John Kerr (musician)
John Kerr (born September 16, 1948 ) is an English composer and musician in the field of electronic music .
biography
John Kerr began his musical studies at the age of seven, first learning the piano , then the church organ and later the double bass . At 18, however, he let his musical endeavors rest and studied graphic design at the Bath Academy of Arts ( Bath ). After graduating, he worked in this profession for various advertising agencies and publishers and taught at the Camberwell School of Arts ( London ) for five years .
He has lived in Amsterdam since October 1978 , where he continued to work as a graphic designer in the advertising industry until 1992. In 1980 he bought his first synthesizer and began to compose electronic music on the side. His first LP Cathedral was released in 1983 and was soon played on Dutch television and radio stations. Air Holland airline used the song I'm on my Way as music on their in- flight entertainment channel.
At the end of the eighties, Kerr got to know the possibilities of the new digital synthesizers. He met Ron Boots through KLEM, the “Foundation for Contact Lovers of Electronic Music” , who introduced him to the computer-based recording technology MIDI . Their CD Offshore Islands was released in September 1990 .
1992 marked a change in Kerr's life. In the vibration poll of the year, he won in three categories: Best Artist, Best Title ( The Seed ) and Best Album ( Norland ). Because of this success he decided to devote his further career to music. In the same year the album The Seed , which he produced, was released . The special thing about this CD was that Kerr had recorded a short melody, which he sent as a midi file to well-known artists of electronic music with the request that they create their own composition based on this melody. The Seed was up and released as a compilation with musicians like Paul Ward , Mark Dwane , Michael Garrison , Tim Story and Nik Tyndall .
No new John Kerr album was released for 15 years after Out of the Blue . According to his own statement, he was suffering from artistic burnout at the time .
Discography
- 1983: Cathedral
- 1984: Knights
- 1986: Three by Three Plus Two
- 1987: Reflections Of Citadel
- 1990: Offshore Islands (with Ron Boots )
- 1991: Symphonic Voices
- 1992: Norland
- 1992: The Seed (producer)
- 1992: Ten Years in Twenty Minutes (EP)
- 1993: Castles in the Sky
- 1994: Forbidden
- 1995: Imminent Shadows
- 1995: Imminent Sunshine
- 1995: Vintage
- 1996: Harbors of Life
- 1996: Amid the Angels
- 1997: Life on Earth
- 1997: Wet Dreams (with Bas Broekhuis )
- 1998: Moon
- 1999: Grand Finals
- 1999: Gentle Angels
- 2000: Out of the Blue
- 2015: Juxtaposition (with Ron Boots )
- 2016: Embracing the Inevitable
- 2017: The Long Play
- 2018: Prelude for a Requiem
Concerts (selection)
- 1990: Offshore Islands concerts in Eindhoven , Vichte (Belgium), Amsterdam and Rotterdam
- 1992: Night music in the WDR live radio concert on WDR 3 in Cologne
- 1993: Castles in the Sky concerts in Unna and Eindhoven
- 1996: Three Dimensions double concert in Cologne, with Ron Boots, Eric van der Heijden , Harold van der Heijden and DemoArt
- 1999: Improvisation concert in Eindhoven with Bas Broekhuis and Venja
- 2015: Hello 2016 - JUXTAPOSITION concert in Zeiss Planetarium Bochum , with Ron Boots
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results of the vibration selection 1992
- ↑ News from the official website (accessed on January 13, 2010)
Web links
- Official website (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kerr, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English composer and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1948 |