Marcus Schmickler
Marcus Schmickler (born November 15, 1968 in Cologne ) is a German composer, musician and producer. As a musician, he is also known under the pseudonym Pluramon .
Live and act
He is the son of an industrial clerk and a baker's daughter. His parents soon moved to Kürten , where he got to know the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen as a child . In 1991, after a year-long stay in London, he began studying musicology in Cologne and became a member of the Kontakta ensemble. In 1992 his first solo release appeared on the French label Odd Size. In 1995 he co-initiated the record shop a-Musik and the DJ collective Brussels-Platz-10a-Musik with Georg Odijk and Jan St. Werner ( Mouse on Mars ).
In 1996 he released one of the first fully digitally produced post-rock albums on the Mille Plateaux label under the pseudonym Pluramon . In 1998, after a concert in Cologne, he became a member of the 12-member electro-acoustic ensemble MIMEO (Music in Movement Electronic Orchestra) under the direction of Keith Rowe . In 1999 he completed his studies in electronic music with Hans Ulrich Humpert and composition with Johannes Fritsch with a thesis on Gottfried Michael Koenig . Since then he has also worked as a composer in the fields of film, theater and radio plays.
In 2000 he published the CD Bart together with Thomas Lehn , which has the reputation among experts for being one of the most impressive synthesizer improv performances. A long-term musical collaboration ensues with Lehn.
In September 2001 he recorded the Pluramon album Dreams Top Rock with the American singer Julee Cruise and in 2003, on the initiative of the Goethe Institute, went on a tour of South America ( Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , Colombia , Peru , Venezuela ).
Since 2004 he has been working on theater projects with Felix Ensslin, among others . Numerous works of electronic music as well as compositions for choir, chamber ensemble and orchestra are created. In 2009 he composed on behalf of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 and the German Music Council Bonner Durchmusterung , electronic music with projections on the basis of astrophysical data and named after the star catalog Bonner Durchmusterung .
Marcus Schmickler has received prizes and grants, among others from Ars Electronica , the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and curated festival programs at the Academy of Arts and the ZKM . He was a long-time jury member of the German Music Council . He has also taught at the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College, New York. As a writer, he has written articles on various topics in electronic music.
Discography
- Solo releases
- Richter's Patterns , Tochnit Aleph, 2020
- Particle / Matter-Wave / Energy , Compact , 2019
- Rule of Inference , A-Music , 2011
- Bari Workshop , Presto?!, 2011
- Palace of Marvels (queered pitch) , editions Mego , 2010
- Altars of Science , Editions Mego, 2007
- DEMOS for Choir , a-Musik, 2005
- Param , a-music, 2001
- Sator Rotas , a-music, 1999
- Wabi Sabi , a-music, 1996
- Onea Gako , Odd Size , 1993
- As Pluramon
- The Monstrous Surplus , Karaoke Lime , 2007
- Dreams Top Rock , Karaoke Lime, 2003
- Bitsand Riders , Mille Plateaux , 2000
- Render Bandits , Mille Plateaux, 1998
- Pickup Canyon , Mille Plateaux, 1996
- With MIMEO
- Wigry , Bolt Records , 2010
- Sight , Cathnor , 2008
- Lifting Concrete Lightly , Serpentine Gallery , 2004
- The Hands of Caravaggio , Erstwhile Records, 2001
- Electric Table & Chair , Grob, 2000
- Collaborations
- Marcus Schmickler / Thomas Lehn New Images , Microton, 2017
- Marcus Schmickler / John Tilbury Timekeepers , A-Music, 2005
- Marcus Schmickler / Julian Rohrhuber "Politics of Frequency", Tochnit Aleph / Editions Mego, 2014
- Thomas Lehn / Marcus Schmickler - Live Double Séance [Antaa Kalojen Uida], Editions Mego, 2011
- Schmickler / Gratkowski / Nabatov Deployment , Leo Records , 2010
- Marcus Schmickler / Thomas Lehn Navigation in Hypertext , a-Music, 2008
- Marcus Schmickler / Thomas Lehn Kölner Kranz , a-music, 2008
- R / S One (snow mud rain) , Erstwhile Records, 2007
- Marcus Schmickler with Hayden Chisholm Amazing Daze , Häpna , 2007
- Marc Ushmi Doshhammer Mixes (without label), 2007
- Claudio Bohorquez, Solo and Acompaniment , Aulos , 2006
- Marcus Schmickler / John Tilbury Variety , A-Music, 2005
- Schmickler / Lehn / Rowe / Nakamura Untitled , Erstwhile Records, 2004
- Schmickler / Lehn Amplify Balance 7 CD Box, Erstwhile Records, 2004
- Marcus Schmickler / Thomas Lehn / Keith Rowe Rabbit Run , Erstwhile Records, 2003
- Marc Ushmi / Reverend Galloway My head lost a roof Whatness , 2003
- Soundcultures , Suhrkamp , 2003
- Marc Ushmi / Thomas Brinkmann Chevrolet Corvette Max Ernst, 2001
- Marcus Schmickler / Thomas Lehn Bart , Erstwhile Records, 2000
- [r | Iso | Chal] , Mego , 2000
- 2: 3 Oswald Wiener on his 65th birthday , Supposé , 2000
- Prix Ars Electronica Cyber Arts 2000 Ars Electronica Center , 2000
- Brussels Platz-10a-Music Witten Days for New Chamber Music , WDR , 1998
- Bruxelles Platz-10a-Musik sT , Sieben, 1997
- Frequencies [Hz] Hatje Cantz , 1997
- Brussels Square-10a-Music / Agency Bilwet 1000 Fehler , Supposé , 1996
- Pol Baby I Will Make You Sweat Odd Size, 1995
- Pol Transomuba , Odd Size, 1994
- Kontakta s / T , Odd Size, 1992
Web links
- Homepage of Marcus Schmickler
- Homepage of Pluramon
- Marcus Schmickler at Discogs (English)
- Pluramon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The big sell-off The big sell-off
- ↑ die-anwaelte.realfictionfilme.de Lawyers, a German history
- ↑ a b arte.tv ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ARTE Felix Ensslin stages “The Robbers” in Weimar
- ↑ wdr.de WDR3 Acoustic Art: E-UROPAS
- ↑ spex.de ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Published in Spex (magazine) , October 2008
- ↑ Center for Art and Media Technology musikrat.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. German Music Council: contemporary music
- ^ Project website: durchmusterung.org
- ↑ aec.at ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Ars Electronica Prize Winner 2000
- ↑ Sponsorship award from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for young artists
- ↑ adk.de AdK: Musique Noire - Ilhan Mimaroglu Tribute Night
- ↑ zkm.de ( Memento of the original from October 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. between two deaths festival
- ^ Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts
- ^ Bard College
- ↑ Bard College: Faculty ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ kunstmusik.org art music: Author List
- ↑ shop.zkm.de Ensslin, Blumenstein: between two deaths
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmickler, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pluramon (stage name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer, musician and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th November 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |