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Harry Jen

About Me

Generally
Born and raised as a musician, influenced by classical composers as well as the crap on air, and therefore still trying to bridge the gap between public appeal and artistic worth.

Currently
Studying composition at the Anton-Bruckner-University in Linz in order to achieve this goal.

Album out in summer 2009!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 28/10/2006
Band Website: harryjen.com
Band Members: Harry Jen (Composition, Keys, Electronics)

The Live Action Squad:

Flo Wöss (Guitar), Joe Doblhofer (Guitar), Seppi Hinterhölzl (Drums), Gerald Kiesewetter (Bass), Rafael Kotschy (Vocals), Max Wolf (Vocals), Klaus Hainzl (Trumpet), Hermann Mayr (Trombone);
Influences: Beady Belle, Björk, Jazzanova, Matthew Herbert, Moloko, Prince, Steve Reich, Stevie Wonder, Lewis Carroll, Douglas R. Hofstadter, Richard Dawkins, Terry Pratchett, Douglas N. Adams...
Sounds Like: Harry Jen, I hope.
Record Label: Fir Way Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Radical Rascal

Not long ago Harry Jen won an "Austrian Newcomer Award", an internationally renowned prize for musical rookies. He was one of nine winners, chosen out of more than 300 applications. At the award party...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:46:00 GMT

Turn it off

The original idea - building a bass drum out of a microphone dropped onto a trampoline didn't quite work out as planned. You can hear the sound hidden in the beat somewhere, but the BD as well as the ...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:31:00 GMT

In the glass house

Based upon 19 different drinking glasses, or to be more precise, upon the aleatorically acquired pattern of their different tones.  
Posted by on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:25:00 GMT

The nocturnal song

A friend of mine once recorded each single note of his e-guitar, in order to create a sample instrument. He provided me with the a- and the d-string of his recordings and though I didn't even use all ...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:17:00 GMT

Capture the moment

Has been my first song based upon sounds that I recorded in the field. There are pieces of tableware being slapped in a pub, locker doors being banged, toothpicks breaking, street lights, a rubbi...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:40:00 GMT