Steve Hauschildt
{{Short description|American electronic musician}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Steve Hauschildt
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|10|24|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Bay Village, Ohio, U.S.
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| origin = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
| genre = Ambient, Electronic, Drone, Experimental
| instrument = Synthesizer, digital audio workstation, keyboard, piano, drum machine, Modular synthesizer
| years_active = 2005–present
| label = Ghostly International, Kranky, Editions Mego
| associated_acts = Emeralds
| website = {{URL|stevehauschildt.com}}
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Steve Hauschildt (born October 24, 1984) is an American electronic musician based in Chicago.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-ott-chicago-music-local-sounds-0810-story.html|title=Chicago serves as a muse for composer Steve Hauschildt|last=Julious|first=Britt|date=August 8, 2018|website=chicagotribune.com|access-date=2019-09-08}} He is a member of the band Emeralds and has been releasing solo material since the mid-2000s.
Career
While performing and recording as a trio, all members of Emeralds released solo material. Hauschildt released two albums under his own name in this period, The Summit and Critique of the Beautiful.
After the folding of Emeralds in 2013,{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/49211-emeralds-call-it-quits/|title=Emeralds Call It Quits|last=Battan|first=Carrie|date=January 18, 2013|website=pitchfork.com|access-date=2016-11-28}} Hauschildt's first widely distributed release arrived in 2011, when Kranky released his full-length Tragedy & Geometry.
{{Cite news|url=http://www.spin.com/reviews/steve-hauschildt-tragedy-geometry-kranky|title=Steve Hauschildt, 'Tragedy & Geometry' (Kranky) {{!}} SPIN|date=2011-11-15|newspaper=Spin|access-date=2016-11-28}}
The album features heavy use of the Prophet '08 synthesizer,{{Cite news|url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/steve-hauschildt|title=Interview: Steve Hauschildt|last=Crowell|first=John|date=February 1, 2012|newspaper=Tiny Mix Tapes|access-date=2016-11-28}} and is influenced by 1970s-era Kosmische musik.{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16119-tragedy-geometry/|title=Steve Hauschildt: Tragedy & Geometry Album Review|last=Masters|first=Marc|date=January 3, 2012|website=pitchfork.com|access-date=2016-11-28}} Its title is taken from the subjects governed by two of the Greek muses, Melpomene and Polyhymnia.{{cite web|url=http://www.brainwashed.com/common/htdocs/discog/krank160.html|title=KRANK 160 - Steve Hauschildt "Tragedy & Geometry"|work=brainwashed.com}}
In 2012 a second album Sequitur was released, followed by the collection of outtakes and demos S/H on Editions Mego a year later.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18540-steve-hauschildt-sh/|title=Steve Hauschildt|work=Pitchfork|access-date=25 March 2015}} In the latter part of 2014, Hauschildt contributed the collection Air Texture IV together with BNJMN.{{cite web|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=25971|title=RA News: Steve Hauschildt and BNJMN curate Air Texture IV|work=Resident Advisor|access-date=25 March 2015}} In September 2015, he released the album Where All Is Fled, which marked a return with new material after a three-year absence.{{Cite web|url=http://inverted-audio.com/review/steve-hauschildt-where-all-is-fled/|title=Steve Hauschildt: Where All Is Fled|last=Worthington|first=Daryl|date=22 September 2015|website=inverted-audio.com|access-date=2016-11-28}}
In October 2016, Hauschildt released the album Strands.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/steve-hauschildt-strands|title=Steve Hauschildt touches the void on Strands|last=Killin|first=James|date=October 20, 2016|newspaper=The Line of Best Fit|access-date=2016-11-28}}
The album Dissolvi was released August 3, 2018, on the Ghostly International label, and includes collaborations with GABI and Julianna Barwick.{{cite web |last1=Twells |first1=John |title=FACT mix 688: Steve Hauschildt |url=https://www.factmag.com/2019/01/14/steve-hauschildt-fact-mix/ |website=FACT |date=14 January 2019 |access-date=24 April 2019}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
- Tragedy & Geometry (Kranky, 2011){{cite web|accessdate=2020-12-16|title=Emeralds' Steve Hauschildt Explores 'Tragedy & Geometry' on New Kranky Solo LP|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/emeralds_steve_hauschildt_explores_tragedy_geometry_on_new_kranky_solo_lp|website=Exclaim!}}{{cite web|first1=Patric|last1=Fallon|accessdate=2020-12-16|title=Steve Hauschildt Tragedy & Geometry|url=https://xlr8r.com/reviews/tragedy-geometry/|date=18 November 2011|website=XLR8R}}{{cite web|accessdate=2020-12-16|title=Music Review: Steve Hauschildt - Tragedy & Geometry|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/steve-hauschildt-tragedy-geometry|website=Tiny Mix Tapes}}
- Sequitur (Kranky, 2012)
- Where All Is Fled (Kranky, 2015)
- Strands (Kranky, 2016)
- Dissolvi (Ghostly International, 2018)
- Nonlin (Ghostly International, 2019)
=Compilation albums=
- S/H (Editions Mego, 2013)
=Miscellaneous=
- The Summit (Gneiss Things, 2007)
- Rapt For Liquid Minister (Arbor, 2008)
- The Stairwell Is Long Gone (Deception Island, 2008)
- Resplendent (Taped Sounds, 2009)
- Critique of the Beautiful (Gneiss Things, 2009)
References
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Category:American electronic musicians
Category:People from Bay Village, Ohio
Category:Kranky (record label) artists
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