Hahn Rowe is a New York City violinist, guitarist, composer, and producer. His numerous and wide-ranging projects attest to his skills. Originally a violinist with NYC dream-poppers Hugo Largo, Rowe became a valuable session player in the New York scene. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... A violinist is an instrumentalist who plays the violin. ... For the UK magazine, see Guitarist (magazine). ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Dream pop is a type of alternative rock that originated in Britain in the early 1980s, when bands like Cocteau Twins, The Chameleons UK, The Passions, Dead Can Dance, Dif Juz, Lowlife and A.R. Kane (to whom the term has been attributed) began fusing post-punk experiments with bittersweet... Hugo Largo was an American musical group known for their unique line-up; two bass guitars, a violin and singer/performance artist Mimi Goese. ... Session musicians are musicians available for hire, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical outfit or who have acquired fame in their own right. ...

As a musician, he has played on Glenn Branca's Symphony No. 5 and songs by J. G. Thirlwell (as Foetus, Steroid Maximus and Wiseblood), Swans, and Moby. Behind the boards, he engineered recordings for Branca, Thirlwell, David Byrne, and REM. Glenn Branca (born October 6, 1948 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is an avant-garde composer and guitarist. ... J.G. Thirlwell James George Thirlwell (born January 29, 1960), aka Clint Ruin, aka Frank Want, aka Foetus, is a vocalist, composer and producer. ... Foetus is the main entity of industrial music pioneer J.G. Thirlwell. ... Steroid Maximus is an instrumental side-project of industrial musician J.G. Thirlwell. ... Wiseblood is an industrial band formed by J. G. Thirlwell and Roli Mosimann. ... Swans were an influential American rock, experimental, folk and post-industrial band active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. ... Not to be confused with Mooby. ... An Audio Engineer is a person recording, editing, manipulating, mixing and mastering sound by technical means. ... David Byrne (born May 14, 1952 in Dumbarton, Scotland) is a Grammy Award, Academy Award and Golden Globe winning musician best known as a founding member and the principal songwriter of the New Wave band Talking Heads. ... R.E.M. is a rock band formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980 by Michael Stipe (vocals), Bill Berry (drums), Peter Buck (guitar), and Mike Mills (bass). ...

Rowe is an accomplished electronica artist, writing drum'n'bass as Somatic and DJing in numerous New York City nightclubs. He also composes electronic music for other media, including film and dance recitals, the latter via long-standing collaborations with choreographer Meg Stuart. Electronica refers to a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; but unlike electronic dance music, is not specifically focused on the dance floor. ... Drum and bass (drum n bass, DnB) is an electronic music style. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Laser lights illuminate the dance floor at a Gatecrasher dance music event in Sheffield, England A nightclub (or night club or club) is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ... For other uses, see Electronic music (disambiguation). ...

Rowe is also a film music composer who is responsible for, among other work, the original music for Lodge Kerrigan's Clean, Shaven.

External links

• Biography (as Somatic) at hiponline.com
• Hahn Rowe at the Internet Movie Database
• Hahn Rowe at MySpace