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Short Biographies
of
Robert Rich
&
B. Lustmord
as presented by
Fathom Records
ROBERT RICH
Always inclined towards music and electronics,
Rich began building his own synthesizers at the
tender age of 13. Ultimately studying at Stanford's
Center for Computer Research in Music and
Acoustics, he also studied psychology and learned
computer programming. By the early 1980s, he
was recording and performing his own electronic
music in the Bay Area, including his now legendary
Sleep Concerts and all-evening Trance Concerts.
His interests have grown to include just intonation,
world music, and minimalism. He has performed in
a variety of unorthodox venues, including caves,
planetaria, cathedrals, and art galleries, in addition
to concert halls in Europe, Canada, Mexico and
the United States. His impressive discography
includes numerous solo recordings, including
Rainforest, Gaudí and Propagation on Hearts of
Space, plus releases on Multimood and Extreme.
His collaborations are extensive, including work
with Steve Roach, Lisa Moskow, Forrest Fang,
Vidna Obmana, A Produce, and now Lustmord.
B. LUSTMORD
Welsh-born Brian Williams, who goes by the nom
du disque Lustmord (and more recently B.
Lustmord) has, since 1980, been releasing
recordings of "psychoacoustic experiments," often
swarthy ambient industrial works which begin as
found sound. Using unlikely sound sources,
ranging from subterranean location recordings
made in crypts, cathedrals, and catacombs, to
pulsars, radio galaxies, and the remains of
supernova explosions, B.Lustmord has created a
distinctive musical vocabulary which can be found
on recordings such as Paradise Disowned and
The Monstrous Soul on Side Effects, A
Document on Dark Vinyl and Heresy courtesy of
Soleilmoon. He has collaborated with stellar
industrial noise bands and artists such as SPK,
Nurse With Wound, Graeme Revell, and Clock
DVA, as well as former Tangerine Dream member
Paul Haslinger, among many others. All along,
Williams has been engaged in sound design and
has contributed in this capacity, along with
programming and scoring, to films including The
Crow, Basketball Diaries, Tank Girl and Strange
Days, among a host of others.