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A Memorial Tribute to Richard Roulette Intermedium, 509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn, NY Details and directions here.  Richard performing Tranzducer at the Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy, NY March 2009 Richard Lainhart, an inexhaustible composer, filmmaker and teacher whose works inspired multiple generations of electronic musicians and digital media artists throughout the world, passed away on December 30 near his home in New City, NY. He was 58. Lainhart was one of the seminal figures in contemporary American electronic music, composing more than 150 works over the course of nearly four decades. His distinctive sound was characterized by organic textures inspired by natural phenomena, such as clouds, water and fire, typically arranged in minimalist structures and treated with microscopically observed harmonies. These explorations dated to the early 1970s and pre-figured the electronica, ambient, trance and other sound art movements that would eventually celebrate him as an aesthetic figurehead. Uncommon to the genre, Lainhart was also a prolific performer as well as composer, continually expanding the boundaries of human-machine interaction and expression through a myriad of customized hardware and software technologies, often through their formative stages of development. In recent years, Lainhart returned to the modular, analog synthesizer technologies of his early interests, and became a noted tutor and instructor for a generation of young electronic musicians attracted to the resurgence of these vintage sound producing techniques. Lainhart's work was performed in the US, England, Sweden, Germany, Australia, Italy and Japan, and recordings of his music have appeared on the Periodic Music, Vacant Lot, XI Records, ExOvo, Airglow and Periphery music labels. Originally from Vestal, NY, Lainhart earned his degree in music from the State University at New York at Albany, where he studied composition and electronic music with composer Joel Chadabe. Besides his own works, he worked and performed with such new music luminaries as John Cage, David Tudor, Steve Reich, Phill Niblock, Rhys Chatham and Jordan Rudess, among many others. In addition to his music, Lainhart's animations and short films premiered at digital festivals throughout the world. His film "A Haiku Setting" won several awards at the 2002 International Festival of Cinema and Technology in Toronto. In 2009, he was awarded a grant by the New York State Council on the Arts for "No Other Time," a full-length intermedia performance designed for a large reverberant space. In 2010, he was a featured media artist at Netmage in Bologna, Italy, and his year-long timescape film "One Year" was awarded Best Experimental Film at HDFEST in Portland, OR. — Contributed by Ron Goldberg, founder of Periodic Music 
A message from Caroline Meyers, RIchard's WifeDear friends of Richard, It is with a heavy heart that I that I must tell you Richard Lainhart, composer, musician, technologist, filmmaker, and digital artisan died Friday, December 30, 2011. On December 17, Richard complained of pains in his side and was admitted to the hospital for tests which showed an intestinal cancer. He was operated on on December 21. After the surgery, there were infectious complications which took his life on December 30. He struggled valiantly to overcome his infection, but it was not to be. We are all in shock and cannot grasp the idea of his not making music, talking music, teaching, posting and playing. Caroline Meyers (photo taken at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, November 24, 2011) ImprovFriday — some moving musical tributes here MacProVideo Sonic State I Dream of Wires: Extended Interview Series: Richard Lainhart Nippertown — some thoughts on Richard's jazz career Richard Lainhart on Wikipedia Jim Sande Remembers Richard Lainhart — Richard's band days Music Player Network Create Digital Music [EL014] Richard Lainhart – Introduction to Analog Synthesis — Shane Morris has posted Richard's 2010 seminar on analog systhesis at Pocono Skies festival to Etheral Live – a netlabel for live ambient music. He has written an excellent introduction to Richard's lecture. Ice Moon Elegy (for Richard Lainhart) — from Dave