In April this year, Amalgam Music released “horizontal shift,” our CD recorded live in performance with Carol Genetti and Birgit Ulher. I am pleased to share that in June, Salt Peanuts, the European online jazz magazine reviewed it quite favorably. Thanks very much to Eyal Hareuveni, the reviewer for helping us get the word out!… Continue reading Salt Peanuts review of “horizontal shift” by Eyal Hareuveni
Category: CD & Net Label Releases
April 20 at Constellation with Birgit Ulher & Carol Genetti
Birgit Ulher returns to Chicago and joins Carol Genetti and me in an evening of electro-acoustic performance at Constellation in Chicago.
Ulher/Genetti/Leonardson – horizontal shift
Amalgam Music presents a new release entitled “horizontal shift,” featuring the electro-acoustic trio of trumpeter Birgit Ulher (DE), vocalist Carol Genetti (USA), and instrument-inventor springboardist Eric Leonardson (USA). The CD documents a live performance of this group, recorded in 2018 at Elastic Arts in Chicago. Despite having known each other since the late 1990s, it… Continue reading Ulher/Genetti/Leonardson – horizontal shift
New recordings from re:flexions sound-art festival
Listen to the release from my performance in the re:flexions sound-art festival with Anja Kreysing, on accordion and laptop from Muenster, and singer and actress Donatella Bartolomei from Milan; recorded live at Abraxas in Augsburg, July 20, 2018. Many thanks to Sascha Stadlmeier for recording and mastering, and for organizing, the inviting, and hosting my visit… Continue reading New recordings from re:flexions sound-art festival
re:flexions / sound-art festival 2018
Friday, July 20, I am performing with musicians Anja Kreysing (from Muenster) and Donatella Bartolomei (from Italy) in the re:flexions sound-art festival. Abraxas Sommestr. 30 Augsburg, Germany 86156 www.abraxas.augsburg.de/ presented by attenuation circuit re:flexions / sound-art festival 2018 Teaser from LDX #40 on Vimeo. 13 artists joining for 5 unique collaborations “For each 30 min… Continue reading re:flexions / sound-art festival 2018
Ragdale Residency | February 2018
The start of this new year brings a special time for peaceful reflection, planning, performing, production, and fellowship during my 25-day residency at Ragdale. This is my third residency here since 2015. Ragdale is an interdisciplinary artists’ community established in 1976 in Lake Forest, Illinois by poet Alice Judson Hayes, the granddaughter of architect Howard… Continue reading Ragdale Residency | February 2018
Sound Department Colloquium Series – Feb 25
SOUND DEPARTMENT COLLOQUIUM SERIES SPRING 2016 ERIC LEONARDSON Thursday, Feb. 25th, 4.15 p.m. Room 522, 112 S Michigan This presentation open to all School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) students, staff, and faculty. Find the poster (PDF) here.
Review of “Rub” by Auris + Gino
Our CD Rub by Auris with Gino Robair received a very positive review by Dave Madden. Auris is my trio with Julia Miller and Christopher Preissing. Rub was released in 2013 by Public Eyesore, and is available on SquidCo. “…Rub is a dazzling display of virtuosity. So much talent across musical chops and knowing… Continue reading Review of “Rub” by Auris + Gino
Different Worlds | Review of Rub
The Sound Projector, the wonderful, British music magazine and radio show, posted a Rupert Loydell’s new review of “Rub,” my 2013 CD with Auris and Gino Robair. Auris is my trio formed in 2007 with Julia Miller and Christopher Preissing. Rub is available as a joint label on Public Eyesore and Pan Y Rosas.
Phonophon 5 Year Anniversary Double-CD
I am pleased to announce [rec.phonophon], a new double CD release celebrating the fifth year of the Phonophon concert series of phonography and experimental music in Frankfurt am Main. Curated by the Verein zur Förderung von Phonographie und experimenteller Musik (society for the advancement of phonography an experimental music), Phonophon has featured more than… Continue reading Phonophon 5 Year Anniversary Double-CD