eRikm

Erikm
Background information
Born	1970 (age 50–51) Mulhouse, Alsace (France), France
Genres	Sound
Occupation(s)	Composer, musician, visual artist
Instruments	Sound artist, concrete music,Electronics
Years active	199@–present
Labels	, Erstwhile Records, hatOLOGY, , Mikroton Recordings, ,
Associated acts	Luc Ferrari, , Christian Marclay, Otomo Yoshihide, , Voice Crack, Anthony Pateras, Catherine Jauniaux, Jérôme Noetinger, Dieb13, Christian Fennesz, Martin Brandlmayr,
Website	erikm.com

eRikm is a French improviser, composer and visual artist ^[1] who has been active in art since 1992. He is noted for his work with turntables.

He is most well known for his improvisational collaborations. Notable collaborators include: Luc Ferrari, Christian Marclay, Dieb13, Otomo Yoshihide, Mathilde Monnier, , and FM Einheit.

Since 1997, on his own or with collaborators, eRikm has toured (with 5-7 on-tour projects to date), and created by-request specific pieces.

Main works[]

Solo Album & composition[]

•  : Zygosis -
•  : Frame -
•  : MonO FaCe MirRor -
•  : Sixperiodes -
•  : Variations Opportunistes -
•  : Steme - Room 40
•  : Lux Payllettes - Entr'acte
•  : Visitation echoing -
•  : Austral -
•  : Transfall - Room 40
•  : Select archive I - L’Art de la fuite -
•  : Doubse Hystérie -
•  : Drum-Machines for Les Percussions de Strasbourg - PDS
•  : Flow - bandcamp
•  : Mistpouffers - Empreintes Digitales

Free improv & collaboration[]

•  : Archives Sauvées des Eaux with Luc Ferrari -
•  : Complementary contrasts with Christian Fennesz -
•  : Trace cuts with Otomo Yoshihide & Martin Tetreault -
•  : Razine with Michel Doneda -
•  : Pantoneon with Catherine Jauniaux - Mikroton Recordings

Re-organisation & re-composition[]

•  : What a wonderful world with Jérôme Noetinger - Erstwhile Records
•  : ©haos ©lub with Dieb13 - Erstwhile Records
•  : Cartouche with -
•  : Mal Des Ardents with Catherine Jauniaux - Mikroton Recordings
•  : Ecotone with Martin Brandlmayr - Mikroton Recordings

Poire_Z[]

• Andy Guhl, eRikm, Günter Müller, Norbert Möslang

•  : -
•  : Presque_Chic -
•  : +, with Otomo Yoshihide • Sachiko M • Christian Marclay - Erstwhile Records
•  : Q, with Phil Minton -

Post Poire_Z[]

•  : Why Not Béchamel with Erikm + Günter Müller + Toshimaru Nakamura - Mikroton Recordings
•  : Stodgy eRikm & Norbert Möslang - Mikroton Recordings
•  : Pavillon du Lac with Günter Müller + Norbert Möslang + - Dolmen

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Text edited in Frog magazine n°4, automne/hiver 2006 (French)
• eRikm at discogs
• Spiral Dregs, documentary by Alessandro Mercuri and Haijun Park (35min), interview by Jacqueline Caux, on ParisLike, 2012 (ISSN 2117-4725)