John Wiese: Information
John Wiese is an artist and composer from Los Angeles, California.
His ongoing projects include LHD and Sissy Spacek, with plenty of freelance work
with many artists as diverse as Sunn O))), Wolf Eyes, Merzbow, Evan Parker,
Smegma, Kevin Drumm, Cattle Decapitation, and C. Spencer Yeh (Burning Star Core).
He has toured extensively throughout the world, covering Europe, Scandinavia and
Australia as a member of Sunn O))), the UK as part of the Free Noise tour (a tentet
including Evan Parker, C. Spencer Yeh, Yellow Swans, etc.), the United States
alongside Wolf Eyes, and recently performed in the 52nd Venice Biennale with artist
Nico Vascellari. More information can be found at www.john-wiese.com.
Tours
• John Wiese — New Zealand/Australia, December 2009
• John Wiese — Europe/UK, October–November 2009
• John Wiese — Europe, January–February 2009
• John Wiese — US, August–October 2008
• John Wiese — UK/Europe/East Coast, May–June 2008
• Sissy Spacek (Jackson, Ronnau, Wiese) — West Coast, April 2008
• John Wiese — Southwest, March 2008
• John Wiese — Scandinavia/Germany, January 2008
• John Wiese & C. Spencer Yeh — East Coast, October 2007
• Gerritt & John Wiese — West Coast, October 2007
• John Wiese — UK/Europe, September 2007
• John Wiese & C. Spencer Yeh — California, August 2007
• Free Noise (Tentet: Evan Parker/C. Spencer Yeh/John Wiese/+7) — UK, April–May 2007
• John Wiese — United States, September–October 2006
• John Wiese — New York/UK/Greece, March 2006
• Sunn O))) (Anderson, O'Malley, TOS, Wiese) — Europe & Scandinavia, March–April 2005
• Sunn O))) (Anderson, O'Malley, Ritter, Wiese) — Australia, March 2005
• John Wiese — East Coast, February 2005
• BN (Nelson, Wiese, Wood) — Japan, December 2004
• John Wiese — West Coast, August 2003
• Wiese & Koh — Japan, April 2003
• John Wiese — Europe, June 2002
• John Wiese — West Coast, March 2002
• BN (Wiese & Wood) — Japan, August 2000
Major Festivals
• CEAIT — Valencia, CA, February 2010
• What Is Music? — Australia, December 2009
• Colour Out Of Space— Brighton, England, October 2009
• Deaf — Dublin, Ireland, October 2009
• Støyfest — Bergen, Norway, October 2009
• Floating Points — New York, NY, July 2009
• New York Eye And Ear — New York, NY, July 2009
• Whartscape — Baltimore, MD, July 2009
• Musica Genera — Warsaw, Poland, June 2009
• Cable — Nantes, France, February 2009
• Netmage — Bologna, Italy, January 2009
• No Fun — New York, NY, May 2008
• Dissonanze — Rome, Italy, May 2008
• Donau — Krems, Austria, April 2008
• All Ears — Olso, Norway, January 2008
• ZXZW — Tilburg, Holland, September 2007
• Interface — Berlin, Germany, September 2007
• Colour Out Of Space — Brighton, England, September 2007
• Venice Biennale — Venice, Italy, June 2007
• No Fun — Brooklyn, NY, May 2007
• Triptych — Glasgow, Scotland, April 2007
• Sonic Circuits — Washington, DC, October 2006
• Mission Creek — San Francisco, CA, May 2006
• Crash — London, England, March 2006
• No Fun — Brooklyn, NY, March 2006
• Wooden Octopus Skull — Seattle, WA, September 2005
• Endtimes — St. Paul, MN, April 2005
• Roadburn — Tilburg, Holland, April 2005
• Domino — Brussels, Belgium, April 2005
• Inferno — Oslo, Norway, March 2005
• Rumor — Utrecht, Holland, March 2005
• What Is Music? — Australia, March 2005
• Bowels Of Noise Vol. 7 — Tokyo, Japan, December 2004
• SFHN — San Francisco, CA, August 2004
• Beyond Music — Venice, CA, August 2003
• CEAIT — Valencia, CA, January 2001
• Bowels Of Noise Vol. 1 — Tokyo, Japan, August 2000
Installations
• Tokyo Tech, Tokyo, Japan, November 16–22, 2008
• Family, Los Angeles, California, April 20, 2008
Select Recent Discography
• John Wiese "Circle Snare" CD (No Fun Productions)
• John Wiese "Zombie" LP (Presto!?, Italy)
• John Wiese "Dramatic Accessories" LP (Ultra Eczema, Belgium)
• John Wiese "Soft Punk" LP/CD (Troubleman Unlimited)
• John Wiese "Magical Crystal Blah" CD (Helicopter)
• Evan Parker & John Wiese "C-Section" CD (Second Layer, UK)
• John Wiese & C. Spencer Yeh "Cincinatti" CD (Dronedisco)
• Wolf Eyes & John Wiese "Equinox" CD (Troniks)
• Pain Jerk & John Wiese "Terrazzo" CD (Harbinger Sound, UK)
• Merzbow & John Wiese "Multiplication" CD (Misanthropic Agenda)
• LHD "Limbs Of The Fawn" CD (Misanthropic Agenda)
• Sissy Spacek "French Record" CD (Dual Plover, Australia)
• Sissy Spacek "California Ax" 4xCD (Helicopter)
• Sunn O))) "Black One" 2xLP/CD (Southern Lord)
• Sunn O)))/ Earth split LP (Southern Lord)
Select Bibliography
• Berliner Zeitung (Germany), Article, February 2009
• Palais, Magazine Du Palais De Tokyo (France), Article, Issue 03, June 2007
• Skyscraper, Article, Issue 24, April 2007
• Rock-A-Rolla (UK), Article, Issue 5, September 2006
• The Wire (UK), Article, Issue 270, August 2006
• Grooves, Article, Issue 20, June 2006
• Colonial, Interview, Issue 1, Fall/Winter 2005
• Semtex (Belgium), Interview, Issue 1, October 2004
• Bananafish, Interview, Issue 14, September 2000
Select Reviews
• Soft Punk in Pitchfork
• Magical Crystal Blah in The Wire
Media
• MP3 and video links
Photos
Email for photo requests—do not pull pictures off the internet, please!
If you need any further material or have any questions please contact:
John Wiese
(Email for current mailing address.)
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