Member Since: 10/6/2006
Band Website: bumstein.com/art
Band Members: Arturas Bumsteinas. also performing with Antanas Dombrovsky, Lina Lapelyte and Lys as TWENTYTWENTYONE laptop quartet.
Influences: Vilnius, SMC/CAC, Edukas, G-Lab, Fluxus, Minimalism, Classic Conceptual Art, Libraries, Berlin, Avanto Festival, La Biennale di Venezia, ubu.com, Birkenau, Charles Amirkhanian, Morton Feldman, John Cage, Robert Ashley, Alvin Lucier, Phill Niblock, Fausto Romitelli, Claude Vivier, Antanas Jasenka, Osvaldas Balakauskas, Darius Ciuta, Rytis Mazulis, Andrius Mamontovas, Ignas Krunglevicius, Bernhardt Lang, Peter Ablinger, Angelo Badalamenti, Richard Wagner, Sviatoslav Richter, Salvatore Sciarrino, Tony Conrad, Hafler Trio, CM von Hauswolff, Pan Sonic, Gregory Whitehead, text-sound composition and other Swedish music, Supersilent, Ensemble Modern, Harry Partch, Arvo Part, Chain Reaction, Thomas Koner, Pure, Pink Twins, Simon Wickham-Smith, Farmersmanual, Oren Ambarchi, Kevin Drumm, Microstoria, Oval, Bjork, John Baldessari, Joseph Beuys, Aernout Mik, Joao Penalva, Piere Huyge, Manfred Pernice, Tellervo Kallainen, Chris Burden, Wilhelm Sasnal, Harun Farocki, Vincent Gallo, Werner Herzog, David Cronenberg, Gus van Sant, Claude Lanzmann, Woody Allen, Krzystof Kieslowski, Audrius Stonys, Jonas Mekas, Salman Rushdie, Umberto Eco, Victor Hugo...
Sounds Like:
Arturas Bumsteinas' "Xennedy Piece" @ The Kennedy Center, Sonic Circuits DC 2007. Performed by Janel Leppin, Doug Poplin and author.
Laptop Quartet Twentytwentyone @ Jauna Muzika Festival, SMC/CAC, 2008/04/24
"Bumsteinas plays Baldessari sings Lewitt" video, 2005
WEIGHTSHIFT - video performance with synthesizers and metal weights, 2007
CHAOS? - Bumsteinas/Jasenka/Atrac perform live soundtrack for Faites Vos Jeaux by Filmgruppechaos. Club:Intro, Vilnius, 2004.
INVAZIJA - Video piece by G-Lab (Bumsteinas & Garbstiene), sound by Antanas Jasenka, 2004
BLUR. THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991) - second piece from the series of 5 audiovisual works produced by blurring credit rolls and its' original sountracks from the Hannibal Lecter movie sequel, 2008
BLUR AND OTHER WORKS exhibition view @ Galerie Antjewachs, Berlin, 2008/06/13
it was night, i was drunk, i wanted to take a piss, i had to wait
Record Label: www.antjewachs.de
Type of Label: Major