Francisco López (musician)

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Francisco López is a Spanish electroacoustic musician and biologist. Since 1983, he has released over 200 musical works, with labels such as Alien8 Recordings, Mego, Staalplaat, Table of the Elements, Touch Music, and V2_Archief. In 2001, López started the music label Absolute.

López works with sound objects and microsounds. For live performances, he frequently performs in complete darkness, or distributes blindfolds throughout the audience.

In 2006, López won the First Prize for the Sound Art Competition of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León. He has also received 3 honourable mentions in the Prix Ars Electronica (1999, 2002, 2007).^[1]

[edit] Discography

The following is a partial discography, from the more than 200 releases by Francisco López.^[1]

• (1983) Untitled
• (1990) La Primera Aventura de Cekoni y Conike, with Miguel Ángel Ruiz
• (1993) Azoic Zone
• (1993) Tonhaus
• (1993) Wasps
• (1995) Warszawa Restaurant
• (1996) Addy en el país de las frutas y los chunches
• (1996) Paris hiss
• (1996) Belle Confusion 969
• (1997) La Selva
• (2000) Belle Confusion 00, with Amy Denio
• (2000) Untitled #89
• (2000) Untitled #92
• (2000) Whint, with Zbigniew Karkowski
• (2001) Buildings [New York]
• (2001) Nav, with John Duncan
• (2003) Le Chemin du Paradis
• (2004) A Szellem Álma
• (2004) Dormant Spores, with Z'ev
• (2005) Wind [Patagonia]
• (2006) Hysechasterion
• (2006) Untitled #180
• (2007) Lopez Island
• (2007) Technocalyps

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• franciscolópez.net - official website
• Francisco López biography at Alien8 Recordings
• Francisco Lopez biography and discography, from Piero Scaruffi
• Francisco López at Allmusic
• Francisco López at Discogs
• Francisco López at Last.fm