Burkhard Beins

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Burkhard Beins, photo: Christophe Mevel

Burkhard Beins (born October 22, 1964 in Lower Saxony ) is a German percussionist . He plays new improvisation music and has lived in Berlin since 1995.

The autodidact Beins uses drums as well as different sound objects and unusual sound generators (small electrics) in his performances. Since the late 1980s he has been playing at international festivals, as well as concerts and tours in Europe and North America.

Beins has worked with musicians and composers such as Keith Rowe , Sven-Åke Johansson , Peter Niklas Wilson , Orm Finnendahl , John Tilbury , Charlemagne Palestine and Axel Dörner . He is a member of the ensembles Perlonex (with Ignaz Schick ), Activity Center (with Michael Renkel ), Polwechsel , The Sealed Knot , Phosphor , Trio Sowari and BBB. At the same time he also works in the field of sound art .

Beins released a total of more than 30 LPs and CDs on the labels 2:13 Music, Zarek, Erstwhile, HatHut , Absinth, Potlatch and Confront. His first solo CD Disco Prova , released in 2007, combines field recordings with percussion material and digital multitracking.

Discography (selection)

  • Burkhard Beins / with John Butcher / Mark Wastell : Membrane (Confront CCS 36, 2018)
  • Trio Sowari: Third Issue (microtone, CD 2018, with Bertrand Denzler , Phil Durrant )
  • Burkhard Beins: Structural Drift (Künstlerhäuser Worpswede, CD 2009)
  • Burkhard Beins: Disco Prova (Absinth, CD 2007)
  • Perlonex: Tensions w / Keith Rowe + Charlemagne Palestine (Nexsound 2CD, 2006)
  • Polwechsel: Archives of the North (Hat Hut, CD 2006, with Werner Dafeldecker , John Butcher, Michael Moser , Burkhard Stangl , Radu Malfatti )
  • Trio Sowari: Three Dances (Potlatch, CD 2005, with Bertrand Denzler, Phil Durrant)
  • Activity Center & Phil Minton (Absinth Records, CD 2005)
  • Keith Rowe / Burkhard Beins: Live at Amplify (ErstLive oo1, CD 2004)
  • The Sealed Knot: Unwanted Object (Confront Collectors Series 1, CD 2004)
  • Burkhard Beins / Dirk Marwedel / Michael Vorfeld: Misiiki (Rossbin CD o13, 2003)
  • Burkhard Beins / Sven-Åke Johansson: Santa Fé (... in Spaceship Lemon Berlin) (LP, possibly 02, 2003)
  • Burkhard Beins / Andrea Neumann : Lidingö (Erstwhile CD o26, 2002)
  • Phosphorus (Potlatch P501 CD, 2002)
  • Perlonex: Peripherique (CD, Zarek 07, 2001)
  • Burkhard Beins / Keith Rowe: Grain (CD, Zarek 06, 2001)
  • Burkhard Beins / John Bisset: Chapel (2:13 Music CD o12, 2001)
  • Activity Center: Möwen & Moos (2:13 Music DoCD, 1999)
  • Burkhard Beins, Martin Pfleiderer , Peter Niklas Wilson Yarbles (Hatology 510, CD 1997)

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personal data
SURNAME Beins, Burkhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German percussionist and sound artist
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Lower Saxony