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Francisco López (musician)
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Francisco López is an avant-garde
experimental music
ian and sound art
ist.
He has released a large amount of sound pieces with record labels from more than fifty countries and realized hundreds of concerts and sound installations worldwide; including some of the main international museums, galleries and festivals, such as: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (New York City), London Institute of Contemporary Arts
, Paris Museum of Modern Art
, National Auditorium of Music
, Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art
, Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art
, International Film Festival Rotterdam
, Sónar
, Darwin Fringe festival, Kitakyūshū city art museum.
In 2006, López won the First Prize for the Sound Art Competition of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León
.
He has received honorable mention of the Prix Ars Electronica
on three occasions(1999, 2002, 2007).
He made a double sonic intervention created for the Spanish Pavilion of the Expo 2008
.
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
experimental music
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
ian and sound art
Sound art
Sound art is a diverse group of art practices that considers wide notions of sound, listening and hearing as its predominant focus. There are often distinct relationships forged between the visual and aural domains of art and perception by sound artists....
ist.
He has released a large amount of sound pieces with record labels from more than fifty countries and realized hundreds of concerts and sound installations worldwide; including some of the main international museums, galleries and festivals, such as: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (New York City), London Institute of Contemporary Arts
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Institute of Contemporary Arts is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. It is located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch...
, Paris Museum of Modern Art
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is the City of Paris Museum of Modern Art dedicated to the arts of the 20th/21st centuries. It is located at 11 Avenue du Président Wilson in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.-Description:...
, National Auditorium of Music
National Auditorium of Music
The Auditorio Nacional de Música is a complex of concert venues located in Madrid, Spain and the main concert hall in the Madrid metropolitan area...
, Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art
Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art
The Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art is situated in the Plaça dels Àngels, in El Raval, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona, Spain. The museum opened to the public on November 28, 1995. Its current director is Bartomeu Marí . Previous directors were Daniel Giralt-Miracle , Miguel Molins , Manuel J...
, Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art
Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art
The Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art known locally as the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires or MAMBA is a modern art museum located in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
, International Film Festival Rotterdam
International Film Festival Rotterdam
The International Film Festival Rotterdam is an annual film festival held in various cinemas in Rotterdam, Netherlands held at the end of January. It is approximately comparable in size to other major European festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and Locarno...
, Sónar
Sónar
Sónar is an annual three-day music festival held in Barcelona, Spain. It is described officially as a festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art. Music is by far the main aspect of the festival....
, Darwin Fringe festival, Kitakyūshū city art museum.
In 2006, López won the First Prize for the Sound Art Competition of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León
The Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, better known as the MUSAC, is a contemporary art museum in the city of León, Spain....
.
He has received honorable mention of the Prix Ars Electronica
Prix Ars Electronica
The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the most important yearly prizes in the field of electronic and interactive art, computer animation, digital culture and music...
on three occasions(1999, 2002, 2007).
He made a double sonic intervention created for the Spanish Pavilion of the Expo 2008
Expo 2008
Expo 2008 was an international exposition held from Saturday, 14 June to Sunday, 14 September 2008 in Zaragoza, Spain, with the theme of "Water and Sustainable Development". The exposition was placed in a meander of the river Ebro...
.
Selected discography
The following is a partial discography, from the more than 200 releases by Francisco López.- (1983) Untitled (Anomma)
- (1990) La Primera Aventura de Cekoni y Conike, with Miguel Ángel RuizMiguel Ángel RuizDon Miguel Ángel Ruiz , better known as Don Miguel Ruiz, is a Mexican author of New Age spiritualist and neoshamanistic texts. His teaching is significantly influenced by the work of Carlos Castaneda....
(Toracic Tapes / Irre Tapes) - (1993) Azoic Zone (Geometrik)
- (1994) Tonhaus (Hyades Arts)
- (1995) Warszawa Restaurant (Trente OiseauxTrente OiseauxTrente Oiseaux is a record label founded by experimental musician Bernhard Günter in 1995.Early releases featured musicians such as Francisco López, Roel Meelkop, John Duncan, Jim O'Rourke, Daniel Menche and Günter himself....
) - (1996) Paris hiss (Banned Production)
- (1996) Belle Confusion 966 (Trente OiseauxTrente OiseauxTrente Oiseaux is a record label founded by experimental musician Bernhard Günter in 1995.Early releases featured musicians such as Francisco López, Roel Meelkop, John Duncan, Jim O'Rourke, Daniel Menche and Günter himself....
) - (1997) Addy en el país de las frutas y los chunches (Alien8 RecordingsAlien8 RecordingsAlien8 Recordings is an independent record label founded in 1996 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The music label was founded by Sean O'Hara and Gary Worsley...
) - (1998) La Selva (V2 ArchiefV2 Institute for the Unstable MediaV2_, Institute for the Unstable Media, or simply V2_, is an interdisciplinary center for art and media technology in Rotterdam, the Netherlands...
) - (1998) Belle Confusion 969 (Sonoris)
- (1999) Untitled #89 (OrOr RecordsOr Records is a small British independent record label company, established in 1998 and based in London. They specialize in electronic music and experimental music, and are distributed by Touch Music...
