Roberto Laneri
Roberto Laneri is an Italian composer, clarinettist and overtone singer. After studying philosophy in Rome and clarinet at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory, he moved to the United States, where he began exploring extended vocal techniques. He is known above all as the founder of Prima Materia, an overtone singing group that worked with the voice alone. Laneri earned degrees in performance and composition at SUNY Buffalo, where he played in Petr Kotik's SEM Ensemble, and a PhD in composition at UC San Diego. His teachers included Lejaren Hiller and Charles Mingus.
Magister Perotinus Meets the Jedi Masters
Huuuge Tip! Roberto Laneri (Prima Materia) further radicalizes his formal research path in the field of harmonic singing, with a highly rigorous compositional practice of scores and rhythmic placement of overtones. At the dawn of Western counterpoint…
Harmonic Crystals
Blume Editions is thrilled to announce the release of “Harmonic Crystals”, one of the most ambitious bodies of recordings ever produced by the legendary Italian composer and multi-instrumentalist Roberto Laneri. Sprawling across 12 full length casset…
Alvin Curran, Roberto Laneri, Giancarlo Schiaffini, Frances-Marie Uitti, Tony Ackerman, Bruno Tommaso
Beat 72 Lost DateDigipack CD edition. An unearthed treasure from the '70s Italian avant garde archives! A previously unreleased recording from the legendary Beat72 club in Rome in 1973, featuring a one-off Italian-American all-star ensemble with Roberto Laneri foundi…
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Il Bestiario
** Temporary super offer, very last copies ** There was never anyone like Maria Monti – and this album is a true testament to her genius! Il Bestiario might be best understood next to albums by artists like Brigitte Fontaine, Scott Walker, and Cathe…