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Lawrence Chandler

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Lawrence Chandler
Birth nameLawrence Dean Chandler
Occupation(s)Composer, musician, producer, sound artist
Years active1994–present
LabelsBeggars Banquet Records, Dreamland Recordings, Kranky, Happy Go Lucky, Hi-Fidelity Recordings, Rocket Girl, Sonic Cathedral, Untitled Recordings

Lawrence Chandler is a British American composer, musician, producer and sound artist based in London. Best known as a founding member of seminal New York duo Bowery Electric, he works in ambient, contemporary classical, electronic and experimental styles.[1][2]

Biography

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Following Bowery Electric's final tour in 2000, Chandler took a hiatus during which time he studied composition privately with La Monte Young and Pauline Oliveros, with Conrad Cummings at The Juilliard School, worked for Philip Glass and completed a Master of Music in Composition from Goldsmiths College.[3]

He returned in 2009 with Everybody Here Is Fine, commissioned for Make Music New York and premiered at The Bell House, Brooklyn on 21 June 2009.[4]

Subsequent works include Music for Rock Ensemble, commissioned for 50 Years of Minimalism, premiered by Katia and Marielle Labèque, Chandler and ensemble at Kings Place, London on 26 November 2011[5] and The Tuning of the World, a realisation of his evolving 24-hour, 24 part, sustained tone composition with tuned sine wave generators released by Untitled Recordings on 1 March 2012.[6]

Compositions

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Chamber

  • 2008 Duo, for two violins
  • 2008 Quartet, for string quartet
  • 2009 Everybody Here Is Fine, for string quartet and/or electronics
  • 2009 Fragment, for string quartet
  • 2012 The Tuning of the World, for various instruments and/or electronics

Dance

  • 2000 The Tea House, choreographed by Beyhan Murphy, Modern Dance Turkey, London
  • 2008 Tide, choreographed by Myra Bazell, Scrap Performance Group, Philadelphia

  Ensemble

  • 2011 Music for Rock Ensemble, for ensemble and electronics
  • 2012 As Soft as Possible, for ensemble, commissioned for Quiet Music Ensemble, Dublin

  Film

  • 2007 Men Boxing, for violin and cello, collaboration with New York Miniaturist Ensemble, Museum of the Moving Image, New York for early film by Thomas Edison

  Installations

  • 2003 Plus Time, sound environment, multimedia collaboration with Brian Alfred, Sandroni Rey Gallery, New York
  • 2006 To Be Held for a Long Time, sound environment, for SEAMUS Electro-Acoustic Music Month, New York
  • 2011 The Upper Room, site-specific sound and light environment, The Marlborough Pop-Up Gallery, London

  Piano

  • 2008 Figures
  • 2008 Etude No. 5
  • 2009 Etude No. 10

  Solo

  • 2002 Bleak House, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds
  • 2002 Consistent Histories, for piano, turntable, vinyl record, electronically processed sounds
  • 2002 Cross Country, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds
  • 2002 Don't Leave a Light On, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds
  • 2002 Heated Driveway, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds
  • 2002 Hollow Sidewalk, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds
  • 2002 Now and Later, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds
  • 2002 Plus Time, for turntable, vinyl record, electronically processed sounds
  • 2002 Sealed Air, for turntable, vinyl record, electronically processed sounds
  • 2002 Thought for the Day, for piano, turntable, vinyl record, electronically processed sounds
  • 2011 I Saw Satan Fall Like Lightning, for electronics, commissioned and released by Dreamland Recordings
  • 2012 A Minute is as Long as it Lasts, for electronics, for Minute of Listening, Sound and Music, London

Theatre

  • 2012 1’41", for string quartet and/or electronics, commissioned for 101 New Music Theatre, Birmingham 

Vocal

  • 2009 China, for bass voice and piano, text by Bob Perelman 

Other musical activities

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Discography

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Solo

  • The Tuning of the World (Untitled Recordings, 2012)[13]

Bowery Electric

Happy Families

  • 'New Forgetting' (Sonic Cathedral, 2013)[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Bowery Electric". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  2. ^ Reynolds, Simon (November 1995). "Back to the Future". The Wire. No. 141.
  3. ^ "The 405 meets Happy Families". Thefourohfive.com. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Lawrence Chandler (of Bowery Electric) @ Make Music New York 2009". YouTube. 24 June 2009. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  5. ^ "50 Years of Minimalism: Rock 'n' Rollers @ Kings Place, London – I CARE IF YOU LISTEN". I CARE IF YOU LISTEN. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Lawrence Chandler – The Tuning of the World". Discogs. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  7. ^ a b "The 405 meets Happy Families". Thefourohfive.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  8. ^ "In a Stasis of Sound: Dron-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-ne". The New York Times. 5 September 1996. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Brooklyn Rider plays Philip Glass – Philip Glass". Philipglass.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Riesman Soundtracks – Philip Glass". Philipglass.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Classical Music". Newyorker.com. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Perfect Sound Forever w/ Lawrence Chandler (Bowery Electric & Happy Families) 18.10.17". Nts.live. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Lawrence Chandler - The Tuning of the World". Discogs.
  14. ^ "Happy Families - New Forgetting". Discogs.