Kevin Drumm (born 1970) is an

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ian based in

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, United States.

Biography

Emerging from the city's

improvised music Musical improvisation (also known as musical extemporization) is the creative activity of immediate ("in the moment") musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous ...

scene, in the

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he became one of the world's pre-eminent

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players. Since then his work has expanded to include electroacoustic compositions and live electronic music made with

laptop computer A laptop, laptop computer, or notebook computer is a small, portable personal computer (PC) with a screen and alphanumeric keyboard. Laptops typically have a clam shell form factor with the screen mounted on the inside of the upper li ...

s and analog

modular synthesizer Modular synthesizers are synthesizers composed of separate modules for different functions. The modules can be connected together by the user to create a patch. The outputs from the modules may include audio signals, analog control voltages, o ...

s. His early recordings contain mostly sparse, quiet sounds; recent works have been more loud and dense. Drumm has collaborated with many artists working in similar fields, including Japanese guitarist

Taku Sugimoto Taku Sugimoto, born December 20, 1965, in Tokyo, is a Japanese guitarist. He initially gained attention in the late 1990s for his restrained, melodic playing, unusual in the world of free improvisation. Critic Bruce Russell describes this era o ...

, multi-instrumentalist and producer Jim O'Rourke, and many European improvisers such as Swedish saxophonist

Mats Gustafsson Mats Olof Gustafsson (born 29 October 1964) is a Swedish free jazz saxophone player. Career Gustafsson came to the attention of lovers of improvised music as part of a duo with Christian Munthe (started in 1986), as member of Gunter Chri ...

and German trumpeter Axel Dörner. He has also worked with the artist group Simparch, composing a piece for their installation ''Spec'', shown at

Documenta ''documenta'' is an exhibition of contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. The ''documenta'' was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau (Federal Horticultura ...

XI in Kassel, Germany and at the Renaissance Society in Chicago. Drumm has also worked with saxophonist

Ken Vandermark Ken Vandermark (born September 22, 1964) is an American composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist. A fixture on the Chicago-area music scene since the 1990s, Vandermark has earned wide critical praise for his playing and his multilayered composi ...

's Territory Band, which brings together American and European players who work in both jazz and

free improvisation Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the logic or inclination of the musician(s) involved. The term can refer to both a technique (employed by any musician in any genre) and as a recognizable genre in its ...

. Drumm has received a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award (2011).

Discography

Releases

* (1997) ''Kevin Drumm'' (CD) - Perdition Plastics * (1999) ''Second'' (CD) - Perdition Plastics * (2000) ''Comedy'' (CD) - Moikai * (2000) ''Particles and Smears'' with Martin Tétreault (CD) -

Erstwhile Records Erstwhile Records is an independent record label devoted to free improvisation, particularly the electroacoustic variety, contemporary, experimental composed music, and combinations of both. Erstwhile was founded by Jon Abbey in 1999, whose perso ...

* (2000) ''Kevin Drumm / Bhob Rainey Split'' (12") - Fringes * (2001) ''KD'' (Cassette) - Freedom From * (2001) ''Cases'' with Ralf Wehowsky (CD) -

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* (2001) ''Den'' with Taku Sugimoto (CD) - Sonoris * (2001) ''Triangles'' with Leif Elggren (LP/CD) - Moikai * (2001) ''Untitled'' (Erstwhile 015) with Axel Dörner (CD) -

* (2001) ''Kevin Drumm / Pita Split'' (12") - BOXmedia * (2002) ''DEG'' with Leif Elggren and Mats Gustafsson (LP) - Firework Edition Records * (2002) ''Frozen by Blizzard Winds'' with Lasse Marhaug (CD) -

Smalltown Supersound Smalltown Supersound is an independent record label, founded in Flekkefjord in 1993 and now based in Oslo, Norway. It is dedicated to new forms of jazz, rock and electronic music. Their catalog features albums by Kelly Lee Owens, Deathprod, Nene ...

