- Augustine Leudar
Augustine Leudar is a sonic artist known for unorthodox and anarchic soundscapes and ambient music. Leudar frequently cites the natural world as an important source of inspiration.
History
Augustine Leudar was born in the UK and started working with sound in the late eighties . Throughout the nineties Leudar pursued a more experimental and electronic direction and released several works some of which were featured on John Peel's Radio One show.
The music has taken an increasingly more experimental and naturalistic direction since spending half the time living in the forests and dustbowls of the Peruvian Amazon. Soundscapes created in Peru were featured at Pragues' national gallery the
Rudolfinum 2006 as part of the Impresse exhibition and accompanied the paintings of Czech painterOtto Placht .He has recorded under several pseudonyms including Dreamworld and the Mutant Mirrors.Trivia
Augustine is a keen practitioner of judo, training up to 6 times each week .
External links
* [http://www.augustineleudar.co.uk www.augustineleudar.co.uk ] Augustine Leudar Homepage
* [http://www.download.com/augustineleudar Augustine Leudar ] Free Mp3 download site
* [http://www.koept.net Koept.net] Tracks released including Leudar's under name of Dreamworld
* [http://samplesinmotion.com/podblog/index.php/2005/11/13/sim007-interview-with-augustine-leudar/ Samples in motion] Interview with Augustine Leudar
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Dreamworld+(2) Discogs.com] Augustine Leudar at Discogs.com
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