Gert-Jan Prins (born 1961,

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) is a Dutch musician active in free improvisation. Initially a free jazz percussionist, Prins now focuses on producing and manipulating sound, especially white and pink noise, using a collection of custom-built FM radio transmitters and receivers, similar to the instruments of American composer David Tudor. Prins is a member of

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, a twelve-piece electronic orchestra led by

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(formerly of the British free-improvisation trio AMM). He has groups with synthesizer players Thomas Lehn and

Thomas Ankersmit Thomas Ankersmit (born 1979, Leiden, Netherlands) is a musician and installation artist based in Berlin and Amsterdam. His main instrument, both live and in the studio, is the Serge analogue modular synthesizer. Physical and psychoacoust ...

, pianist Cor Fuhler and composer and reed player

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Discography

* 2012 Gert-Jan Prins – S/T 10"EP (The Spring Press #14) * 2011 mimeo wigry, 2lp, monolp006 * 2010 Tomas Korber / gert-jan prins: RI 1.5442, cd, cavity 03 * 2010 gert-jan prins cavity: the capacitive version, publication+ 10" vinyl, onomatopee 39 * 2009 gert-jan prins & bas van koolwijk: synchronator device, first edition * 2009 gert-jan prins & bas van koolwijk: synchronator, DVD, cavity 02 * 2008 gert-jan prins cavity, cd, cavity 01 * 2008 gert-jan prins break before make, cd, demego 002 * 2007 mimeo sight, cd, cathnor004 * 2005 mimeo lifting concrete lightly live at the serpentine gallery pavilion 2003, 3-cd * 2004 the vacuum boys space breakdance challenge, cd takashi mobile 01 * 2004 e-rax (van bergen lehn prins dolleman) antics, DVD, infim * 2004 gert-jan prins risk mego 072 mini-cd * 2003 the flirts, various artists kraakgeluiden document 1 cd unsounds * 2003 sciajno / prins the d&b album featuring: do shine'o & prinsjan cd bowindo * 2002 the vacuum boys play songs from the sea of love cd fire inc * 2002 gj prins rg 58 gj lp creamgarden * 2002 mimeo / John Tilbury the hands of caravaggio cd Erstwhile Records * 2002 van bergen / prins / fennesz dawn cd grob * 2001 Cor Fuhler / prins the flirts cd erstwhile * 2000 gert-jan prins prinslive cd grob * 2000 various artists international live electronic music incorporated cd x-or * 2000 mimeo electric chair + table 2-cd grob * 2000 e-rax van bergen lehn prins live at the bimhuis 99 cd x-or * 1999 gert-jan prins sub 8 & 9 maxi single a-musik sieben * 1999 mimeo music in movement electronic orchestra cd perditionplastics * 1999 l'oops werner puntigam / gj prins, live @ café strom, linz cd ixthuluh * 1999

Anne La Berge Anne La Berge (born Palo Alto, California, in 1955) is a flutist, composer and improviser, currently residing in Amsterdam. Her performances bring together a virtuosic command of her instrument, use of microtonal textures and melodies, and an ar ...

/ gj prins united noise toys live in utrecht '98 cd x-or * 1998 mimeo music in movement electronic orchestra queue cd grob * 1998 various artists the cocktail event cd staalplaat * 1998

Luc Houtkamp Luc or LUC may refer to: Places * Luc, Hautes-Pyrénées, France, a commune * Luc, Lozère, France, a commune * Le Luc, France, a commune * Luč, Baranja, Croatia, a settlement People and fictional characters * Luc (given name) * Luc (surname) ...

the duo recordings various artists cd x-or * 1998 gert-jan prins noise capture cd x-or * 1997 houtkamp / van hove / prins live in Canada cd x-or * 1997 mengelberg / Mats Gustafsson / prins live in holland cd x-or * 1997 various artists x-or on tour! cd x-or * 1996

Micha Mengelberg Micah (; ) is a given name. Micah is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), and means "Who is like God?" The name is sometimes found with theophoric extensions. Suffix theophory in ''Yah'' and in ''Yahweh'' results in Mi ...

/ houtkamp / prins various artists cd x-or * 1994 analecta body o' graphic cd x-or * 1994 houtkamp / beukman / prins / bauer metslawier cd x-or * 1993 analecta what you hear is where you are cd x-or * 1988 gorgonzola legs piscatorial debris cd exart

External links

Official Site

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