Francisco López (musician)

Infobox Artist
name = Francisco López
Born = Madrid Spain


caption = Francisco López 2008
birthname = Francisco López
birthdate = 1964
location = Madrid, Spain
nationality = Spanish
field = Experimental music
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Francisco López is an avant-garde experimental musician and biologist. Since 1983, he has released over 200 musical works, with labels such as Alien8 Recordings, Mego, Staalplaat, Table of the Elements, Touch Music, and V2_Archief. In 2001, López started the music label Absolute.

López works with sound objects and microsounds. For live performances, he frequently performs in complete darkness, or distributes blindfolds throughout the audience.

In 2006, López won the First Prize for the Sound Art Competition of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León. He has also received 3 honourable mentions in the Prix Ars Electronica (1999, 2002, 2007). [http://www.franciscolopez.net/resume.html#studios francisco lópez - resume] ]

His piece Untitled 213 was used in the Spain Pavilion at Expo 2008 in Zaragoza, Spain.

Discography

The following is a partial discography, from the more than 200 releases by Francisco López.
* (1983) "Untitled"
* (1990) "La Primera Aventura de Cekoni y Conike", with Miguel Ángel Ruiz
* (1993) "Azoic Zone"
* (1993) "Tonhaus"
* (1993) "Wasps"
* (1995) "Warszawa Restaurant"
* (1996) "Addy en el país de las frutas y los chunches"
* (1996) "Paris hiss"
* (1996) "Belle Confusion 969"
* (1997) "La Selva"
* (2000) "Belle Confusion 00", with Amy Denio
* (2000) "Untitled #89"
* (2000) "Untitled #92"
* (2000) "Whint", with Zbigniew Karkowski
* (2001) "Buildings [New York] "
* (2001) "Nav", with John Duncan
* (2003) "Le Chemin du Paradis"
* (2004) "A Szellem Álma"
* (2004) "Dormant Spores", with Z'EV
* (2005) "Wind [Patagonia] "
* (2006) "Hysechasterion"
* (2006) "Untitled #180"
* (2007) "Lopez Island"
* (2007) "Technocalyps"

References

External links

* [http://www.franciscolopez.net/ franciscolópez.net - official website]
* [http://www.alien8recordings.com/artists/4/francisco-lopez Francisco López biography] at Alien8 Recordings
* [http://www.scaruffi.com/avant/lopez.html Francisco Lopez biography and discography] , from Piero Scaruffi
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* [http://rwm.macba.es/en/research/ Monographic podcast with interviews to Francisco López and a selection of his music]