John Wiese: Information
John Wiese is an artist and composer from Los Angeles, California.
His recorded sound works are a unique and personal development, with recent
activities having a focus on installation and multi-channel diffusions, as well as
scoring for large ensembles. He has toured extensively throughout the world,
covering the US, UK, Europe, Scandinavia, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.
He is also a founding member of the concrète grindcore band Sissy Spacek.
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 — Los Angeles, CA, March 2010
• Three Days Of Struggle — Vittorio Veneto, Italy, December 2009
• 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" LP/CD (PPM/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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