Stephan Micus

Stephan Micus
Background information
Born (1953-01-19) January 19, 1953
Stuttgart, Germany
Genres Avant-garde, New-age
Occupation(s) Musician, singer
Instruments Multi-instrumentalist
Years active 1976–present
Labels ECM
Associated acts Lisa Gerrard, Steve Tibbetts
Website www.stephanmicus.com

Stephan Micus (/ʃtɛˈfɑːn ˈmiːkəs/; born January 19, 1953) is a German classical and world musician and composer whose musical style is heavily influenced by his study of traditional instruments and musical techniques from Japan, India, South America, and other countries around the world. With the exception of his album The Music of Stones (1989), he plays all of the instruments on his recordings, combining styles from different countries and using the instruments in unprecedented ways in each of his pieces. He often uses layers of a single instrument to create unusual combinations of sounds. He is one of the only ECM Records artists whose records are not produced by Manfred Eicher.[1] He has mixed instruments from around the world, or used whatever was at hand: stones, ordinary flowerpots tuned with water, and his voice – singing non-verbal improvised sounds over ten years before others made this approach fashionable.

Discography

  • 1976 - Archaic Concerts (Caroline/Virgin)
  • 1977 - Implosions (Japo/ECM)
  • 1977 - Koan (Japo/ECM)
  • 1978 - Behind Eleven Deserts (Wind)
  • 1978 - Till the End of Time (Japo/ECM)
  • 1981 - Wings over Water (Japo/ECM)
  • 1983 - Listen to the Rain (Japo/ECM)
  • 1985 - East of the Night (Japo/ECM)
  • 1986 - Ocean (ECM)
  • 1987 - Twilight Fields (ECM)
  • 1989 - The Music of Stones (ECM)
  • 1990 - Darkness and Light (ECM)
  • 1992 - To the Evening Child (ECM)
  • 1994 - Athos (ECM)
  • 1997 - The Garden of Mirrors (ECM)
  • 2001 - Desert Poems (ECM)
  • 2002 - Towards the Wind (ECM)
  • 2004 - Life (ECM)
  • 2006 - On the Wing (ECM)
  • 2008 - Snow (ECM)
  • 2010 - Bold as Light (ECM)
  • 2013 - Panagia (ECM)
  • 2015 - Nomad Songs (ECM)
  • 2017 - Inland Sea (ECM)

References

  1. ↑ Kelman, John. "Stephan Micus: Solitary Pursuits". All ABout Jazz. Retrieved 30 October 2016. Manfred was with me in the studio for the first two records, Implosions (JAPO, 1977) and Till the End of Time (JAPO, 1978, reissued ECM, '1993) but since then he hasn't been involved with my recordings at all.
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