kKrispen Hartung

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Krispen Hartung
Improvisational & Avant-Garde Looping Artist
Krispen Hartung’s 25-year musical background is an experimental
and continuously evolving road trip marked by many excursions and
detours - from classical guitar, progressive rock, and world-beat, to
fusion, traditional jazz, and avant-garde. In 1993, Hartung began
studying the method of real-time looping, the technique of digitally
recording live performance, playing it back in real-time, and
repeating this process indefinitely to produce multiple layers of
interweaving and complimentary guitar parts. Since then, he has
become one of the North West’s most accomplished real-time
looping artists and Idaho’s leading member of the international
looping community Looper’s Delight. Hartung’s debut solo CD Places
was released for sale world-wide in April of 2004 and consists of a
series of colorful, innovative, and thought/mood provoking looping
compositions that he improvised and recorded on the spot in one take.
As a result of his diverse background and studies, Hartung now exhibits a dynamic and atypical performance style
that integrates multiple genres and gives new meaning to the world of improvisational guitar. His most recent CD
releases are 1) a free improvisational work entitled Live at the Kulture Klatsch, featuring didjeridu artist and
percussionist Vincent Miresse, 2) his second solo CD, Descent to Self, a collection of improvised and computerbased
avant-garde compositions, and 3) Xperimentus, a collaborative project comprised of duo compositions of he
and 13 other looping artists from around the world.
Krispen performs frequently at venues that foster artistic expression and diverse human discourse, such as coffee
shops, art and music festivals, art galleries, and art exhibits.
CD details, reviews, videos, sound clips, pictures, and more at: www.krispenhartung.com
Similar Artists & Influences
John Abercrombie, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Terje Rypdal, John Scofield, John McLaughlin, Michael Hedges, Robert
Fripp
Performance Genres & Styles
Free Improvisation, Modern Jazz, Fusion, Avant-Garde, Ambient, Experimental, Free-Style, World-Fusion,
Contemporary, Instrumental, New Age, Real-Time Looping
Contact Information
Krispen Hartung
1810 W. State Street #226
Boise, Idaho 83702 (USA)
1-208-724-5603
info@krispenhartung.com - Tarey , posted 02/22/06

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