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Artist
Michael Gendreau
12+ albums
noiseelectronicfield recordingsmusique concretemusique concrète
about
Michael GENDREAU has composed and performed solo, as well as in several group configurations since 1979. His former group Crawling With Tarts (1983 – 1998) used ideas revolving around elementalism and pre-language states. Gendreau has elaborated on these ideas while adding concepts based on his studies in physics, philosophies attending to temporal and environmental persistence, applications of parataxis, and experiments with small motors and turntable mechanisms. His performances have involved sounds from one-off transcription discs cast by others in the middle of the last century, and those cut in his studio using a decrepit lathe. More recently, Gendreau has sought to extend these later studies, and to use buildings as a speaker. He records the infrasonic vibrations of the performance space and in the concert, he uses its resonances as an additional instrument in his site-specific compositions. These practices are based on his current work as an acoustician, working primarily on low-vibration and noise design for buildings. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
