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Jesse Kudler
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Long:
Jesse Kudler, born 1979, improvises on cheap consumer devices: a
no-name electric guitar, hand-held cassette recorders,
radios and transmitters, various small junk, and
pedals/electronics. He uses a computer to assemble his recorded
music. Kudler's
work often operates on the extremes of volume, demonstrating an
interest in the subtleties that can arise from intense softness or
loudness, and it is marked by special attention to
the stereo field. Recent interest has focused on both internal
(electronic) and external (microphone/speaker) feedback, allowing
dynamic textures to arise
in concert with the space in which they are played. Beyond simply
exploring the aesthetic possibilities of non-pitched
sounds, Kudler also investigates their use in creating improvised
structure.
Kudler attended public school until Wesleyan University, where he
studied music with Ron Kuivila, Alvin Lucier, and a little bit with
Anthony Braxton, among others. He eventually became active as an
organizer and performer in improvised, experimental, and electronic
music, forming a regular duo with fellow student Jonathan Zorn and
leading the large electronic improvising ensemble Phil Collins.
Kudler has also worked as a recording engineer for various projects.
In his various travels, Kudler has performed
with Matt Bauder, Kyle
Bruckmann, Chris Cogburn, James Coleman, Tim Feeney, Marcos Fernandes,
Brent Gutzeit, Horse Sinister, Bonnie Jones, Jason Kahn, Mazen Kerbaj,
Pauline Oliveros, Bhob Rainey, Vic Rawlings, Christine Sehnaoui, Mike
Shiflet, Jason Soliday, Howard Stelzer, Christian Weber, Matt Weston,
Jack Wright, Jason Zeh, and many others. He has toured the
United States several times.
Jesse Kudler lives in Philadelphia. Current and recent projects
include: HZL, an environmental electronics duo with Tim Albro; a duo
with Ian Fraser; Tweeter, a
treble-intensive noise trio with Alex
Nagle and Eli Litwin; Benito Cereno (with
Dustin Hurt, Chandan Narayan, Tim Albro, and Ian
Fraser); solo performance and recording; and
various ad
hoc groupings. He is a co-founder and co-director of the Philadelphia Sound Forum
and works full-time for a non-profit film and music theater.
NB: His last name rhymes with “muddler.”
Web presence: www.jessekudler.com
Promotional material: http://www.jessekudler.com/promo.html
Less verbose:
Jesse Kudler, born 1979, improvises on cheap consumer devices: a
no-name electric guitar, hand-held cassette recorders,
radios and transmitters, various small junk, and
pedals/electronics. He uses a computer to assemble his recorded
music.
Kudler attended public school until Wesleyan University, where he
studied music with Ron Kuivila, Alvin Lucier, and a little bit with
Anthony Braxton, among others. In his various travels, Kudler has
performed with Matt Bauder, Kyle
Bruckmann, Chris Cogburn, James Coleman, Tim Feeney, Marcos Fernandes,
Margarida Garcia, Brent Gutzeit, Horse Sinister, Bonnie Jones, Newton,
Pauline Oliveros, Bhob Rainey, Vic Rawlings, Christine Sehnaoui, Mike
Shiflet, Jason Soliday, Howard Stelzer, Barry Weisblat, Ellen Weller,
Matt Weston, Jack Wright, Jason Zeh, and many others. He
has toured the
United States several times.
Jesse Kudler lives in Philadelphia. Current and recent projects
include: HZL, an environmental electronics duo with Tim Albro; a duo
with Ian Fraser; Tweeter, a
treble-intensive noise trio with Alex
Nagle and Eli Litwin; Benito Cereno (with
Dustin Hurt, Chandan Narayan, Tim Albro, and Ian
Fraser); solo performance and recording; and
various ad
hoc groupings. He is a co-founder and co-director of the Philadelphia Sound Forum
and works full-time for a non-profit film and music theater.
NB: His last name rhymes with “muddler.”
Web presence: www.jessekudler.com
Promotional material: http://www.jessekudler.com/promo.html