* (2002) '' Sheer Hellish Miasma'' (CD) - Mego * (2002) ''I Drink Your Skin'' with Aaron Dilloway (Cassette) -

Hanson Records Hanson Records is an American independent record label founded in Brighton, Michigan and now based in Oberlin, Ohio. It is operated by the musician Aaron Dilloway, formerly of the band Wolf Eyes. History The label's first release was a 7-inch ex ...

* (2003) ''Eruption'' with Fred Lonberg-Holm and Weasel Walter (CD) -

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* (2003) ''Land of Lurches'' (LP/CD) -

* (2003) ''Mort Aux Vaches'' with Dan Burke (CD) -

Staalplaat Staalplaat is an independent record label that is located in Amsterdam with a separate store in Berlin. Founded in 1982, the company's mission was to create a sound forum for sound artists, who write and perform new and experimental music. Staalpl ...

* (2004) ''Impish Tyrant'' (Cassette) - Spite * (2005) ''Horror of Birth'' (Cassette) - Chondritic Sound * (2005) ''Kevin Drumm / 2673 Split'' (LP) - Kitty Play Records * (2007) '' Sheer Hellish Miasma'' reissue (CD) -

Editions Mego Mego was an experimental electronic music independent record label based in Vienna, Austria. The label has been superseded by a new company, Editions Mego, which was set up both to keep Mego albums in print and to issue new albums, run by Peter ...

* (2007) ''All Are Guests in the House of the Lord'' with

Prurient Ian Dominick Fernow is an American experimental musician, poet and multimedia artist. He is best known for extreme music released under the stage name Prurient, as well as numerous other aliases including Vatican Shadow and Rainforest Spiritual ...

Hospital Productions Hospital Productions is an American record label A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages ...

* (2007) ''Purge'' (Cassette) - iDEAL * (2007) ''Gauntlet'' with

Daniel Menche Daniel Menche (born December 4, 1969) is an American experimental musician and multidisciplinary artist from Portland, Oregon. Since 1989 he has recorded many albums that are categorized as electro-acoustic, noise music, dark ambient music, abst ...

(CD) -

* (2008) ''Snow'' (Cassette) -

* (2008) ''Imperial Distortion'' (2CD) -

* (2008) ''untiled'' (LP) - Dilemma Records * (2009) ''Malaise'' (Cassette) -

* (2009) ''Alku Tape'' (Cassette) - Alku * (2009) ''Imperial Horizon'' -

* (2010) ''The Icy Echoer'' (7") with Michael Esposito -

Fragment Factory Fragment Factory is an independent record label and mail-order house based in Hamburg, Germany, founded in 2009 by Michael Muennich (*1980). The label specializes in releasing experimental electronic music in the broadest sense, including Elect ...

* (2010) ''Necro Acoustic'' (5 cd boxed set) - PicaDisk * (2012) ''Relief'' (LP) -

* (2012) ''Crowded'' (LP) - Bocian Records * (2013) ''Tannenbaum'' (CD/Cassette) -

* (2013) ''Earrach'' (CDr) - Selfreleased * (2014) ''The Abyss'' with Jason Lescalleet (2CD) -

* (2017) ''Interference'' (Cassette) - Second Editions *(2017) ''RECLINE(116 Minute EP)'' *(2017) ''APRIL'' *(2017) ''May(Part 1)'' *(2017) ''May(Part 2)'' *(2017) ''June'' (CDr) *(2017) ''The Loop'' (2xLP/CD) *(2017) ''Fortification Spectrum'' *(2017) ''The Illusion Of Having Plans'' (CDr) *(2017) ''Live Last Week'' (CDr) *(2017) ''Accelerate'' (Cassette) *(2017) ''Less Than Half As Loud'' *(2017) ''October(Early Warning)'' *(2017) ''The Next World Is Better'' (7") - Chondritic Sound records *(2017) ''Another Set Of Days Now Over'' *(2018) ''Frozen Pipes'' *(2018) ''The March Flog'' *(2018) ''Final Protracted Spillings(Vol.?)'' *(2018) ''May 18'' *(2018) ''Blocking'' *(2018) ''June Spill'' *(2018) ''Horizontal'' (2CD) *(2018) ''Well There You Go!'' (CD) *(2018) ''Overstaying'' *(2018) ''Another Odyssey Of Waiting'' *(2018) ''THE GAS BILL EP'' *(2018) ''Sunday''

