Stephan Micus

Stephan Micus is a German multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer, born in 1953, who has recorded for ECM and its JAPO imprint since 1977. He made his first journey to Asia at 16 and has since studied instruments and vocal traditions with local musicians in Asia, Africa and Europe. He is known for solo albums on which he plays every part himself, combining instruments from different cultures and multitracking his own voice into choirs. Micus released his first LP, Archaic Concerts, on Virgin in 1976, and Implosions (1977) and Till the End of Time (1978) followed on JAPO.