Seidel 'Dedication' ∼ D.Mińoza , also on YouTube — from Dan Mińoza (If you have a tribute and would like it included here, please email Caroline.) http://www.otownmedia.com http://www.vimeo.com/rlainhart http://www.youtube.com/rlainhart http://richardlainhart.bandcamp.com/ http://soundcloud.com/rlainhart http://twitter.com/rlainhart http://www.facebook.com/rlainhart http://www.downloadplatform.com/richard_lainhart » Sat, Nov 26 Richard directs a World Premier & Live Soundtrack "The History of the Future" TheaterLab, 137 W 14th, NYC Experimental Intermedia Festival The Stone, NYC Equinoxygen Wilson Auditorium, Fairleigh Dickinson University Hackensack, NJ Event Horizon The Rotunda, Philadelphia Periphery label launch event Philadelphia Richard joins the kick-off for this three-day festival. Experimental Festival 3 at Goodbye Blue Monday, 1087 Broadway, Brooklyn Richard performs EMF-commissioned work "Threshhold" for electric guitar, Kyma and environmental sounds of the city for World Listening Day at New York University, Steinhart Education Building, 35 W 4th St, NYC. More About World Listening Day Organizations and individuals around the world will be listening to the sounds of the word in honor of Canada's pre-eminent and world-renowned composer, R. Murray Schafer's 78 birthday. In collaboration with the Electronic Music Foundation and the New York Society of Acoustic Ecology, NYU's Music Technology Program will present a program of compositions and field recordings based on the sounds of New York City. The event will take place from , 4:15 pm - 9 pm. » Sun, May 15, 2 am Live radio performance, WXPN 88.5fm, Phildelphia Live performance, The Gatherings Concert Series, Philadelphia ›› May 6, 2 pm : Lecture / Demonstration Multi-Dimensional Control for Realtime Analog Synthesis Performance. WWU Campus, location tba ›› May 7, 2 pm : Performance Richard performs with his Buchla 200e/Haken Continuum system Richard performs live on Buchla+Continuum Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick NJ Richard performs live electronic music with visuals by VJ Cargo and conducts an Adobe After Effects seminar focusing on After Effects' essential role in creating my award-winning yearlong timescape film "One Year". (http://www.vimeo.com/913617) Second Annual New Jersey Festival of Electronic Arts Grounds For Sculpture Hamilton, NJ. For more information, go here: http://www.njfea.com Admission to the festival is free with Grounds For Sculpture admission. The New Jersey Festival of Electronic Arts is a day-long exploration of electronic environmental and performance art, featuring exhibits, seminars, an open e-drum circle, light paintings, video perfomance art, sculpture, dance, ambient soundscapes and experimental music. Analog Synth Showdown with SETH, Color Is Luxury, OPPONENTS, and The Alienist vs. Lotus Bazooka curated by Joshua Slusher The Silent Barn 915 Wyckoff Ave, Queens NY 11385 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152178594833531 Electronics and Cacophony with Alex Carpenter, James Ross and George Stadnik, Bird Organ, and The Aggressive Attention-Seekers curated by Valerie Kuehne Cafe Orwell 247 Varet St., Brooklyn NY 11206 347-294-4759 http://www.cafeorwell.com/events.html Psychedelic Noise Series with If, Bwana, Pregnant Spore, and The Alienist curated by Opposite Records live A/V performance streaming on http://www.rocklandworldradio.com Nyack Village Theater 94 Main Street , Nyack NY 10960 845-826-2639 http://www.oppositerecords.com/flyers/feb2011flier1.jpg http://www.oppositerecords.com/nyack/index.html Richard performs his analog synthesis improvisation Soundscape as part of an experimental cabaret curated by Valerie Kuehne. Cafe Orwell 247 Varet St Brooklyn, NY 11206 Richard plays Buchla and Continuum at "A Night of Clutter" featuring multiple rooms of open experimental and improvised interactive musical collaboration. $10 Cover at the door Funkadelic Studios 335 West 35th 3rd Floor, Between 8th and 9th Avenues 212-696-2513 www.FunkadelicStudios.com » Now on SoundCloud and Vimeo: Richard's performances at Omega Sound Fix festival The direct board recording of Richard's recent Buchla/Continuum performance at the Omega Sound Fix festival at Alfa Art Gallery in New Brunswick available on SoundCloud as a downloadable high-quality