- Alan Licht
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Born =June 6 ,1968
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Instrument =guitar
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Genre = Avant-garde, noise rock, pop
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Years_active = 1991-current
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Alan Licht (b.
June 6 ,1968 ) is an Americanguitarist andcomposer , whose work combines elements of pop, noise,free jazz and minimalism.Biography
Licht was born in
New Jersey in 1968. His earliest musical influences, in the 1970s, were mainstream rock bands like theBee Gees and Wings—he remarks in an interview with "Paris Transatlantic" magazine that 'What made me want to play guitar was that painting of Wings in concert in the gatefold of "Wings Over America". It looked so exciting... I wanted to be part of it.' Later, in school, he listened to punk andno wave bands likeMission of Burma ,Hüsker Dü andSonic Youth . However, his musical trajectory was set when his guitar teacher gave him a copy ofSteve Reich 's "Music for 18 Musicians", which would lead to his discovery of other minimalist music. Licht majored in Film Studies atVassar College inNew York . Since the 1980s, he has worked and recorded with the bands Lovechild, Run On and The Pacific Ocean and with otheravant-garde musicians including Jim O'Rourke,Rudolph Grey , andLoren Mazzacane Connors . He has also recorded several solo albums. [ [http://www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine/interviews/licht.html Interview: Licht ] ] Alan participated as drummer 42 in theBoredoms 77 Boadrum performance which occurred onJuly 7th, 2007 at theEmpire-Fulton Ferry State Park inBrooklyn ,New York .Musical style
Licht's music draws on a wide range of different styles, from tape-loops, to noisy guitar (sometimes using a prepared instrument), to pure pop music. [ [http://www.fakejazz.com/interviews/licht.shtml Lost Interviews: Alan Licht (interview) ] ]
Writing
Licht is also a music journalist and writer on minimalist music, [ [http://www.furious.com/PERFECT/alanlicht.html Perfect Sound Forever ] ] and in 2000, he published his first book, "An Emotional Memoir of Martha Quinn." [Drag City 2000. ISBN 0-9656183-3-1]
Discography
olo
* "Sink the Aging Process" (
Siltbreeze 1994)
* "Rabbi Sky" (Siltbreeze 1999)
* "A New York MInute" (XI 2003)with
The Blue Humans * "Clear to Higher Time" (New Alliance 1992)
with
Loren Mazzacane Connors * "Live In NYC" (
New World of Sound 1996)
* "Two Nights" (Road Cone Records 1996)
* "Mercury" (Road Cone Records 1997)
* "Hoffman Estates" (Drag City 1998)
* "In France" (FBWL 2003)with
Lovechild * "Okay?" (Homestead 1991)
* "Witchcraft" (Homestead 1992)with
Run On * "On/Off" (Matador 1995}
* "Start Packing" (Matador 1996)
* "No Way" (Matador 1997)with The Pacific Ocean
* "So Beautiful and Cheap and Warm" (
TeenBeat Records 2002)with
Aki Onda * "Everydays" (
Family Vineyard 2008)Bibliography
* cite book
last = Licht
first = Alan
others = introduction byJim O'Rourke
title = Sound Art: Beyond Music, Between Categories
publisher = Rizzoli
location = New York
year = 2007
isbn = 0847829693
* cite book
last = Lesser
first = Tom
authorlink=Tom Lesser
coauthors = Alan Licht,Roland Spekle ,Lee Ranaldo ,Leah Singer ,Sam Durant ,Jonas Mekas
others =Lea Rekow (contributor)
title = Lee Renaldo & Leah Singer: Drift
publisher =Plexifilm
location = New York
year = 2006
isbn = 1933045345
* cite book
last = Marclay
first = Christian
authorlink=Christian Marclay
coauthors =Douglas Kahn ,Miwon Kwon , Alan Licht
others = edited by Russell Ferguson
title = Christian Marclay
publisher = Steidl Publishing
location = Los Angeles
year = 2003
isbn = 3882439319
* cite book
last = Licht
first = Alan
title = An Emotional Memoir of Martha Quinn
publisher =Drag City
location = Chicago
year = 2000
isbn = 0965618331Notes
External links
* [http://www.dragcity.com/bands/licht.html Artist page] at
Drag City website.
* Licht's [http://www.halana.com/licht.html minimalist music top 10] for "Halana" magazine.
* [http://www.viva-radio.com/77Boadrum/drummers.php?id=42&view=list Viva Radio's 77 Boadrum Site Profile]
* Alan Licht and Aki Onda, Everydays [http://www.insound.com/Alan_Licht_and_Aki_Onda/artistmain/artist/INS36134/]
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