Hendrik Weber (born 1975 in

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, Germany),Hendrik Weber (Pantha du Prince)
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, affiliated with Dial Records,Charles Ubaghs (May 5, 2010)
"Hear It In The Electricity: Pantha Du Prince Interviewed"
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''.Aaron Leitko (June 2010)
"Pantha du Prince. Editor’s Pick"
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''. and Rough Trade Records.Sam Thorne (Issue 129, March 2010)
"Music. Black Noise. Pantha Du Prince"
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''.

Career

Weber's style evolved from the harder end of the

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spectrum and

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to something he described himself as "sonic house," and incorporating acoustic elements, electronically altered field recordings,Charles Ubaghs (February 11, 2010)
"Review. Pantha Du Prince. Black Noise"
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''. and

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references.Michaelangelo Matos (April 7, 2010)
"Pantha Du Prince: Techno Music A Rock Fan Can Love"
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''. He launched his Pantha du Prince identity in 2002, with the four-track 12" "Nowhere".Jason Birchmeier
"Pantha Du Prince. Biography"
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''. His first full-length album ''Diamond Daze'' (2004), featured hard-edged club songs, with samples of

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’ "Pink Frost" on the track "Circle Glider".Andy Kellman
"Review. Diamond Daze. Pantha du Prince"
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''. Writing for

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, Jason Birchmeier also detected an affinity for shoegaze bands such as My Bloody Valentine and

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, as well as stylings of

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producer

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. Weber's 2005 remix 12" "Butterfly Girl Versions" and the 2006 "Lichten/Walden" 12" were again published on the German label Dial. In 2007, Weber released ''

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'' where he explored travel, time, and the joy of forward motion. Commenting on the album's juxtaposition of ethereal melodic elements and a dance music backbone, Tim Finney gave it 7.7 out of 10 in a review for

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.Tim Finney (June 18, 2007)
"Reviews. This Bliss. Pantha Du Prince"
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described ''This Bliss'' as Pantha du Prince's "high-water mark, nda pensive, slender and tough album".Jon Caramanica (January 6, 2010)
"Tastes of Mariachi and Alabama. Pantha du Prince"
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''. In 2010, Weber switched to Rough Trade Records before releasing his third album ''

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'', where he sought to "incorporate a wide range of sounds — field recordings, atonal noise, and stray percussion," as part of a "period of musical exploration in the Swiss Alps." Unlike a totalizing experience of ''This Bliss'', some saw tracks on ''Black Noise'' as a more compartmentalized treatment of moods and textures that retained Weber's "gift for generating heavily melodic mazes of sound." Featuring Animal Collective's

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and LCD Soundsystem's

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as guest artists, and following the aforementioned label change, ''Black Noise'' was met with more excitement than Weber's previous work. In 2012, Pantha Du Prince collaborated with Stephan Abry of the band Workshop; the duo formed the project Ursprung (after an Austrian town), and released an album ''Ursprung'' on Dial. In 2013, Pantha du Prince and the

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percussion five-piece The Bell Laboratory released their collaborative album ''Elements of Light''.Pantha Du Prince, 'The musicians involved are from all parts of the musical spectrum, both from the classical scene as well as people from jazz and black metal. It is the real combination of musical characters' , musicserf.com
The ambitious project was a symphony for electronics, percussion and bell carillon, a three-tonne instrument comprising 50 bronze bells.Rough Trade Records (January 9, 2013)
"Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory Release Video For 'Spectral Split'"
When asked if there was anything he wanted listeners to take away from ''Elements of Light'', Weber said, "It was intended to be listened to in one piece .. more like a DJ mix." Due to his integral approach, Pantha du Prince manages to unite different areas of cultural production including popular music, performance, and fine arts to one artform. Weber's installations coalesce sounds, architecture, and objects into a transcendental space.

Discography

As Pantha du Prince

Albums

* 2004: ''Diamond Daze'' * 2007: ''

'' * 2010: ''

'' * 2013: ''Elements of Light'' (with the Bell Laboratory) * 2016: '' The Triad'' * 2017: ''The Triad Remix Versions'' * 2017: ''The Triad Ambient Versions'' * 2020: '' Conference of Trees'' * 2022: '' Garden Gaia''

Singles/EPs

* 2002: "Nowhere" * 2005: "Butterfly Girl Versions" * 2006: "Lichten/Walden" * 2009: "Behind the Stars" * 2009: "The Splendour" * 2010: "Stick to My Side" * 2010: "Lay in a Shimmer" * 2015: "The Winter Hymn" * 2017: "Mondholz : Remixes & Canons" (with Arash Safaian)

Compilations

* 2011: ''XI Versions of Black Noise'' * 2011: ''V Versions of Black Noise'' * 2017: ''Coming Home''

As Glühen 4

Albums

* 2003: ''Das Schweigen der Sirenen''

As Ursprung

Albums

* 2012: ''Ursprung''

As Hendrik Weber

Albums

* 2021: ''429 Hz Formen von Stille''

Selected exhibitions and shows

Single exhibitions

* 2004: ''Death by a light of a phonograph'' at Nomadenoase, Hamburg * 2007: ''Eisenkaute'' at Nomadenoase, Hamburg * 2010: ''Transitory Triplet'' at Splace Berlin, Fernsehturm am Alexanderplatz, Berlin * 2010: ''Pantha du Prince'' at Gallery of Modern Art Brisbane, Australia * 2013: ''Pantha du Prince & The Bell Laboratory'' at Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Center London

Group exhibitions

* 2005: ''No competitive offers'' Dial at ARTIS, Den Bosch, Netherlands * 2010: ''Based in Berlin'' at Kunstwerke, Berlin * 2013: ''in C'' by

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, Pantha du Prince & The Bell Laboratory im Barbican, London

Curatorial engagement

*2011: ''Kunst als Klang'' at Vittorio Manalese, Berlin

Awards

* 2011:

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in the category „Kritikerpreis“ * 2014: Musicboard Berlin – Grant Recipient of the

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in Los Angeles

References

External links

Official Website

Official Myspace
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