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Benjamin Muon

About Me

I am a aound and radio-artist since 1987. I performed with sound and different mediums. I created hörspeils and radio-broadcasts. I don't create objects. You can only (almost) see or hear me alive. No tapes. No cds (I am almost saying the truth). Most compositions are for non-standard use of musical instruments. Most of my scores are time based and space specific. The structure of each pieces may vary according to the context, climate, exact dates and/or conditions of performance. In the 1980's I founded two coops for electronics music and radio-art. -Interactive computer based multimedia work with the fiction "Portable Hell" made for Hypercard in 1991 and composed virtual music for MOOs (a text-based interactive environment online within an object database and reacheable via telnet) under his pseudonyms/characters AT&T and Miyako Uski-Akita circa 1992-93.My other bands : Duo with Julie L'autenthique (Martine H. Crispo), trio with mineminemine (w. Alexandre Saint-Onge and Magali Babin) and project with Les frères senseurs (w. Stelazine-Zofrêne) Organised art events such as Pas de traduction (http://www.performanceart.ca/traduction/home.html), Psychogeographie/Ecosystemes (http://www.radio-canada.ca/radio/navire/psycho_geo.html) ...Contributed for 5 cents to establish IAPAO (International Association for Performance Art Organisers) in Asia with B+PAC and is involved in Québec's artist run centers. (Some labels were able to released a limited numbers of pieces in the 90's under pseudonyms - algojo)(algojo (on Avatar, Nonsequiutur/OO Disc and Inter/Le Lieu). Since the 1980's, I have been welcome (and sometimes almost welcome) to perform in : the USA, Canada, Chile, Japan, Indonesia, Thaïland, The Philippines, China, Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, Finland, Estonia and Sardinia. More on Wikipedia and on my site ... :-)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/05/2007
Band Website: www.systememinuit.com
Band Members:
Influences: Blaster Al ACKERMAN + Masami AKITA + Gerry and Sylvia ANDERSON + Ruth ANDERSON + Pierre-André ARCAND + Robert ASHLEY + Angelo BADALAMENTI + Johannes BAADER Mikhaïl Aleksandrovitch BAKOUNINE + early François BAYLE + Basic Channel/Chain Reaction + Mario BAVA + Ingmar BERGMAN + David BEHRMAN + Hector BERLIOZ + Johanna BEYER + Jaap BLONK + La BOLDUC + Glenn BRANCA+ Antony BRAXTON +James BROWN + Steven BROWN + Giordano BRUNO + Luis BUNUEL + Chris BURDEN + William S. BURROUGHS + Michel BUTOR + Cabaret Voltaire+ John CAGE + Joe COLEMAN + CONSTANT Nieuwenhuis + Arthur CRAVAN + Monty CANTSIN + Chris CARTER+ José Luis CASTILLEJO+ Neam CATHOD + Noam CHOMSKY+ Emilio de' CAVALIERI+Henri CHOPIN + Shirley COLLINS+ Alice COLTRANE + John COLTRANE+ COUM TRANSMISSIONS + Jean PAPINEAU-COUTURE + Patrick CROWLEY + Hanne DARBOVEN + Guy DEBORD+ Brian DE PALMA (70's period) + Willem DE RIDDER + Maya DERREN + Constance DEMBY (70's period) + DOGEN +John DUNCAN+ Jean DUPUY+ Damon EDGE+ Duke ELLINGTON + Brian ENO + Luc FERRARI+ Esther FERRER + Brigitte FONTAINE+ Michel FOUCAULT +Lucio FULCI + Esplendor Geometrico+ André GAGNON + Claude GAUVREAU + L'apocalypse de Jean+ Le Cantique des Cantiques+ HAFEZ+ Jean-Luc GODARD +Noël GODIN Larry GRAHAM +Félix