Marcus Schmickler is Cologne based composer, musician and producer whose work lies between and in modern classical, electronic and post-rock genres. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Pluramon.

He has released many albums including three as Pluramon - “Bit Sand Riders” (2000), “Dreams Top Rock” (featuring Julee Cruise - 2003) and “The Monstrous Surplus” (2007), an album of house music under the alias Marc Ushmi (2002), an album of “Demos For Choir, Chamber Quintet And Electronic Music” (2006), collaborative albums with British improviser John Tilbury (AMM), multi-instrumentalist Hayden Chisholm (2006 and 2007), improviser Thomas Lehn (2000 and 2008), Clarinetist Frank Gratkowski and Russian pianist Simon Nabatov (2010), as well as two solo albums “Param” (2001) and "Altars of Science" (2007). Schmickler has received many prizes and scholarships, including the Ars Electronica. He has curated festival programs in the Berliner Akademie der Künste and ZKM. He has also written and published many articles on topics relating to electronic music.

Marcus Schmickler’s latest album "Palace of Marvels [Queered Pitch]" is just out on Editions Mego and is considered an essential release for those interested in contemporary Computer Music. “Palace…” explores Schmickler’s interest in the liaison of sound, phenomenology and cognitive sciences. Schmickler utilizes a new interpretation of the Shepard-tone, a 1960's discovery by Roger Shepard, which creates the auditory illusion of a tone that continually rises or descends in pitch yet ultimately seems to get no higher or lower. 

Schmickler’s live performances in the US are rare so don’t miss this opportunity.

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