Meri von KleinSmid

Meri von KleinSmid is a composer, sound artist and phonographer.

Bio:

Meri von KleinSmid is a classically trained composer, sound-artist and phonographer, educated in Western music and ethnomusicology. Her primary aim is to create work that challenges the listener psychologically, using a variety of approaches. Her work has been described as stunning, sparse, frightening and uniquely expansive.

Her work ranges from 1986's live, tape-recorded Have a Spinach Salad... (Latibulum Records), through 1992/2002's CHI-TAPE (American Archive Recordings) - a 62-minute odyssey through the dregs of Chicago, to her current endevours, comprised mostly of electronically-manipulated sounds from diverse sources, exemplified by her newest CD Ex Vivo (Mimeograph) and in EPs on several Internet labels, as well as works included on international compilations. She occasionally collaborates with other artists, and has performed live on stage and radio. Her works have been included in festivals and concerts of new music around the world.

Von KleinSmid studied music academically since grammar school (flute and choir), with private tutors for piano and violin, and at the University of Washington and Columbia College in Chicago, studied theory, the history of Western music and ethnomusicology. She has been a collector of found sound since age eight.

About her CD Ex Vivo: 'Eight multi-faceted works of atmosphere and thunder from innovative sound artist Meri von KleinSmid; each sonic collage/composition in its own way involves, haunts, and provokes.' - Dave Heaton for Erasing Clouds.

CD: Ex Vivo http://www.mimeograph.net/
CD: CHI-TAPE http://www.netsoundsmusic.com/nsudsii/2/266517837/990/2.html
CD: Searching for the Inverse Square (With Alex Keller) http://www.mimeograph.net/

One track on an instant party inter pares
One track on Women Take Back the Noise http://ubuibi.org/wtbtn/
One track on Elektramusic Electroacoustic Music Volume 01 http://www.elektramusic.com/musicfr.html
One track on DisContact! III http://www.electrocd.com/cat.f/pep_007.html
One track on il programma di religione


The official website: Meri von KleinSmid

Find some information on: stasisfield, mysteryandmisery, earlabs, CONV.