ERikm

eRikm
Born	1970 (age 53–54) France
Genres	Sound
Occupation(s)	Composer, musician, visual artist
Instrument(s)	Sound artist, concrete music,Electronics
Years active	199@–present
Labels	Relative Pitch Records, Sonoris, Erstwhile Records, hatOLOGY, Room40, Mikroton Recordings, Planam, Monotype Records
Website	erikm.com

eRikm is a French musician, composer and visual artist ^[1] who has been active in art since 1992. He is noted for his work with turntables.

He is most well known for his improvisational collaborations. Notable collaborators include: Luc Ferrari, Christian Marclay, Dieb13, Otomo Yoshihide, Mathilde Monnier, Les percussions de Strasbourg, and FM Einheit.

Since 1997, on his own or with collaborators, eRikm has toured (with 5-7 on-tour projects to date), and created by-request specific pieces.

Main works

Solo Album & composition

• 1999 : Zygosis - Sonoris
• 1999 : Frame - Metamkine
• 2001 : MonO FaCe MirRor - Sonoris
• 2006 : Sixperiodes - Sirr records
• 2007 : Variations Opportunistes - Label Ronda
• 2008 : Steme - Room 40
• 2010 : Lux Payllettes - Entr'acte
• 2011 : Visitation echoing Presque Rien 2 de Luc Ferrari - Alga Marghen
• 2012 : Austral - D'autres cordes records
• 2012 : Transfall - Room 40
• 2015 : Select archive I - L’Art de la fuite - Sonoris
• 2016 : Doubse Hystérie - Monotype records
• 2018 : Drum-Machines for Les Percussions de Strasbourg - PDS
• 2018 : Flow - bandcamp
• 2018 : Mistpouffers - Empreintes Digitales
• 2022 : Echoplasme for HANATSUmiroir - Bisou Records
• 2023 : Fata Morgana for Ensemble Dedalus - Relative Pitch Records
• 2023 : Douze Horizons – Ouïe/Dire

Collaboration

• 2004 : Archives Sauvées des Eaux with Luc Ferrari - Angle Records
• 2004 : Complementary contrasts with Christian Fennesz - Hat-Hut
• 2005 : Trace cuts with Otomo Yoshihide & Martin Tetreault - Musica gênera

Re-organisation & re-composition

• 2003 : What a wonderful world with Jérôme Noetinger - Erstwhile Records
• 2007 : ©haos ©lub with Dieb13 - Erstwhile Records
• 2012 : Cartouche with Natacha Muslera - Monotype records
• 2014 : Ecotone with Martin Brandlmayr - Mikroton Recordings

Poire_Z

• Andy Guhl, eRikm, Günter Müller, Norbert Möslang
• 1999 : Poire Z - For4ears records
• 2001 : Presque_Chic - Sonoris
• 2002 : +, with Otomo Yoshihide • Sachiko M • Christian Marclay - Erstwhile Records
• 2004 : Q, with Phil Minton - For4ears records

Post Poire_Z

• 2004 : Why Not Béchamel with Erikm + Günter Müller + Toshimaru Nakamura - Mikroton Recordings
• 2011 : Stodgy eRikm & Norbert Möslang - Mikroton Recordings
• 2016 : Pavillon du Lac with Günter Müller + Norbert Möslang + ErikM - Dolmen

References

External links

• Official website
• Text edited in Frog magazine n°4, automne/hiver 2006 (French)
• eRikm at discogs
• Spiral Dregs, documentary by Alessandro Mercuri and Haijun Park (35min), interview by Jacqueline Caux, on ParisLike, 2012 (ISSN 2117-4725)