Kai Niggemann

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Kai Niggemann (born July 10, 1972 in Bochum ) is a German composer, producer and sound designer.

Life

Niggemann works as a solo artist and with various groups and ensembles. Among other things, he is part of the music group The Dorf , a large formation based in the Ruhr area from the fields of jazz , krautrock and experimental music. He produces ambient with the improviser Henning Pertiet in the music group GRAT. He is a member of the Resonator project and was a composer and performer for the laptop / network music ensemble European Bridges Ensemble (more on this in the entry on the interactive composition environment Quintet.net ), until its dissolution in 2014, as well as audio designer for the theater label Ohrpilot. Together with Oliver Froning / Dune (band) he produces for their own label Rawcanine records and the artist MGness .

He composes and produces music for theater for city theaters, state theaters, state theaters and in the independent scene, for children and youth theaters as well as for adults. Together with director Ruth Schultz, he founded the production label Paradeiser Productions as musical director in 2009. He holds a teaching position for sound design at the Münster Art Academy . For his experimental music, he specialized in the Buchla 200e Electric Music Box, a modular synthesizer that makes the very specific ideas on sound generation and manipulation (especially the generation of random control signals) of its inventor Don Buchla available for musical use.

Discography

  • GRAT (Kai Niggemann & Henning Pertiet ): Chaosmagic, CD & digital, (WAF80music, 2019)
  • Drop The Beat (CD16), (VA), CD, (Edition DEGEM , 2018)
  • Sans Contact (VA), digital, (Ante Rasa, 2018)
  • Kai Niggemann: HEART MURMUR (10 "), (WAF80music, Kalakuta Soul Records, 2018)
  • Strategies Against Totalitarianism: an ACLU fundraiser compilation, (VA), digital, (Voidstar Productions, 2017)
  • ASS (Jochen Arbeit / Günter Schickert / Schneider TM ), vinyl, CD, digital, (Bureau B, 2016) (Kai Niggemann as guest with Buchla on the piece "Acetyl")
  • Escape (CD14), (VA), CD, Edition DEGEM , 2016)
  • Redshift Orchestra (Kai Niggemann & Mia Zabelka ): Thinking Light EP, digital, (WAF80music, 2016)
  • Kai Niggemann & Nils Quak: An evening at the modular synthesizer cassette, ( Ana Ott , 2016)
  • Borders (CD13) (VA), CD, (Edition DEGEM , 2015)
  • Resonator: Trust, CD, (WAF80music, 2012)
  • European Bridges Ensemble (Stewart Collinson, Georg Hajdu , Johannes Kretz , Kai Niggemann, Ivana Ogjnanovic, Adam Siska, Andrea Szigetvari): Quintessence, DVD, (without label), 2007
  • Canine feat. Julia Maronde: That Night (WAF80music, 2006)
  • Kai Niggemann: Catwalk, digital (WAF80music, 2006)
  • Resonator: "Red Room Diner" CD, (WAF80music, 2003)
  • Nicon: Orange Glow, CD (WAF80music, 2003)
  • MGness Re: EP (12 "), (Rawcanine Records, 2003)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CHAOSMAGIC, by GRAT. Retrieved February 19, 2019 .
  2. ↑ european bridges ensemble // (tele) connecting the dots. Retrieved February 19, 2019 .
  3. ↑ eventdetail - tjg_dresden. Retrieved February 19, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Kai Niggemann. Retrieved on February 19, 2019 (German).
  5. ↑ canine: Bungee Jumping by Jaanätte | Kai Niggemann. Retrieved February 19, 2019 (American English).
  6. ^ Kai Niggemann - Comedia Cologne. Retrieved February 19, 2019 .
  7. ^ Kai Niggemann & Ruth Schultz. PARADEISER productions, accessed on February 19, 2019 (German).
  8. ^ Art Academy Münster - University of Fine Arts Münster: Lecturer. Retrieved February 19, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Electronic music comes from the Buchla 200. Retrieved on February 19, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Max Loderbauer and Kai Niggemann at Koenig Otto Berlin / Friday, March 2nd, 2018 - Digital in BerlinDigital in Berlin. Retrieved on February 19, 2019 (German).
  11. ↑ Strategies Against Totalitarianism: an ACLU fundraiser compilation, by Voidstar Productions. Retrieved February 19, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Back cover of the record
personal data
SURNAME Niggemann, Kai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer, producer and sound designer
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Bochum