15, 2017]). Perspective Playground | Copenhagen 2017 ( Memento of December 17, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Lauber, Ben
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lauber, Bernd (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century