Alan Courtis (aka Anla Courtis, Alna Courtis, etc...) was born in 1972 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and has been working in the field of sound-art, electro-acoustic music, drone, noise, improvisation and composition.
His written music has been played by ensembles from the UK, Thailand, Switzerland, Netherlands, Mexico, Canada, USA and Argentina. He was commissioned by Phoenix Basel Ensemble, Český Rozhlas and was artist in residence at EMS, GRM, Cafe Oto & USF.
He has more than 500 releases on labels like Mego, P.S.F., Pogus, RRR, etc. His music has been broadcasted at radios like: BBC (UK), WFMU (USA), SBS (Australia), Resonance-FM (UK), CJSF (Canada), WDR (Germany), Sveriges Radio (Sweden), Radio France, NRK (Norway), RTVE (Spain), WNUR (USA), Radio Nacional (Argentina). He has toured extensively in Japan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Europe, USA, Australia, NZ & Latin America and has collaborated with musicians such as: Pauline Oliveros, Phill Niblock, David Toop, Merzbow, Lee Ranaldo, Jim O’Rourke, L.A.F.M.S., Makoto Kawabata, Tetsuo Furudate, Nihilist Spasm Band, Eddie Prevost and L'autopsie a révélé que la mort était due à l'autopsie.
Courtis has composed music for films and has also been coordinating music workshops in Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, England, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Peru, Chile, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Thailand, China & Japan.
He was a founding member of the Reynols, a mythical band that has recorded more than 100 cds and left a huge mark on Noise music.
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This work was recorded on March 5th 2014 at Elektronmusikstudion EMS, Stockholm, Sweden playing their Serge modular synthesizer, metallic object and contact microphone.
Upon bing invited by Philippe I mixed and mastered at Yaguareté Studios, Buenos Aires, Argentina this month.
Thanks to: Mats Lindström, Ylva Skog, Daniel Araya, Gabrielle Karlsén, Daniel Rozenhall, Leif Elggren and all the friends everywhere.
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