Lawrence Chandler is an American composer, musician, producer and artist living in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

. He is best known for his work as a founding member of the band

Bowery Electric Bowery Electric was an American post-rock band, formed by Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener in 1993. History Formed by Lawrence Chandler and Martha Schwendener in late 1993, Bowery Electric played their first show in New York City in Jan ...

Biography

Following Bowery Electric's final tour in 2000 Chandler took a hiatus during which time he studied composition privately with

La Monte Young La Monte Thornton Young (born October 14, 1935) is an American composer, musician, and performance artist recognized as one of the first American minimalist composers and a central figure in Fluxus and post-war avant-garde music. He is best kno ...

and

Pauline Oliveros Pauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer, accordionist and a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center ...

, with Conrad Cummings at

The Juilliard School The Juilliard School ( ) is a private performing arts conservatory in New York City. Established in 1905, the school trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the most elit ...

, worked for

Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer and pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimal music, minimalism, being built up fr ...

and completed a Master of Music in Composition from

Goldsmiths College Goldsmiths, University of London, officially the Goldsmiths' College, is a constituent research university of the University of London in England. It was originally founded in 1891 as The Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute by the Wor ...

. 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. Subsequent works include ''Music for Rock Ensemble'', commissioned for "50 Years of Minimalism", premiered by

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, Chandler and ensemble at

Kings Place Kings Place is a building in London’s Kings Cross area, providing music and visual arts venues combined with seven floors of office space. It has housed the editorial offices of ''The Guardian'' newspaper since December 2008 and is the for ...

, London on 26 November 2011 and ''The Tuning of the World'', a realisation of his evolving 24-hour, 24 part, sustained tone composition, for octet, with tuned sine wave generators, released by Untitled Recordings on 1 March 2012. In 2013 he formed Happy Families with his partner Lucia Rivero.

Other musical activities

*''Dream House'' (1994–1996, 2008), monitor, light and sound installation by

and

Marian Zazeela Marian Zazeela (born April 15, 1940) is an American light artist, designer, calligrapher, painter and musician based in New York City. She was a member of the 1960s experimental music collective Theatre of Eternal Music, and is known for her collab ...

* Experimental Audio Research (EAR) (1996), collaboration with

Pete Kember Peter Kember (born 19 November 1965), also known by his stage name Sonic Boom, is an English singer and record producer. He was a founding member, vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist of alternative rock band Spacemen 3, lasting from 1982 until ...

Kevin Shields Kevin Patrick Shields (born 21 May 1963) is an American-born Irish musician, singer-songwriter, composer, and producer, best known as the vocalist and guitarist of the band My Bloody Valentine. They became influential on the evolution of alter ...

and others, live performance at Westbeth Theater Center, New York on 3 September 1996 *''Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass'' by Brooklyn Rider (2008), assistant engineer, The Looking Glass Studio, New York *''Philip Glass Soundtracks'' by

Michael Riesman Michael Riesman is a composer, conductor, keyboardist, and record producer, best known as Music Director of the Philip Glass Ensemble and conductor of nearly all of Glass' film scores. Biography Michael Riesman studied composition with Peter Stea ...

(2008), assisted, The Looking Glass Studio, New York *

Meredith Monk Meredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. From the 1960s onwards, Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which combine music, theatre, and dance, recording ...

''Basket Rondo'' World Premiere (2007), live sound,

Paula Cooper Gallery The Paula Cooper Gallery is an art gallery in New York City, founded in 1968 by . History Predecessors Cooper ran her own space, the ''Paula Johnson Gallery'', from 1964 to 1966, where Walter De Maria launched his first solo show in New York. ...

, New York *Deep Listening (2009), workshop with

Dartington International Summer School Dartington International Summer School is a summer school and festival of music held on the medieval estate of Dartington Hall and is a department of the Dartington Trust. Operation First established at Bryanston School in 1948 (largely throu ...

, near Totnes
Perfect Sound Forever
(2017), guest DJ,

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, London on 18 October 2017

References

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