GUATTARI+ Pierre GUYOTAT +John GIORNO+ the GOBLINS (from DARGENTO MOVIES) + Scores from japanese GODZILLA movies + Brion GYSIN + Jon HASSELL + Anne HÉBERT+ Pierre HENRY 1960's and 1970's + Bernard HEIDSIECK+ Juan HIDALGO+ Haruami HOSONO+ Tehching HSIEH+ Joël HUBAUT+ Ryogi IKEDA +Isidore ISOU+ Derek JARMAN +Alexandro JODOROWSKY + Ray JOHNSON + Tom JOHNSON+ Eduardo KAC+ Allan KAPROW + Allan KARDEK + On KAWARA + Gershon KINGSLEY +Richard H. KIRK+ Gottfried Michael KOENIG +Tetsuo KOGAWA +Takehisa KOSUGI +Fela KUTI +Comte de LAUTRÉAMONT + Donald LAUTREC+ Maurice LEMAÎTRE + Lime + Annea LOCKWOOD+ I Wayan LOTRING+ Lucy LIPPARD + David LYNCH + Linda MONTANO + Georges MUFFAT+ Gordon MUMMA +Pauline OLIVEROS+ Charlemagne PALESTINE +PEROTIN + Eric ROHMER+ Ralf RUMNEY+ Gino SOCCIO+ Joan LA BARBARA + Benjamin LEW +Shachiko M+ George MACIUNAS +Ivo MALEC +Gustav MALHER + Karl MARX+ Paul MCCARTHY + Walter MARCHETTI+ MAURIZIO +Derrick MAY+ Darius MILHAUD + Robert MORRIS + Boris NIESLONY + Nocturnal Emissions + Luigi NONO + Magma + Nurse With Wound + Yoko ONO + ORLAN + Nam June PAIK + Gina PANE + Georges PEREC + Jean-Jacques PERREY + Genesis P-ORRIDGE + Pierre Joseph PROUDHON + Éliane RADIGUE + Maurice RAVEL early Residents + David ROSENBOOM + Saskia SASSEN Richard SERRA + Mme SAINT-ONGE + early Mark STEWART and the Maffia + SPK + Kurt SCHWITTERS + Alexandre SCRIABIN + Smegma + Gino SOCCIO + Laeticia SONAMI + Karlheinz STOCKHAUSEN (50's to 70's periods) + early Talking Heads + Cecil TAYLOR + early SUICIDE + Telex + Fatima TIHIHIT + Yasunao TONE +Denys TREMBLAY ROI DE L'ANSE + David TUDOR + Allan TURING + "Blue" Gene TYRANNY + Kraftwerk + Alvin LUCIER + Dusan MAKAVEJEV + early Meredith MONK + Otto MUEHL + Hermann NITSCH + Psychic TV + Wilhelm REICH + Ronaldo and the Loaf + Rough Trade + Boyd RICE + Micheline Coulombe SAINT-MARCOUX + Eric SATIE + Catherine SAUVAGE + Annie SPRINKLE + SRL + Yma SUMAC + Bung SUTRISNO + I Wayan SUWECA from Batubulan + I Wayan SUWECA from Kayumas + Alain MORISOD & Sweet People + Julie Andrée T + Nicolas TESLA + David TUDOR + Cosey Fanni TUTTI + ULAY + Roy VAARA + Jeffrey VALLANCE + Steina and Woody VASULKA + Ben VAUTIER + Bill VIOLA + Gil J. WOLMAN + La Monte YOUNG + Anne WALDMAN + Zhu YU + ABBA & Marina ABRAMOVIC + traditionnal music from Mali Sumatra Banguwangi Bali Java Nias Atikamek Huron Wendat Mohawk India Tibet Ire and Quebec's folk music, busses, traffic, highways, sounds from animals, weapons, love-making, scientific equipment, leather, medicals, temples, skyscrapers, mountains
Sounds Like: 121 differents arists with 121 different names : algojo) (algojo, Lucille Mercier Otto Mutilet, Biscuit, AT&T, DJ Waxed Ass, la dent mystique, Miyako Huski-Akita, Montréal Sush, Karma Teraflop Hellarelev, Bébé Doré, Jeff, Les Frères Senseurs (with Mike Roskopik), Karen Eliot, Schbinov Alpha Broutchkelkeivlekowsnic de Jazbereny, Wozzeck, STL, etc...
Record Label: systeme minuit, nonsequitur, avatar, PPT
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

THE FUTURE OF ANARCHISM (John Cage & Esther Ferrer)

Interesting reply from my friend Esther Ferrer to John Cage Can also be read at http://www.anarchicharmony.org/AnarConomy/ferrer.htmlQuerido John,Here are some quick thoughts to respond to your quest...
Posted by on Fri, 25 May 2007 05:25:00 GMT