Bernhard Loibner

is a composer, musician and media artist from Vienna, Austria. His musical compositions are characterized by the use of live electronics and computers as unique instruments based on software he writes himself although in his recent work he increasingly uses (computer edited) acoustic instruments. The sounds he creates oscillate between complex, 2-dimensional and harsh structures with a pulsating moment as well as continuously reconfigured rhythmical elements beyond metrical beats. A carefully composed balance between movement and quietness is typical for his musical aesthetics.

is a composer, musician and media artist from Vienna, Austria. His musical compositions are characterized by the use of live electronics and computers as unique instruments based on software he writes himself although in his recent work he increasingly uses (computer edited) acoustic instruments. The sounds he creates oscillate between complex, 2-dimensional and harsh structures with a pulsating moment as well as continuously reconfigured rhythmical elements beyond metrical beats. A carefully composed balance between movement and quietness is typical for his musical aesthetics. He performs live on a regular basis and he realized compositions for contemporary theatre and dance as well as video, film and radio and he extended his work into the audio-visual domain by creating sound/video compositions. Ongoing collaborations include the sound/video/voice duo “Nerve Theory” with US video artist Tom Sherman as well as live concerts with musicians such as Clementine Gasser, Karlheinz Essl, o.blaat, Peter Szely, Joao Castro Pinto a.o. Commissioned work includes compositions for films by Austrian director Mara Mattuschka, the performance extravaganza of the French collective SUPERAMAS and the Austrian National Public radio and recently for the young swiss choreographer Janyce Michellod. He received several project and travel grants and in 2009 he was chosen for the composition grant of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Culture. His work has been released on CD and DVD and has been presented in numerous live concerts, performances and screenings all over the world. Releases A Completely Random Order Never Yields Meaning, Net Release, AudioTong, 2007 Nerve Theory - There is no privacy at the speed of light, CD-R, Voicespondence, 2007 _gestalt, CD, allquiet 2005 Fragmented Memory, DVD, allquiet 2004 Trans/Mute, CD, allquiet 2002 more at http://loibner.cc User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..