MP3. Video clips (with camera audio) of that performance, along with Richard's improvisation with Philippe Petit at the same festival, in whichhe plays vibes as well as Buchla: http://vimeo.com/17347035 | http://vimeo.com/17383370 I'll be joining the Ethernet Orchestra for a live networked streaming A/V performance with musicians and VJs in Braunschwieg and Munich, Germany; Sydney, Australia; London, UK; and from my home studio in New York. I'll be playing both my Buchla system and processed guitar for this one. Other performers include Elke Utermoehlen, voice, Max/MSP; Martin Slawig, electronics, Max/MSP; Edward Filipp, percussion; Yavuz Uydu, Turkish oud and bendir; Roger Mills, processed trumpets. VJs include Helen Varley Jamieson, Graziano Milano, and Neil Jenkins. More information about Ethernet Orchestra Tune into the live stream on radio.aporee.org Get your local time, go to timeanddate.com  »
A guitar gig!Richard performs on guitar and electronics with films at Pianos, 158 Ludlow Street, NYC - Nov 7, 2010 7pm He joins with Alex Carpenter (guitar, live audio & video delay) and James Ross (guitar, live looping) Free ( right click/control click to see full size image )  » Pay-what-you-like digital download version of "Cranes Fly West" available on Bandcamp"Cranes Fly West Schiphorst Edition" is already sold out at Ex Ovo. However, Ex Ovo has generously made it available in a pay-what-you-like digital download version on Bandcamp, and has included an additional exclusive remix track by Mirko Uhlig.  
a new music compilation CD
produced by Maison d'Ailleurs ("House of Elsewhere"), a museum of science fiction, utopia and extraordinary journeys located in Yverdon-les-Bains (Switzerland). The Maison d'Ailleurs, the only public institution of its kind in the world, is a non-profit foundation functioning both as a public museum and a specialized research center.
"Smooth Space" compilation as part of Vague Terrain 15: .microsound.
to benefit the national homelessness charity, Shelter, is on Vimeo. Richard's films "Pneuma" and "LUX" were included.
RIchard is pleased to announce that his film "Pneuma"
has been accepted for the Punto y Raya 2009 Festival in Barcelona..
Richard's film "Pneuma" was shown at Seeing Sound in Bath, UK. Here's an overview of the event (click on Screenings to see some info about all the films shown, including Richard's).
broadcasting high quality Film and Video Art on the European Cable Network.
Richard has been awarded a Film & Media grant by the New York State Council on the Arts for "No Other Time", full-length intermedia performance designed for a large reverberant space, combining live analog electronics with four-channel playback, and high-definition computer-animated film projection The work was premiered at Re:Soundings in Valley Falls, NY in Oct 2009.
Written in 1974, this is a first-time release on CD of Richard Lainhart's masterpiece in its original 29-minute version. White Night is available in Europe from Ex Ovo and in the US from CDeMUSIC .
Read recent online reviews of White Night.
Feb 2008 — "THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE SKY" and "THESE LAST DAYS" are now available for purchase at musiczeit.com
Jan 2008 — The recordings "5 NOCTURNES" and "STARING AT THE MOON" are now available for purchase at musiczeit.com >> Richard Lainhart and Jordan Rudess Electronic Improvisations.
These are free improvisations based on exploring the sounds, tonalities, and textures available from electronic instruments and processing. There are no rules as such, and basically anything goes, but they are usually performed with live electronics rather than with pre-recorded material, to allow for the greatest improvisational freedom.
Since sonic exploration is the main goal, the textures can range from simple chord changes and melodies to non-tonal noise, and anywhere in between, with sounds you've never heard before, and will never hear again. We think we reached that goal, and we hope you'll join us with open ears on the journey.
Richard Lainhart and Jordan Rudess electronic improvisations are now available for sale from
Jordan's Download Store.
electronic performance from 2006. Richard about his music - www.tokafi.com posed by New Music Box - www.newmusicbox.org |
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