Loren Nerell (born 1960) is a composer and performer of ambient American music and Balinese gamelan. Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Bali is an Indonesian Island located at, the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to A gamelan is a musical ensemble of Indonesia typically featuring a variety of instruments such as metallophones xylophones drums and gongs bamboo flutes bowed and
As a composer, Loren has written music for film, theater, dance, and interactive multi-media. He has performed with the Kronos Quartet, has recorded six albums of original work, has appeared on several compilations such as Dali: The Endless Enigma, Soundscape Gallery 3, and Weightless, Effortless, and has made guest appearances on recordings such as Steve Roach's Artifacts, Paul Haslinger's World Without Rules, Djam Karet's Collaborator, and L. Subramaniam's Global Fusion. Kronos Quartet is a String quartet founded by Violinist David Harrington in 1973 Steve Roach may refer to Steve Roach (musician, American ambient music composer Steve Roach (rugby league, Australian rugby league footballer Paul Haslinger (born 11 December 1962) is an Austrian born composer and musician currently based in Los Angeles, California. Djam Karet is a Progressive rock band based in California. The band was founded in 1984 by guitarists Gayle Ellett and Mike Henderson, bassist Lakshminarayanan Subramaniam ( Subramaniam Lakshminarayanan L He spent several months in Java and Bali studying native styles of gamelan music, some of which he has performed in the greater Los Angeles area with other gamelan enthusiasts. Java (Jawa is an Island of Indonesia and the site of its Capital city Jakarta.
Loren Nerell was born in Long Beach, California. Long Beach is a city located in southern California, USA, on the Pacific coast His early interest in electronic music began when he heard the Tangerine Dream album Rubycon. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Tangerine Dream is a German Electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. With it, he crossed over into a world of music that previously did not exist for him. He studied analog synthesis at Long Beach Community College eventually moving to San Diego State University where he was exposed to tape manipulation and tape composition techniques. History Established on March 13 1897 San Diego State University first began as the San Diego Normal School intended to educate local future female elementary school teachers He also began performing and studying Balinese gamelan music, and the microtonal composition of Harry Partch. Microtonal music is Music using microtones — intervals of less than an equally spaced Semitone. Harry Partch ( June 24, 1901 &ndash September 3, 1974) was an American Composer and instrument creator From San Diego, Loren moved to California State University Dominguez Hills where he delved into computer synthesis, utilizing their Synclavier system. "To educate is to give vision to the blind speech to the voiceless empowerment to the disenfranchised The Synclavier System was an early Synthesizer and sampler, manufactured by New England Digital.
After mastering the techniques he learned in school, he developed his own studio, stocking it with an array of vintage sound modules as well as the latest technology. He has worked in the music industry as a sound designer including a position at Oberheim Electronics, a synthesizer manufacturer, and as a recording engineer.
Loren received a Bachelor of Science degree in Anthropology and Geography from Cal Poly Pomona and a Master of Arts degree in ethnomusicology from UCLA. The California State Polytechnic University Pomona, also officially Cal Poly Pomona, is a public, nationally-ranked coeducational university and one of the This article is about the concept For the society and academic journal see Society for Ethnomusicology. The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United His thesis is on the ceremonial gamelan music of Bali called lelambatan.