Pantha you Prince

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Pantha du Prince live in Boston , 2007

Pantha du Prince (born Hendrik Weber * 1975 in Bad Wildungen ) is a German techno - musician , composer and conceptual artist . He also published under pseudonyms such as Panthel or Glow 4 .

history

Weber's debut as Pantha du Prince, Nowhere , was released in 2002 as a 12 "publication. A few years later, the first studio album Diamond Daze affinity Weber mentioned (2004). The album was well received by the critics. Some critics for British shoegaze of in the late 80s with bands like Slowdive , Moose, Ride and My Bloody Valentine . His preference for Detroit techno in the style of Carl Craig or minimal techno like Chain Reaction was also evident. For a while he was also the bassist for the Hamburg band Stella .

After a remix 12 "release ( Butterfly Girl Versions , 2005) as well as new material ( Lichten / Walden , 2006) Weber released his second studio album as Pantha du Prince: This Bliss , 2007. This was also received positively by the critics. 2010 He moved from Dial to Rough Trade Records before releasing his third album, Black Noise was influenced by recordings Weber made in forests and landscapes in Switzerland.

At the 2011 Echo Awards , he was awarded the Critics' Prize for Black Noise . Since 2014 he has been a scholarship holder of the Musicboard Berlin in the artist residence Villa Aurora in Los Angeles.

Discography (selection)

Albums

  • 2003: The Silence of the Sirens (as Glow 4 , Dial)
  • 2004: Diamond Daze (Dial)
  • 2007: This Bliss (Dial)
  • 2010: Black Noise (Rough Trade)
  • 2011: XI Versions Of Black Noise (Rough Trade)
  • 2013: Elements of Light (with The Bell Laboratory, Rough Trade)
  • 2016: The Triad (Rough Trade)
  • 2020: Conference of Trees (Modern Recordings)

Singles

  • 2002: Nowhere (Dial)
  • 2005: Butterfly Girl Versions (Dial)
  • 2006: Lichten / Walden (Dial)
  • 2009: Behind The Stars (Dial)

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

  • 2004: Death by a light of a phonograph in Nomadenoase, Hamburg
  • 2007: Eisenkaute in Nomadenoase, Hamburg
  • 2010: Transitory Triplet in Splace Berlin, TV tower at Alexanderplatz, Berlin
  • 2010: Pantha du Prince in Gallery of Modern Art Brisbane, Australia
  • 2013: Pantha du Prince & The Bell Laboratory in Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Center London

Group exhibitions

  • 2005: No competitive offers in Dial at ARTIS, Den Bosch, Netherlands
  • 2010: Based in Berlin in artworks, Berlin
  • 2013: in C by Terry Riley , Pantha du Prince & The Bell Laboratory at Barbican, London

Curatorial work

  • 2011: Art as Sound in Vittorio Manalese, Berlin

Awards

  • 2011: Echo in the category "Critics' Prize"
  • 2014: Musicboard Berlin - Villa Aurora Scholarship in Los Angeles

Web links

Commons : Pantha du Prince  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Continuation of romanticism with the means of techno ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the spex @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.spex.de
  2. ↑ Hendrik Weber (Pantha du Prince) at villa-aurora.org, accessed on April 23, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Pantha you Prince
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weber, Hendrik (real name); Panthel (pseudonym); Glow 4 (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German techno musician, composer and conceptual artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Wildungen