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Lawrence Chandler is an American composer, musician, producer and artist living in London. He is best known for his work as a founding member of the band Bowery Electric.[1][2]

Lawrence Chandler
Birth name	Lawrence Dean Chandler
Occupation(s)	Composer, musician, producer, artist
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Beggars Banquet, Dreamland Recordings, Kranky, Happy Go Lucky, Hi-Fidelity Recordings, Rocket Girl, Sonic Cathedral, Untitled Recordings

Biography

Following Bowery Electric's final tour in 2000 Chandler 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 Katia and Marielle Labèque, Chandler and ensemble at Kings Place, London on 26 November 2011[5] and The Tuning of the World, a realisation of his evolving 24-hour, 24 part, sustained tone composition, for octet, with tuned sine wave generators, released by Untitled Recordings on 1 March 2012.[6] In 2013 he formed Happy Families with his partner Lucia Rivero.[7]

Other musical activities

• Dream House (1994–1996, 2008), monitor, light and sound installation by La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela[8]
• Experimental Audio Research (EAR) (1996), collaboration with Pete Kember, Kevin Shields and others, live performance at Westbeth Theater Center, New York on 3 September 1996[9]
• Brooklyn Rider Plays Philip Glass by Brooklyn Rider (2008), assistant engineer, The Looking Glass Studio, New York[10]
• Philip Glass Soundtracks by Michael Riesman (2008), assisted, The Looking Glass Studio, New York[11]
• Meredith Monk Basket Rondo World Premiere (2007), live sound, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York[12]
• Deep Listening (2009), workshop with Pauline Oliveros, Dartington International Summer School, near Totnes[8]
• Perfect Sound Forever (2017), guest DJ, NTS Radio, London on 18 October 2017[13]

References

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