Marcus Schmickler

Marcus Schmickler (* November 15, 1968 in Cologne) is a German composer, musician and producer. As a musician, he is also known under the pseudonym Pluramon.

Life and work

He is the son of an industrial businessman and a baker's daughter. Soon, his parents moved to Kürten, where he met as a child the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen. In 1991 he started after spending a year in London studying music in Cologne and is a member of the ensemble Kontakta. In 1992, his first solo release from the French label Odd Size. In 1995 he is co-founder of the record store a music and the DJ collective Brussels - square -10a music with Georg Odijk and Jan St. Werner ( Mouse on Mars).

In 1996 he released on the label Mille Plateaux one of the first fully digitally produced post-rock albums under the pseudonym Pluramon. In 1998 he became a member of the 12-member electroacoustic ensemble Mimeo (Music in Movement Electronic Orchestra ) under the baton of Keith Rowe after a concert in Cologne. In 1999 he finished his studies of electronic music with Hans Ulrich Humpert and the composition with Johannes Fritsch with a thesis on Gottfried Michael Koenig. Since then he has worked among others as a composer in the fields of film, theater and radio plays.

In 2000 he published together with Thomas Lehn CD Beard, who enjoys the reputation in professional circles to be one of the most impressive synth improv performances. With Lehn there is then a long-standing musical collaboration.

In September 2001, he took with the U.S. singer Julee Cruise on the Pluramon album Dreams Top Skirt and thus goes 2003 on the initiative of the Goethe -Institut on a tour of South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela).

Since 2004 he has worked on theater projects, among others, Felix Ensslin. He painted numerous works of electronic music, as well as compositions for choir, chamber ensemble and orchestra. In 2009 he was commissioned by the International Year of Astronomy 2009 and the German Music Council Bonner Durchmusterung, electronic music with projections on the basis of astrophysical data, and named after the star catalog Bonner Durchmusterung.

Marcus Schmickler received awards and scholarships, including Ars Electronica, the state of North Rhine -Westphalia and curated festival programs in the Academy of Arts and the ZKM. He was a longtime member of the jury of the German Music Council. He also taught at the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts of Bard College, New York. As an author, he wrote articles on various topics of electronic music.

Discography

  • Solo releases Rule of Inference, a music, 2011
  • Bari workshop, Presto! , 2011
  • Palace of Marvels ( queered pitch), editionsMego, 2010
  • Altars of Science, editionsMego, 2007
  • DEMOS for Choir, a music, 2005
  • Param, a music, 2001
  • Sator Rotas, a music, 1999
  • Wabi Sabi, a music, 1996
  • Onea Gako, Odd Size, 1993
  • As Pluramon The Monstrous Surplus, Karaoke Kalk, 2007
  • Dreams Top Rock Karaoke Kalk, 2003
  • Bitsand Riders, Mille Plateaux, 2000
  • Render Bandits, Mille Plateaux, 1998
  • Pickup Canyon, Mille Plateaux, 1996
  • With mimeo Wigry, Bolt Records, 2010
  • Sight, Cathnor, 2008
  • Lifting Concrete Lightly, Serpentine Gallery, 2004
  • The Hands of Caravaggio, Erstwhile Records, 2001
  • Electric Table & Chair, Grob, 2000
  • Collaborations Schmickler / Gratkowski / Nabatov deployment, Leo Records, 2010
  • Marcus Schmickler / Thomas Lehn navigation in hypertext, a music, 2008
  • Marcus Schmickler / Thomas Lehn Kölner Kranz, a music, 2008
  • R / S One (snow mud rain ), Erstwhile Records, 2007
  • Marcus Schmickler with Hayden Chisholm Amazing Daze, Häpna, 2007
  • Marc Ushmi Doshhammer mix ( without a label ), 2007
  • Claudio Bohorquez, Solo and Acompaniment, Aulos, 2006
  • Marcus Schmickler / John Tilbury Variety, a music, 2005
  • Schmickler / Lehn / Rowe / Nakamura Untitled, Erstwhile Records, 2004
  • Schmickler / Lehn Amplify Balance 7 CD box, Erstwhile Records, 2004
  • Marcus Schmickler / Thomas Lehn / Keith Rowe Rabbit Run, Erstwhile Records, 2003
  • Marc Ushmi / Reverend Galloway My head got a roof Whatness, 2003
  • Sound Cultures, Suhrkamp, ​​2003
  • Marc Ushmi / Thomas Brinkmann Chevrolet Corvette Max Ernst, 2001
  • Marcus Schmickler / Thomas Lehn beard, Erstwhile Records, 2000
  • 2:3 Oswald Wiener on his 65th birthday, SUPPOSE, 2000
  • Prix ​​Ars Electronica cyberarts 2000 Ars Electronica Center, 2000
  • Brussels Square -10a music Witten Days for New Chamber Music, WDR, 1998
  • Brussels Square -10a music sT, Seven, 1997
  • Frequencies [Hz ] Hatje Cantz, 1997
  • Brussels Square -10a music / Agency Bilwet 1000 error, SUPPOSE, 1996
  • Pol Baby I Will Make You Sweat Odd Size, 1995
  • Pol Transomuba, Odd Size, 1994
  • Kontakta s / T, Odd Size, 1992
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