Wolfram Spyra

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Wolfram Spyra receives the Schallwelle Music Prize as the best electronic musician of the year 2008
Wolfram Spyra, 2006

Wolfram Spyra , often called Der Spyra or just Spyra (born December 12, 1964 in Eschwege ) is a German sound artist and electronics musician from Kassel .

Life

Spyra studied from 1986 to 1992 at the Kassel Art College with Harry Kramer and completed her studies with a thesis on the subject of "Sound Generation, Sound Composition, Sound Sculpture". In the following years he made himself known in his hometown through numerous sound installations , including Kassel's acoustic city map , which has been on public display in the town hall there since 1997. His "electric chair" is also known (the chair is made of steel and is always under 230 volts). This could be seen in the supporting program of the Documenta . It was also installed several times in the Kassel home .

It was only through the practice of playing with tape machines instead of turntables that he became known as a DJ and live act.

His first CD was only released in 1995. Since 1997 his CDs - in addition to solo CDs and co-productions with Pete Namlook - have been published on the FAX + 49-69 / 450464 label. The 1997 album Future of the Past , which is more based on the classic Berlin school , was released on the Manikin Records label . In addition to studio recordings, Spyra often gives live concerts at home and abroad.

He also became known through his collaboration with the Kassel home .

He lives in Kassel , London and Berlin .

Discography (selection)

  • Homelistening Is Killing Clubs (1995)
  • Phonehead (1997)
  • My Little Garden of Sounds (1997)
  • Future of the Past (1997)
  • Sferics (1998)
  • Kassel's acoustic map (1998)
  • Virtual Vices (with Pete Namlook) (1998)
  • Etherlands (1999)
  • Virtual Vices II (with Pete Namlook) (2000)
  • Elevator to Heaven (2001)
  • Virtual Vices III (with Pete Namlook) (2001)
  • Sixty-eight 24 Live @ Toskana-Therme (with Chris Lang) (2001)
  • Virtual Vices IV (with Pete Namlook) (2002)
  • Invisible Fields (2003)
  • Meditations (2005)
  • Orphan Waves (2006)
  • Virtual Vices V (with Pete Namlook) (2006)
  • High Phidelity (2007)
  • Gasoline 91 Octane (2008)
  • Virtual Vices VI (with Pete Namlook) (2008)
  • January in June (2009)
  • SeQuest (Der Spyra / Chris Lang) (2010)
  • ADSR 4-track maxi-single CD (Spyra with Steve Baltes) (2010)
  • No Beat For One Hour (2010)
  • Dust (2014)
  • Haze (2018)

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personal data
SURNAME Spyra, tungsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sound artist and electronic musician
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Eschwege , Germany