Lawrence Chandler

Lawrence Chandler
Born
Lawrence Dean Chandler

(1961-11-27) 27 November 1961
High Point, North Carolina, U.S.
Education
Genres
OccupationsComposer, musician, producer, sound artist
Instruments
  • Electronics
  • guitar
  • piano
  • synthesizer
Years active1994–present
LabelsBeggars Banquet Records, Dreamland Recordings, Kranky, Happy Go Lucky, Hi-Fidelity Recordings, Rocket Girl, Sonic Cathedral, Untitled Recordings
Formerly ofBowery Electric, Happy Families

Lawrence Dean Chandler (born 27 November 1961) is an American-British composer, musician, producer and sound artist based in London. Best known as a founding member of seminal New York duo Bowery Electric, he works in ambient, contemporary classical, electronic and experimental styles.[1][2]

Biography

Chandler studied English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences before pursuing formal training in music composition. Following Bowery Electric's final tour in 2000, he took a hiatus during which time he studied composition privately with La Monte Young and Pauline Oliveros, with Conrad Cummings at The Juilliard School, worked for Philip Glass and completed a Master of Music in Composition from Goldsmiths College.[3]

He returned in 2009 with Everybody Here Is Fine, commissioned for Make Music New York and premiered at The Bell House, Brooklyn on 21 June 2009.[4] Subsequent works include: Music for Rock Ensemble, commissioned for 50 Years of Minimalism, premiered by Chandler, Katia and Marielle Labèque and ensemble at Kings Place, London on 26 November 2011;The Tuning of the World, a realisation of his evolving 24-hour, 24 part, sustained tone composition (Untitled Recordings, 2012); The Tuning of the World 2; and The Tuning of the World 2 (Deep Listening Version) (Untitled Recordings, 2025).[5][6]

Compositions

Chamber

  • 2008 Duo, for two violins
  • 2008 Quartet, for string quartet
  • 2009 Fragment, for string quartet

Dance

  • 2000 The Tea House, choreographed by Beyhan Murphy, Modern Dance Turkey, London
  • 2008 Tide, choreographed by Myra Bazell, Scrap Performance Group, Philadelphia

Electronic

  • 2002 Bleak House, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds
  • 2002 Consistent Histories, for piano, turntable, vinyl record, electronically processed sounds
  • 2002 Cross Country, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds
  • 2002 Don't Leave a Light On, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds
  • 2002 Heated Driveway, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds
  • 2002 Hollow Sidewalk, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds
  • 2002 Now and Later, for electronic percussion and electronically processed sounds
  • 2002 Plus Time, for turntable, vinyl record, electronically processed sounds
  • 2002 Sealed Air, for turntable, vinyl record, electronically processed sounds
  • 2002 Thought for the Day, for piano, turntable, vinyl record, electronically processed sounds
  • 2009 Everybody Here Is Fine, for electronics
  • 2011 I Saw Satan Fall Like Lightning, for electronics, commissioned and released by Dreamland Recordings
  • 2012 A Minute is as Long as it Lasts, for electronics, for Minute of Listening, Sound and Music, London
  • 2012 The Tuning of the World, for sine wave generators
  • 2025 The Tuning of the World 2, for electronics
  • 2025 The Tuning of the World 2 (Deep Listening Version), for electronics

 Ensemble

  • 2011 Music for Rock Ensemble, for ensemble and electronics
  • 2012 As Soft as Possible, for ensemble, commissioned for Quiet Music Ensemble, Dublin

 Film

  • 2007 Men Boxing, for violin and cello, collaboration with New York Miniaturist Ensemble for early film by Thomas Edison, Museum of the Moving Image, New York

Installations

  • 2003 Plus Time, sound environment, multimedia collaboration with Brian Alfred, Sandroni Rey Gallery, New York
  • 2006 To Be Held for a Long Time, sound environment, for SEAMUS Electro-Acoustic Music Month, New York
  • 2011 The Upper Room, site-specific sound and light environment, The Marlborough Pop-Up Gallery, London

 Piano

  • 2008 Figures
  • 2008 Etude No. 5
  • 2009 Etude No. 10

Theatre

  • 2012 1’41", for string quartet and/or electronics, commissioned for 101 New Music Theatre, Birmingham

Vocal

  • 2009 China, for bass voice and piano, text by Bob Perelman

Discography

Solo

  • The Tuning of the World 2 (Untitled Recordings, 2025)[7]
  • The Tuning of the World 2 (Deep Listening Version) (Untitled Recordings, 2025)[8]
  • Consistent Histories (Untitled Recordings, 2024)
  • Don't Leave a Light On (Untitled Recordings, 2024)
  • The Tuning of the World (Untitled Recordings, 2012)[9]

Bowery Electric

Main article: Bowery Electric

Happy Families

  • 'New Forgetting' (Sonic Cathedral, 2013)[10]

Other musical activities

References

  1. ^ "Bowery Electric". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  2. ^ Reynolds, Simon (November 1995). "Back to the Future". The Wire. No. 141.
  3. ^ "The 405 meets Happy Families". Thefourohfive.com. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Lawrence Chandler (of Bowery Electric) @ Make Music New York 2009". YouTube. 24 June 2009. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  5. ^ "50 Years of Minimalism: Rock 'n' Rollers @ Kings Place, London – I CARE IF YOU LISTEN". I CARE IF YOU LISTEN. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Lawrence Chandler – The Tuning of the World". Discogs. March 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  7. ^ The Tuning of The World 2 - Album by Lawrence Chandler. Spotify.
  8. ^ The Tuning of the World 2 (Deep Listening Version) 1 - Album by Lawrence Chandler. Spotify.
  9. ^ "Lawrence Chandler - The Tuning of the World". Discogs. March 2012.
  10. ^ "Happy Families - New Forgetting". Discogs. 2013.
  11. ^ a b "The 405 meets Happy Families". Thefourohfive.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  12. ^ "In a Stasis of Sound: Dron-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-ne". The New York Times. 5 September 1996. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Brooklyn Rider plays Philip Glass – Philip Glass". Philipglass.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Riesman Soundtracks – Philip Glass". Philipglass.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Classical Music". Newyorker.com. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Perfect Sound Forever w/ Lawrence Chandler (Bowery Electric & Happy Families) 18.10.17". Nts.live. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
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