Lawrence Chandler
{{Use British English|date=October 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Lawrence Chandler
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name = Lawrence Dean Chandler
| occupation = Composer, musician, producer, sound artist
| years_active = 1994–present
| label = Beggars Banquet Records, Dreamland Recordings, Kranky, Happy Go Lucky, Hi-Fidelity Recordings, Rocket Girl, Sonic Cathedral, Untitled Recordings
| associated_acts = Bowery Electric, Happy Families
}}
Lawrence Chandler is a British American composer, musician, producer and sound artist based in London. Best known as a founding member of seminal New York duo Bowery Electric, he works in ambient, contemporary classical, electronic and experimental styles.{{cite web|title = Bowery Electric | url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p194789|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate = 2009-05-05 }}{{Cite news| last=Reynolds| first=Simon| title=Back to the Future| newspaper=The Wire| issue=141| date=November 1995 }}
Biography
Following Bowery Electric's final tour in 2000, Chandler took a hiatus during which time he studied composition privately with La Monte Young and Pauline Oliveros, with Conrad Cummings at The Juilliard School, worked for Philip Glass and completed a Master of Music in Composition from Goldsmiths College.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/the-405-meets-happy-families|title=The 405 meets Happy Families|website=Thefourohfive.com|access-date=2017-10-27|language=en}}
He returned in 2009 with Everybody Here Is Fine, commissioned for Make Music New York and premiered at The Bell House, Brooklyn on 21 June 2009.{{cite web|title=Lawrence Chandler (of Bowery Electric) @ Make Music New York 2009|date=2009-06-24|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3unWhGCV3s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/B3unWhGCV3s |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2017-10-27}}{{cbignore}}
Subsequent works include Music for Rock Ensemble, commissioned for 50 Years of Minimalism, premiered by Katia and Marielle Labèque, Chandler and ensemble at Kings Place, London on 26 November 2011{{Cite news|url=http://www.icareifyoulisten.com/2011/11/50-years-of-minimalism-rock-n-rollers-kings-place-london/|title=50 Years of Minimalism: Rock 'n' Rollers @ Kings Place, London – I CARE IF YOU LISTEN|date=2011-11-29|work=I CARE IF YOU LISTEN|access-date=2017-10-27|language=en-US}} and The Tuning of the World, a realisation of his evolving 24-hour, 24 part, sustained tone composition with tuned sine wave generators released by Untitled Recordings on 1 March 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Lawrence-Chandler-The-Tuning-Of-The-World-/release/7230291|title=Lawrence Chandler – The Tuning of the World|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=3 November 2017}}
Compositions
Chamber
- 2008 Duo, for two violins
- 2008 Quartet, for string quartet
- 2009 Everybody Here Is Fine, for string quartet and/or electronics
- 2009 Fragment, for string quartet
- 2012 The Tuning of the World, for various instruments and/or electronics
Dance
- 2000 The Tea House, choreographed by Beyhan Murphy, Modern Dance Turkey, London
- 2008 Tide, choreographed by Myra Bazell, Scrap Performance Group, Philadelphia
Ensemble
- 2011 Music for Rock Ensemble, for ensemble and electronics
- 2012 As Soft as Possible, for ensemble, commissioned for Quiet Music Ensemble, Dublin
Film
- 2007 Men Boxing, for violin and cello, collaboration with New York Miniaturist Ensemble, Museum of the Moving Image, New York for early film by Thomas Edison
Installations
- 2003 Plus Time, sound environment, multimedia collaboration with Brian Alfred, Sandroni Rey Gallery, New York
- 2006 To Be Held for a Long Time, sound environment, for SEAMUS Electro-Acoustic Music Month, New York
- 2011 The Upper Room, site-specific sound and light environment, The Marlborough Pop-Up Gallery, London
Piano
- 2008 Figures
- 2008 Etude No. 5
- 2009 Etude No. 10
Solo
- 2002 Bleak House, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds
- 2002 Consistent Histories, for piano, turntable, vinyl record, electronically processed sounds
- 2002 Cross Country, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds
- 2002 Don't Leave a Light On, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds
- 2002 Heated Driveway, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds
- 2002 Hollow Sidewalk, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds
- 2002 Now and Later, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds
- 2002 Plus Time, for turntable, vinyl record, electronically processed sounds
- 2002 Sealed Air, for turntable, vinyl record, electronically processed sounds
- 2002 Thought for the Day, for piano, turntable, vinyl record, electronically processed sounds
- 2011 I Saw Satan Fall Like Lightning, for electronics, commissioned and released by Dreamland Recordings
- 2012 A Minute is as Long as it Lasts, for electronics, for Minute of Listening, Sound and Music, London
Theatre
- 2012 1’41", for string quartet and/or electronics, commissioned for 101 New Music Theatre, Birmingham
Vocal
- 2009 China, for bass voice and piano, text by Bob Perelman
Other musical activities
- Dream House (1994–1996, 2008), monitor, light and sound installation by La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela{{cite web|url=https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/the-405-meets-happy-families|title=The 405 meets Happy Families|website=Thefourohfive.com|accessdate=3 November 2017}}
- Experimental Audio Research (EAR) (1996), collaboration with Pete Kember, Kevin Shields and others, live performance at Westbeth Theater Center, New York on 3 September 1996{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/05/arts/in-a-stasis-of-sound-dron-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-ne.html|title=In a Stasis of Sound: Dron-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-ne|date=5 September 1996|website=The New York Times|accessdate=3 November 2017}}
- Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass by Brooklyn Rider (2008), assistant engineer, The Looking Glass Studio, New York{{cite web|url=http://philipglass.com/recordings/brooklynrider/|title=Brooklyn Rider plays Philip Glass – Philip Glass|website=Philipglass.com|accessdate=3 November 2017}}
- Philip Glass Soundtracks by Michael Riesman (2008), assisted, The Looking Glass Studio, New York{{cite web|url=http://philipglass.com/recordings/riesman-soundtracks/|title=Riesman Soundtracks – Philip Glass|website=Philipglass.com|accessdate=3 November 2017}}
- Basket Rondo World Premiere by Meredith Monk (2007), live sound, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/06/11/classical-music-13|title=Classical Music|date=4 June 2007|accessdate=3 November 2017|website=Newyorker.com}}
- Deep Listening (2009), workshop with Pauline Oliveros, Dartington International Summer School, near Totnes
- [https://www.nts.live/shows/perfect-sound-forever/episodes/perfect-sound-forever-18th-october-2017 Perfect Sound Forever] (2017), guest DJ, NTS Radio, London on 18 October 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.nts.live/shows/perfect-sound-forever/episodes/perfect-sound-forever-18th-october-2017|title=Perfect Sound Forever w/ Lawrence Chandler (Bowery Electric & Happy Families) 18.10.17|website=Nts.live|accessdate=3 November 2017}}
Discography
Solo
- The Tuning of the World (Untitled Recordings, 2012){{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/7230291-Lawrence-Chandler-The-Tuning-Of-The-World|title=Lawrence Chandler - The Tuning of the World |website=Discogs }}
Bowery Electric
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Happy Families
References
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