Markus Reuter
| Markus Reuter | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 September 1972 |
| Origin | Lippstadt, Germany |
| Genres | Art rock, progressive rock, contemporary classical, art pop, loop, process, ambient, improvised |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, record producer, instrument designer |
| Instruments | U8 Touch Guitar, Warr Guitar, Chapman Stick, laptop computer, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin, |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Unsung Records, Burning Shed, Discipline Global Mobile |
| Associated acts | centrozoon, Europa String Choir, Tuner, Stick Men, The Crimson ProjeKct, Tim Bowness, Lee Fletcher, Ian Boddy, Robert Rich |
| Website | www |
Markus Reuter (born Lippstadt, Germany, 1972) is a German multi-disciplinary musician, composer, record producer and instrument designer. His work spans (and frequently fuses) art rock, loop music, contemporary classical music and alternative pop.
Reuter is a member of multiple ongoing bands and projects (including centrozoon, Tuner, Stick Men, The Crimson ProjeKct and Europa String Choir). Most recently, he has begun to establish himself as a contemporary classical composer via the performance and recording of his large-scale orchestral piece Todmorden 513.
A specialist in touch guitar playing, Reuter became known as a leading player of the Warr Guitar and Chapman Stick during the 1990s and 2000s before developing and marketing his own U8 and U10 Touch Guitar instruments. In collaboration with former King Crimson member Trey Gunn, he runs the Touch Guitar Circle, a teaching and support network for touch guitar players.
As well as further collaborations with artists including Tim Bowness, Lee Fletcher, Ian Boddy and Robert Rich, Reuter has produced records by numerous musicians and released several solo recordings as both performer and composer. He is also part of an artist-owned production consortium which encompasses Iapetus Media, Unsung Productions and Unsung Records.
Most of Reuter's work to date has evolved from exploring touch-style instruments and sound processing. A technically skilled player, he performs using a variety of approaches from unprocessed sound and standard technique through to extreme processed textural sounds and drones. The majority of his solo releases have consisted of ambient textured music (with hidden processes) recorded using heavily-effected touch guitar and laptop. His more recent larger-scale composition Todmorden 513 mixes this approach with chamber music and has been expanded to an orchestral arrangement in subsequent versions.
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