) - (2000) Untitled #104 (Alien8 RecordingsAlien8 RecordingsAlien8 Recordings is an independent record label founded in 1996 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The music label was founded by Sean O'Hara and Gary Worsley...
) - (2000) Belle Confusion 00, with Amy DenioAmy DenioAmy Denio is a Seattle -based multi-instrumental composer of soundtracks for modern dance, film and theater, as well as a songwriter and music improviser. Often called an unclassifiable avant-garde jazz musician, she is also deeply inspired by world music. She is probably best known as a...
(Absolute) - (2000) Untitled #92 (MegoMego (label)Mego was an experimental electronic music independent record label based in Vienna, Austria. The word 'Mego' is an acronym referring to "My Eyes Glaze Over", an expression attributed to futurologist Herman Kahn .-History:Founded in 1994 by Ramon Bauer, Andreas Pieper and Peter Meininger, before...
) - (2001) Whint, with Zbigniew KarkowskiZbigniew KarkowskiZbigniew Karkowski was born in 1958 in Krakow, Poland. He studied composition at the State College of Music in Gothenburg, Sweden, aesthetics of modern music at the University of Gothenburg's Department of Musicology, and computer music at the Chalmers University of Technology...
(Absolute) - (2001) Nav, with John DuncanJohn Duncan (artist)This page is about John Duncan the contemporary artist. For the Symbolist artist see John Duncan .John Duncan is an artist who has lived and worked in Los Angeles, Tokyo and Amsterdam, currently lives and works in Bologna...
(Absolute) - (2001) Buildings [New York] (V2 ArchiefV2 Institute for the Unstable MediaV2_, Institute for the Unstable Media, or simply V2_, is an interdisciplinary center for art and media technology in Rotterdam, the Netherlands...
) - (2002) Le Chemin du Paradis, with Steve RodenSteve RodenSteve Roden is an American sound and visual artist. Best known for pioneering the lowercase style of music, where quiet sounds are amplified amid long stretches of silence, his huge discography includes Forms of Paper, which was commissioned by the Los Angeles public library.-External links:* * at...
(Fario) - (2003) Wasps (Longbox)
- (2004) A Szellem Álma, with Marc Behrens (Absolute)
- (2005) Mavje, with Andrey KiritchenkoAndrey KiritchenkoAndrey Kiritchenko is a person known among experimental music fans as author and contributor of various critically acclaimed projects, founder of Nexsound records, producer who has contributed his significant share into the development of electronic music scene in Ukraine and already considered as...
(NexsoundNexsoundNexsound is a Ukraine based independent record label founded by Andrey Kiritchenko in 2000 and was also co-operated by Dmytro Fedorenko from 2003 till July 2007....
) - (2006) Untitled #180 (Alien8 RecordingsAlien8 RecordingsAlien8 Recordings is an independent record label founded in 1996 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The music label was founded by Sean O'Hara and Gary Worsley...
) - (2006) Buzzin' Fly / Dormant Spores, with Z'EVZ'EVZ'EV is an American poet, percussionist, and sound artist. After studying various world music traditions at CalArts, he began creating his own percussion sounds out of industrial materials for a variety of record labels...
(Lapilli) - (2006) Hysechasterion (Antifrost)
- (2007) Lopez Island (Elevator Bath)
- (2007) Wind [Patagonia] (And/oarAnd/oarand/OAR is an independent record label, based in Seattle, Washington, USA. It was founded by Dale Lloyd in 2001, but officially launched in May 2002. The label focuses on raising awareness about field recordings and experimental sound art that somehow utilizes field recording as part of the...
) - (2008) Technocalyps (Alien8 RecordingsAlien8 RecordingsAlien8 Recordings is an independent record label founded in 1996 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The music label was founded by Sean O'Hara and Gary Worsley...
) - (2009) HB, with Lawrence EnglishLawrence EnglishLawrence English is a composer, media artist and curator living in Brisbane, Australia. For over a decade he has been an increasingly active force in Australian sound art and experimental music - both as a creator and curator.- Sound works :...
(Baskaru) - (2009) Through The Looking-Glass (KAIROSKAIROS (record label)KAIROS is an Austrian record label which specialises in contemporary music. Its recordings have received multiple awards including the Diapason d'Or.-Artists:Ensembles and orchestras who have recorded for KAIROS include:* Arditti Quartet* ASKO ensemble...
) - (2009) Untitled #228 (ini.itu)
- (2010) Machines (Elevator Bath)
- (2010) Amarok (Glacial Movements Records)
- (2010) Köllt / Kulu (Störung)
- (2011) Untitled #244 (Sub RosaSub Rosa (label)Sub Rosa is a record label based in Brussels. The label was established at the end of the ‘80s, and expanded its catalogue in the mid-‘90s through the release of electronic music. Directed by Guy Marc Hinant and Frédéric Walheer, the label has released over 250 titles...
) - (2011) Krmn, with Maurizio BianchiMaurizio BianchiMaurizio Bianchi is an Italian pioneer of noise music, originating from Milan.-Biography:...
(Important Records) - (2011) Titans, with Novi sadThanasis KaprouliasThanasis Kaproulias is an audio artist who creates noise music under the name of Novi_sad.-Life and work:Thanasis Kaproulias was born in Greece in 1980...
(GH Records) - (2011) Untitled #275 (Unsounds)