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Schaefer
Visiting Professor, Oxford Brookes, Sonic Art Research Unit Winner of The British Composer of The Year Award in Sonic Art
Winner of the Paul Hamlyn Award
NEW CD/DVD 'Extended Play' [triptych for the child survivors of war and conflict] composition installation for cello piano and violin EP's on 9 vari-speed retro record players "Seldom has Sound Art sounded as enjoyable as this" CD released by LINE [USA] [+ exclusive DVD/Download Film] British Composer of The Year Award 2008
installation with Chris Watson & David Tinapple 'Vacant Space'DVD Now available "Observing and hearing these spaces without their usual hustle and bustle is as
psychologically liberating as running through the aisles of a supermarket after closing time" Nominated for British Composer of the Year Awards 2007
CD'In thelast hour'[::Room40:: - Australia] "In the Last Hour confirms Janek's position as a leading contemporary sound artist" "sounds like what a cathedral made out of glass would look like... Completely essential" "a superb overview of one of the UK’s most compelling sound artists and composers"
"this is indeed his best work"
Mysummertime CD 'Hidden Name' with Stephan Mathieu is out now [Cronica - Portugal] "This is a major tour de force of eleven beauties. Great stuff from great minds"
"An invitation to perfection, so powerful is the magic of Stephan & Janek" "An absolute masterpiece...that also touched me very deeply" "..quietly magnificent"
My Whitney Museum of Modern Art - dance soundtrack: 'Migration' is out now [Bip_Hop] "Schaefer has a unique gift for seeing process in spatial terms... One of his best releases to date". [The Wire]
"Janek Schaefer's first sound-work, 'Recorded Delivery', remains one of the wittiest and most interesting
in the field of Sound Art. It is elegant, economical and clever, and makes me wish I'd thought of it first." Brian Eno [2005]