rasmus bruuse lunding, gyllingnæsvej 43, gylling, 8300 odder, 8781 6177/2248 6248, ras.blund@get2net.dk

background:

Starting out on the punk and experimental music-scene in the 80´ties in Århus, DK. Lunding released records and played gigs with groups like: Picnic, Hunk-A, It´s my Head (DK/UK) and Encore+Grande (NL/F/DK). Later he moved on with solo-projects released on CD´s and tape and finally ended up working with sound and music in a hybrid between artistic expression and sound as a vehicle for tactile, gestural and creative output within installation-work, design and educational practice.

Originally playing guitar, bass and violin, the focus has gradually shifted towards working with the computer and software as a substitute for instruments and/or as a "soundmachine" in its own right. Anyway, the search for a personal sound and innovative compositional outlook continues.

In the 90´ties Lunding released 2 solo CD´s in Denmark with highly acclaimed material: "A Travellers Guide to Home", songs based on sounds recorded by Lunding in India and Nepal. And "Pidi & Pollik", songs based on recordings of babysounds, carefully orchestrated.

Beside working as a musician and composer, Lunding has also worked with teaching, concert-organizing and as technical coordinator for DIEM (Danish Institute for Electracoustic Music).

Lately Lundings musical work has primarely been based around sound and space, using the computer to enhance and rework field-recordings. And beside that composing chambermusic based on a variety of sources: Malawian marimba-music, danish poetry, contemporary media-policy....

In 2 major pieces of sound-art Lunding has been coorporating with the danish poet Thorkild Bjørnvig (1918).
Pieces which has been developed for the Danish National Radio and has been released in USA.
 
 

Touring and performances:

As a musician Lunding has toured and performed in: Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Holland, France, Spain, former Yugoslavia and Australia

His work has been performed in: Denmark, Germany, UK, France, Greece, Hungary, Austria, Spain, Canada, USA, Japan and Australia.
 
 

Present activities:

Lunding is working parttime and freelance with teaching, sound-design and software-design at the MultiMedia Department, Aarhus University.

Beside that he has been involved in developing the concept and the prototype for a digital soundtools-system for kids at the MultiMedia Dept.. As well as developing the comcept and the sound-design for robot-installations, also at the MultiMedia Dept.

On behalf of DIEM Lunding has developed and conducted a research-project, investigating how kids deal with computers and software as part of the musical educational program in danish schools.

Currently Lunding is engaged with releasing a second cd with the duo Lunding/Samartzis, as well as continouosly researching and developing concepts in the area: kids, computers and sound.

Lunding has over the years received various grants from the Danish Music Council as well as the national Danish Arts Foundation and The Århus Art Council.
 

performances/acts/releases since 1997:

1998--------------------------ICMF98, Kobe/Japan: Det Nødvendige

Lunding/Munch Hansen, Steno Museet/Århus: Det Nødvendige -visual ver.

Biograf for øret, Øst for Paradis/Århus: Det Nødvendige

Sonic Circuits Festival, USA: Det Nødvendige

Sonic Circuits compilation-CD, USA

Trio Trouvé, NUT/Ålborg: 6 DyreSange, based on Vagn Lundbye poems

Trio Trouvé, Frederikshavns Kunstmuseum: 6 DyreSange

1999-------------------------Difficult Listening, Perth/Australia: Det Nødvendige + Quatazala

Iowa UC/USA: Det Nødvendige

Beckonings, Stanford/USA: Det Nødvendige

Trio Trouvé, Nikolaj Kirke/Kbh: 6 DyreSange

Immersion, Melbourne/Australia: 5 Lag af Jord & Eksistens

Biograf for øret, Øst for Paradis/Århus: 5 Lag af jord & Eksistens

Høier/Lunding, Magic MusicFestival/Århus: Live Interaktion

2000--------------------------Essen/Germany: 5 Lag af Jord & Eksistens

DIEM/Århus: Work In Progress

J. Balders WorkLab/Jazz-attacks, Århus: Live Improvisations

Lunding/Samartzis, Århus: Live Interaction

Lunding/Samartzis, Kbh: Live Interaction

Lunding/Samartzis, Kiel/Germany: Live Interaction

2001-------------------------Biograf for øret, Øst for Paradis/Århus: Det Nødvendige

Biograf for øret, Cinemateket/Kbh: Det Nødvendige

Lunding/Samartzis: What is Music? Melbourne/Australia: Live Interaction

Lunding/Samartzis: Planet Cafe, Melbourne/Australia: Live Interaction

Lunding/Samartzis: THNM, Perth/Australia: Live Intercktion

Lunding: Totally Huge New Music Festival, Perth/Australia: RobotPerformance

Høier/Lunding: Live-akk. for Kvium/Lemmerz film The Wake/Århus: Live Int.

Lunding: Bourges/Frankrig: Det Nødvendige

Lunding: ACCA, Melbourne/Australia: Robot Performance

Lunding: Birmingham, UK: Det Nødvendige

Lunding: The Lab, Kbh: Live Interaction

Henrik Jespersen: Silent Flute (Producer, tech.)

JungeCube, NUMUS (Installation w. Soundrobots), Århus

JungleCube, NIC2001 (do), Bella Centret, K bh

RED, Compilation CD released by Australian Contemporary Center for the Arts

2002-------------------------Lunding: AIAIA!!!, The National Museum for the Arts (Copenhagen) 5-8/11

Lunding; On Learning how to Kill: Cinema for the Ears-tour in Montreal (Can), Paris (Fr),

Minijacks Live (w. jbrandtp, draminsky og jacob riis). Århus.

Minijacks Live (m. jbrandtp, draminsky og jacob riis). Den Anden Opera. Kbh.

Lunding: solo, Kanten, Kbh; Live Interaktion

Lunding/Samartzis: Flourescent, CD, Dr. Jim, Aus

2003-----------------NanoCube, Cph Airport (Installation w. Soundrobots), Copenhagen