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Biography

Licht was born in New Jersey in 1968. His earliest musical influences, in the 1970s, were mainstream rock bands like the Bee Gees and Wings—he remarks in an interview with Paris Transatlantic magazine that 'What made me want to play guitar was that painting of Wings in concert in the gatefold of Wings Over America. It looked so exciting... I wanted to be part of it.' Later, in school, he listened to punk and no wave bands like Mission of Burma, Hüsker Dü and Sonic Youth. However, his musical trajectory was set when his guitar teacher gave him a copy of Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians, which would lead to his discovery of other minimalist music. Licht majored in Film Studies at Vassar College in New York. Since the 1980s, he has worked and recorded with the bands Lovechild, Run On and The Pacific Ocean and with other avant-garde musicians including Jim O'Rourke, Rudolph Grey, and Loren Mazzacane Connors. He has also recorded several solo albums.^[1]Alan participated as drummer 42 in the Boredoms 77 Boadrum performance which occurred on July 7th, 2007 at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, New York. This article is about the U.S. state. ... The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb — that became one of the most successful musical acts of all time. ... Wings was a rock music supergroup formed in August 1971, after the breakup of The Beatles, by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... No Wave was a short-lived but influential music and art scene that thrived briefly in New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk scene there. ... Mission of Burma is a post-punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, USA comprising guitarist Roger Miller, bassist Clint Conley and drummer Peter Prescott, with Bob Weston (originally Martin Swope) as tape manipulator and sound engineer. ... This article is about the rock band called Hüsker Dü. For other uses, see Husker Du. ... Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1981. ... Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer. ... Vassar College is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college situated in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. Founded as a womens college in 1861, it was the first member of the Seven Sisters to become coeducational. ... This article is about the state. ... The Pacific Ocean was an American indie rock band formed in 1997 and based in New York City. ... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... ORourke in Stockholm 2005 Jim ORourke (born 1969) is an American musician and producer. ... Rudolph Grey is a musician and writer. ... Loren MazzaCane Connors (b. ... Boredoms (ボアダムス) (or V∞redoms) is an avant-garde rock band from Osaka, Japan. ... 77 Boadrum was a concert held on July 7, 2007 (7/7/07) at 7:07 pm consisting of 77 drummers. ... Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park is a state park in New York City, USA. The park is located in Brooklyn next to the East River. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... This article is about the state. ...

Musical style

Licht's music draws on a wide range of different styles, from tape-loops, to noisy guitar (sometimes using a prepared instrument), to pure pop music.^[2] A prepared guitar is a guitar which has had its timbre altered by placing various objects on or between the instruments strings, including other extended techniques. ...

Writing

Licht is also a music journalist and writer on minimalist music,^[3] and in 2000, he published his first book, An Emotional Memoir of Martha Quinn.^[4]

Discography

Solo

• Sink the Aging Process (Siltbreeze 1994)
• Rabbi Sky (Siltbreeze 1999)
• A New York MInute (XI 2003)

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with The Blue Humans

• Clear to Higher Time (New Alliance 1992)

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with Loren Mazzacane Connors

• Live In NYC (New World of Sound 1996)
• Two Nights (Road Cone Records 1996)
• Mercury (Road Cone Records 1997)
• Hoffman Estates (Drag City 1998)
• In France (FBWL 2003)

Drag City is a Chicago based independent record label. ...

with Lovechild

• Okay? (Homestead 1991)
• Witchcraft (Homestead 1992)

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with Run On

• On/Off (Matador 1995}
• Start Packing (Matador 1996)
• No Way (Matador 1997)

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with The Pacific Ocean

• So Beautiful and Cheap and Warm (TeenBeat Records 2002)

TeenBeat Records is an independent record label based in Washington, DC. Founded by Mark Robinson (of Unrest) in 1985, TeenBeat (capitalized variously) has been home to a number of prominent indie bands, including Unrest, Versus, Gastr_del_Sol, Eggs, and a large number of minor bands and side projects. ...

Notes

1. ^ http://www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine/interviews/licht.html
2. ^ http://www.fakejazz.com/interviews/licht.shtml
3. ^ http://www.furious.com/PERFECT/alanlicht.html
4. ^ Drag City 2000. ISBN 0-9656183-3-1

External links

• Artist page at Drag City website.
• Licht's minimalist music top 10 for Halana magazine.
• Viva Radio's 77 Boadrum Site Profile