Music:
Member Since: 5/31/2007
Band Website: www.christopheradler.com
Band Members:
Demo Track info:
Three Lai (1996), by Christopher Adler
Performed by Christopher Adler, khaen, Eric Pritchard, violin, Jonathan Bagg, viola
released on Epilogue for a Dark Day (Tzadik, 2004)
Schorl
improvisation by the Alan Lechusza / Christopher Adler Duo
released on Mineralia (pfMENTUM, 2006)
Iris (2003), by Christopher Adler
Performed by NOISE: Lisa Cella, flute, Colin McAllister, guitar, Morris Palter, marimba, Franklin Cox, cello
released on Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze (innova, 2008)
Lai Yai Lam Thang Yao
improvisation for solo khaen (Lao / Northeast Thai mouth organ) in a traditional style, by Christopher Adler
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MP3s for sale here:
Khaen solos (previously unreleased studio recordings)
Improvisations in traditional styles
Lai Sootsanaen
Lai Yai Lam Pheun
Lai Yai Lam Thang Yao
Lam Khonsavane (Isaan style)
Traditional Thai and Lao composition
Lao Duang Deuan
Original composition
Tashi Delek (1998)
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CDs available:
Ecstatic Volutions in a Neon Haze , innova
Epilogue for a Dark Day , Tzadik
Mineralia , pfMENTUM
Transcontinental , Nine Winds Records
Rubble 2 , Accretions
also performing on:
Derek Keller, Impositions and Consequences, Tzadik
David Loeb, The Silent Waterfall, Vienna Modern Masters
Nathan Hubbard, (compositions 1998-2005), Circumvention
Nathan Hubbard, Skeleton Key Orchestra, Circumvention
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Writings available:
"Reflections on Cross-Cultural Composition" in Arcana II: Musicians on Music , edited by John Zorn (Hips Road, 2007)
Influences: Bach, Sweelinck, Buxtehude, Ciconia, Beethoven, Schumann, Stravinsky, Ives, Messiaen, Alain, Cowell, Cage, Feldman, Reich, Riley, Glass, Xenakis, Ferneyhough, Hosokawa, Bang on a Can, Ziporyn, Michael Gordon, Louis Andriessen, John Zorn, Evan Parker, Matthew Shipp, John Coltrane, Cecil Taylor, Wadada Leo Smith, Ruins, Otomo Yoshihide, Thai music, Lao music, Cambodian, music, Burmese music, Japanese music, Chinese music, Indonesian music, Vietnamese music, Indian classical music, bluegrass, mountain music, and this list should be much much longer......
Record Label: Tzadik, pfMENTUM, Nine Winds, etc.
Type of Label: Indie
