Ernst Karel



Ernst Karel plays trumpet and/or analog modular electronics and is based in Chicago. Since abandoning classical trumpet in early adulthood, he has explored ways of expanding the vocabulary of the trumpet both acoustically and electronically. In addition to his work as a performer and composer, he is also involved in creating sound installations and works for radio.

Select discography:

solo:
Ernst Karel, Fern Room (BOXmedia, 2002)

duo:
Helen Mirra/Ernst Karel, A Map of Parallels 41˚N and 49˚N at a scale of ten seconds to one degree (qwerty sound, forthcoming)
EKG, No sign (Sedimental Records, 2004)
Mirra/Karel, untitled, on Sound Writing (Dead CEO, 2004)
EKG, Object 2 (Locust Music, 2003)
EKG, Shift or latch EP (Crank Satori, 2001)

group:
Relay Signals (Lucky Kitchen, 2004)
Television Power Electric, 2 (Kuro Neko Music, 2004)
who cares how long you sink (Lucky Kitchen, 2004)
Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra, First Contact! (Locust, 2002)
Television Power Electric, Television Power Electric (Gentle Giant, 1999)
The Improvisation Meeting in Chicago (Radio Off Duty, 1998)
Myopic Bookstore Improvised Music Workshop Vol. One (BOXmedia, 1998)
Blowhole, Billowing Sheen (Apraxia/Animist, 1996)
Blowhole, Gathering (Giardia/Fusetron/Carburetor, 1994)

also appears on:
Olivia Block, Mobius Fuse (Sedimental Records, 2001)
Bobby Conn, Llovessonngs (Thrill Jockey, 1999)
Simon Joyner, The lousy dance (Truckstop, 1999)
David Grubbs, The Thicket (Drag City, 1998)
Negativland, Happy Heroes (Seeland, 1998)
Soundgarden, Badmotorfinger (A&M, 1991)

Sound installations:

2002
A Map of Parallels 41˚N and 49˚N at a scale of ten seconds to one degree, in collaboration with Helen Mirra, for her exhibition Declining Interval Lands, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Errors in Measurement, as part of At the Intersection of Sight & Sound, City of San Antonio International Center, San Antonio.

Transit, as part of Sound Canopy, a 32-speaker installation in a construction canopy downtown Chicago organized by M.W. Burns, supported by the Hyde Park Arts Center.

Map of Parallel 48˚N at a scale of ten seconds to one degree, in collaboration with Helen Mirra, Artist as Navigator, Palo Alto Arts Center, Palo Alto.

2001
Fern Room, commissioned by Experimental Sound Studio for the Outer Ear Festival of Sound, Lincoln Park Conservatory, Chicago.

Miller, in collaboration with Helen Mirra, Art Statements, Basel, Switzerland

October 31st, 8:00 PM

Toshimaru Nakamura (no input mixing board),
Kazuhisa Uchihashi (guitar and daxophone),
Gene Coleman (bass clarinet)

Television Power Electric ( Todd Carter, Brent Gutzeit, Michael Hartman, Ernst Karel, and Toshimaru Nakamura - acoustic and electronic instruments )

Dual CD release show for:

False Walls release  - Uchihashi Kazuhisa & Gene Coleman "Storobo Imp"
and
Kuro Neko Music release - Television Power Electric "2" featuring Toshimaru
Nakamura, Todd Carter, Michael Hartman, and Brent Gutzeit

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