Quiet Design
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Quiet Design is an independent music and sound art label based in Austin,TX
and founded in 2007. Owned and curated by composers Mike Vernusky
and Cory Allen
, Quiet Design has released work by over 30 artists from 10 countries. It has been said of Quiet Design that their "intriguing and often brilliant recordings will open your eyes, your ears, and very likely your mind."
The label's focus is releasing electronic music and sound art that is described as minimal, avant-garde and experimental. The packaging for each release is custom tailored to the sound of each piece in the catalog.
, Cory Allen
, Jim Altieri, Christopher Ariza, Alfredo Barros, Daniel Blinkhorn, Mark Cetilia, Thomas Dempster, exclusiveOr, Fires Were Shot, Glen Hall, Glen Charles Halls, Erdem Helvacioglu
, Nick Hennies, Jandek
, Kioku, Clara Latham, Alvin Lucier
, Yoshio Machida
, Paula Matthusen, Alex Mincek, Kim Myhr, Alex Ness, Damian O'Riain, Duane Pitre, Sam Pluta, Sebastien Roux, Keith Rowe
, Josh Russell, Paul Russell, Jeff Snyder, Kate Soper, Peter Swendsen, and Mike Vernusky
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
and founded in 2007. Owned and curated by composers Mike Vernusky
Mike Vernusky
Mike Vernusky is a composer, performer and record label owner. He writes music for concertized, theatrical, and filmic environments, primarily through the use of electronic media and live performance. His music has been described as "brash" by the New York Times and 'isolationist ambient' by Wire...
and Cory Allen
Cory Allen (musician)
Cory Allen is a musician, composer, producer and record label owner. Music released under his own name is usually categorized as minimal and/or ambient electronic music and has been described as 'clever and intricate structures that will repay the careful ear'...
, Quiet Design has released work by over 30 artists from 10 countries. It has been said of Quiet Design that their "intriguing and often brilliant recordings will open your eyes, your ears, and very likely your mind."
The label's focus is releasing electronic music and sound art that is described as minimal, avant-garde and experimental. The packaging for each release is custom tailored to the sound of each piece in the catalog.
Artists on Quiet Design
Tetuzi AkiyamaTetuzi Akiyama
Tetuzi Akiyama is a Japanese guitarist, violinist, and instrument-maker.Akiyama formed the improvisation group Madhar in 1987, and the classical ensemble Hikyo String Quintet in 1994 . In 1995, Akiyama and Sugimoto formed a guitar duo, and played at venues in New York City, Chicago, and Detroit...
, Cory Allen
Cory Allen (musician)
Cory Allen is a musician, composer, producer and record label owner. Music released under his own name is usually categorized as minimal and/or ambient electronic music and has been described as 'clever and intricate structures that will repay the careful ear'...
, Jim Altieri, Christopher Ariza, Alfredo Barros, Daniel Blinkhorn, Mark Cetilia, Thomas Dempster, exclusiveOr, Fires Were Shot, Glen Hall, Glen Charles Halls, Erdem Helvacioglu
Erdem Helvacioglu
Erdem Helvacioglu is an electronic musician from Turkey. He has collaborated with artists Mick Karn, Kevin Moore, John Wilson, Kazuya Ishigami, and Saadet Turkoz. In addition to his work as an electronic musician, Erdem also composes music for theatre, film and multimedia productions, and produces...
, Nick Hennies, Jandek
Jandek
Jandek is the musical project of an anonymous outsider musician who operates out of Houston, Texas. Since 1978, Jandek has self-released over 60 albums of unusual, often emotionally dissolute folk and blues songs without ever granting more than the occasional interview or providing any biographical...
, Kioku, Clara Latham, Alvin Lucier
Alvin Lucier
Alvin Lucier is an American composer of experimental music and sound installations that explore acoustic phenomena and auditory perception. A long-time music professor at Wesleyan University, Lucier was a member of the influential Sonic Arts Union, which included Robert Ashley, David Behrman, and...
