Augustine Leudar
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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.
and started working with sound in the late 1980s. Throughout the 1990s Leudar pursued a more experimental and electronic direction, and released several works some of which were featured on John Peel's
BBC Radio 1
show.
His music 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
in 2006, as part of the Impresse exhibition and accompanied the paintings of Czech painter Otto Placht
. Recent work included the largest sound-art installation in the world at the tropical Biome at the Eden Project in Cornwall. He also runs a radio show called "Through The Looking Glass" for The Future sounds of Calstock (Cornwall).
He has recorded under several pseudonyms including Dreamworld and the Mutant Mirrors.
Leudar is a keen practitioner of judo, training up to six times each week.
History
Leudar was born in the UKUnited Kingdom
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and started working with sound in the late 1980s. Throughout the 1990s Leudar pursued a more experimental and electronic direction, and released several works some of which were featured on John Peel's
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
show.
His music 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
Rudolfinum
The Rudolfinum is a music auditorium in Prague, Czech Republic. It is designed in the neo-renaissance style and is situated on Jan Palach Square on the bank of the river Vltava.-Overview:...
in 2006, as part of the Impresse exhibition and accompanied the paintings of Czech painter Otto Placht
Otto Placht
Otto Placht is a Czech artist known for his paintings. Placht spends a great deal of time in Pucallpa, Peru, the same town as artist Pablo Amaringo...
. Recent work included the largest sound-art installation in the world at the tropical Biome at the Eden Project in Cornwall. He also runs a radio show called "Through The Looking Glass" for The Future sounds of Calstock (Cornwall).
He has recorded under several pseudonyms including Dreamworld and the Mutant Mirrors.
Leudar is a keen practitioner of judo, training up to six times each week.
External links
- Augustine Leudar Augustine Leudar Homepage
- Gus Leudar on Soundlcoud Gus Leudar on Soundlcoud
- Samples in motion Interview with Augustine Leudar
- Discogs.com Augustine Leudar at Discogs.com
- Augustine Leudar This is Cornwall Augustine Leudar This is Cornwall
- Augustine Leudar Myspace Augustine Leudar Myspace
- Gus Leudar on John Peel Gus Leudar on John Peel