Alan Courtis

 
Alan Courtis (born 1972 in Argentina), aka Anla Courtis, evolves in the field of sound art, electroacoustic music, drone, noise, improvisation and composition. He is a founding member of the Reynols group. His written music has been performed in many countries. He has been commissioned by the Phoenix Basel Ensemble, Český Rozhlas and has been artist in residence at EMS, GRM, Cafe Oto and USF. He has over 500 releases on labels like Mego, P.S.F., Pogus, RRR, etc. He has toured extensively in Japan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Europe, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and has collaborated with musicians such as Pauline Oliveros, Phill Niblock, David Toop, Merzbow, Lee Ranaldo, Jim O'Rourke, L.A.F.M.S., Makoto Kawabata, Tetsuo Furudate, Nihilist Spasm Band, Eddie Prevost and "L'autopsie a révélé que la mort était due à l'autopsie". He has also published articles about art and disability in magazines like The Wire (UK), Leben mit Down-Syndrom (Germany), Musicworks (Canada), Revue & Corrigée (France), El Cisne (Argentina), Educación Especial (Peru) and Grupo Docente (Spain).
 
Alan Courtis - Discographisme maison / Homemade record sleeves
2022
French edition / texts in English and Spanish
ARTDERIEN
Discographisme maison / Homemade record sleeves is a project collecting and assembling a series of record sleeves. They were all reworked and customized by unknown artists who used the original cover as a support or a source of inspiration... This collection echoes an intimate, marginal and overlooked experience, which can be replaced in the history of iconography and pop music.


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