, Yoshio Machida
Yoshio Machida
is an experimental musician, a steelpanist, composer, and visual artist.-Person:A member of ASCAP, Machida studied minimal art, music and film at the Tama Art University under Kuniharu Akiyama, Yoshiaki Touno, Sakumi Hagiwara and Kishio Suga...
, Paula Matthusen, Alex Mincek, Kim Myhr, Alex Ness, Damian O'Riain, Duane Pitre, Sam Pluta, Sebastien Roux, Keith Rowe
Keith Rowe
Keith Rowe is an English free improvisation tabletop guitarist and painter. Rowe is a founding member of both the hugely influential AMM in the mid-1960s and M.I.M.E.O. Having trained as a visual artist, Rowe's paintings have been featured on most of his own albums...
, Josh Russell, Paul Russell, Jeff Snyder, Kate Soper, Peter Swendsen, and Mike Vernusky
Mike Vernusky
Mike Vernusky is a composer, performer and record label owner. He writes music for concertized, theatrical, and filmic environments, primarily through the use of electronic media and live performance. His music has been described as "brash" by the New York Times and 'isolationist ambient' by Wire...
Catalog
- Cory AllenCory Allen (musician)Cory Allen is a musician, composer, producer and record label owner. Music released under his own name is usually categorized as minimal and/or ambient electronic music and has been described as 'clever and intricate structures that will repay the careful ear'...
, Still, 2011 - Guy Gelem, Tides, 2011
- Fires Were Shot, Awakened by a Lonely Feud, 2011
- Cory AllenCory Allen (musician)Cory Allen is a musician, composer, producer and record label owner. Music released under his own name is usually categorized as minimal and/or ambient electronic music and has been described as 'clever and intricate structures that will repay the careful ear'...
, Pearls, 2010 - Mike VernuskyMike VernuskyMike Vernusky is a composer, performer and record label owner. He writes music for concertized, theatrical, and filmic environments, primarily through the use of electronic media and live performance. His music has been described as "brash" by the New York Times and 'isolationist ambient' by Wire...
, Music for Film and Electro-Theatre, 2010 - Alvin LucierAlvin LucierAlvin Lucier is an American composer of experimental music and sound installations that explore acoustic phenomena and auditory perception. A long-time music professor at Wesleyan University, Lucier was a member of the influential Sonic Arts Union, which included Robert Ashley, David Behrman, and...
/ Nick Hennies, Still and Moving Lines of Silence in Families of Hyperbolas, 2010 - Mark Cetilia, Anemoi, 2009
- Cory AllenCory Allen (musician)Cory Allen is a musician, composer, producer and record label owner. Music released under his own name is usually categorized as minimal and/or ambient electronic music and has been described as 'clever and intricate structures that will repay the careful ear'...
, Hearing is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Hears, 2009 - Glen Hall / Glen Charles Halls, Northern Dialogues, 2009
- Duane Pitre, ED09, 2009
- Various, Spectra: Guitar in the 21st Century, 2009
- Various, The Language Of, 2008
- Cory AllenCory Allen (musician)Cory Allen is a musician, composer, producer and record label owner. Music released under his own name is usually categorized as minimal and/or ambient electronic music and has been described as 'clever and intricate structures that will repay the careful ear'...
, The Fourth Way, 2008 - Kioku, Live 6.14.08, 2008
- exclusiveOr, S/T, 2008
- Josh Russell, Sink, 2008
- Kioku, Both Far and Near, 2008
- Various, Resonance: Steel Pan in the 21st Century, 2007
- Mike VernuskyMike VernuskyMike Vernusky is a composer, performer and record label owner. He writes music for concertized, theatrical, and filmic environments, primarily through the use of electronic media and live performance. His music has been described as "brash" by the New York Times and 'isolationist ambient' by Wire...
, Blood that Sees the Light, 2007