Appears on

* (1995) Ken Vandermark - ''

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'' (CD) - Quinnah * (1996) Gastr del Sol - "Our Exquisite Replica of Eternity" on ''Upgrade & Afterlife'' (CD) - Drag City * (1998) Loren Mazzacane-Connors and Alan Licht - ''Hoffman Estates'' (CD) - Drag City * (1999) "Berlin 1", "Graz 2", "Wien 1", "Berlin 3" on ''Charhizma 002'' feat. Dafeldecker/Kurzmann/

Fennesz Christian Fennesz (born 25 December 1962) is an Austrian producer and guitarist active in electronic music since the 1990s, often credited simply by his last name. His work utilizes guitar and laptop computers to blend melody with treated samples ...

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/Drumm/Siewert (CD) - Charhizma * (2002) Territory Band-2 ''Atlas'' (CD) - OkkaDisk * (2003) "Wels", "Nickelsdorf 1", "Nickelsdorf 2" on ''Charhizma 020'' feat. Dafeldecker/Kurzmann/Drumm/ eRikm/

dieb13 Dieb13 is the performing name of Dieter Kovačič, a Viennese-based avant-garde musician. He has also performed under the names Takeshi Fumimoto, Echelon, Dieter Bohlen, and dieb14. After appearing on several compilations documenting the burgeoni ...

/ Noetinger (CD) - Charhizma * (2003) "Untitled" on ''Untitled'' (CDr) - No label * (2004) Territory Band-3 ''Map Theory'' (2CD) - OkkaDisk

Tracks appear on

* (1997) "Brassy" on ''Scatter'' (CD) -

Ash International Touch (sometimes mistakenly written 'Touch Records' and sometimes written Touch Music, which is technically the publishing side of the company) is a British audio-visual organisation, operating the Touch label. Touch was founded in 1982 by Jon ...

* (2000) "Three" on ''Prix Ars Electronica CyberArts 2000'' (2xCD) -

Ars Electronica Center Ars Electronica Linz GmbH is an Austrian cultural, educational and scientific institute active in the field of new media art, founded in Linz in 1979. It is based at the Ars Electronica Center (AEC), which houses the Museum of the Future, in the ...

* (2000) "Untitled" on ''Variious'' (2xCD) - Intransitive Recordings * (2001) "Feelin Hilarious" on ''

Or Some Computer Music Or or OR may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * "O.R.", a 1974 episode of M*A*S*H * Or (My Treasure), a 2004 movie from Israel (''Or'' means "light" in Hebrew) Music * ''Or'' (album), a 2002 album by Golden Boy with Mis ...

'' (CD) -

Or Records Or Records (sometimes capitalized OR Records after their logo) is a small British independent record label, which was established in 1998 and based in London. The label specializes in experimental music and is distributed by Touch Music. They ...

* (2001) "Untitled" on ''Transmissions 003'' (2xCD) - Transmissions * (2002) "My Tree Bears No Nuts (Part 2)" on ''All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1'' (CD/2xLP) - ATP Recordings * (2001) "Untitled" on ''X + Y = XY'' (CDr) - Alku * (2004) "Untitled" on ''LDS Relationchips'' (CDr) - Entr'acte * (2005) "Untitled" on ''ALKUjiggerypokeryMIX'' (MP3) - Alku * (2018) "Redirect" on ''Grunt'' by Derek Piotr (CD) - DPSR

References

External links

Kevin Drumm
at

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Kevin Drumm discography
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Kevin Drumm discography
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Kevin Drumm interview (September 2003)
at

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Kevin Drumm interview (April 1998)
at Perfect Sound Forever
Kevin Drumm interview (1999-2003)
at

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Kevin Drumm's list of Top 16
at Dusted Magazine

at Ink 19
Review of ''Land Of Lurches'' (September 2003)
at

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