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Catherine Christer Hennix

Catherine Christer Hennix

Catherine Christer Hennix has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 29 episodes and was first played on 6 March 2017.

Catherine Christer Hennix (C.C. Hennix) (1948-2023) was a Swedish-American composer, philosopher, scientist and visual artist associated with drone minimal music. Hennix was affiliated with MIT's AI Lab in the late 1970s and was later employed as research professor of mathematics at SUNY New Paltz.

Hennix began her musical studies in the 1960s by exploring the music of the art music composers Iannis Xenakis and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Hennix met La Monte Young and Hindustani raga master Pandit Pran Nath at the Nuits du Fondation Maeght festival in 1970 and pursued studies with both men during the 1970s. Hennix also drew inspiration from the Japanese Gagaku music and early vocal, thirteenth-century music of Perotinus and Leoninus. Hennix frequently worked together with the American anti-art philosopher, composer and violinist Henry Flynt.

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Catherine Christer Hennix

Catherine Christer Hennix has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 29 episodes and was first played on 6 March 2017.

Catherine Christer Hennix (C.C. Hennix) (1948-2023) was a Swedish-American composer, philosopher, scientist and visual artist associated with drone minimal music. Hennix was affiliated with MIT's AI Lab in the late 1970s and was later employed as research professor of mathematics at SUNY New Paltz.

Hennix began her musical studies in the 1960s by exploring the music of the art music composers Iannis Xenakis and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Hennix met La Monte Young and Hindustani raga master Pandit Pran Nath at the Nuits du Fondation Maeght festival in 1970 and pursued studies with both men during the 1970s. Hennix also drew inspiration from the Japanese Gagaku music and early vocal, thirteenth-century music of Perotinus and Leoninus. Hennix frequently worked together with the American anti-art philosopher, composer and violinist Henry Flynt.

Original source: Last.fm

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Blues Alif Lam Mim In the Mode Of Rag Infinity/Rag Cosmosis
Catherine Christer Hennix
Important Records2016
Solo For Tamburium
Catherine Christer Hennix
Blank Forms Editions2023
The Well-Tuned Marimba: For Yamaha Synthesizer, Sine Wave Drone, Live Electronics
Catherine Christer Hennix feat. Hans Isgren
Blank Forms Editions, Empty Editions2018
Equal Temperament Fender Mix
Catherine Christer Hennix
Blank Forms Editions, Empty Editions2018
The Electric Harpsichord
Catherine Christer Hennix
Die Schachtel2010
Further Selections From The Electric Harpsichord
Catherine Christer Hennix
Blank Forms Editions2024
Blues Dhikr Al-Salam (Blues Al Maqam)
Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage feat. Michael Northam, Hilary Jeffery, Robin Hayward, Amelia Cuni, Catherine Christer Hennix
Important Records, Sonic Acts2012
Warriors Of The Dharma
Henry Flynt, C. C. Hennix
Locust Music2008
Mount Fuji On My Mind
Henry Flynt, C. C. Hennix
Locust Music2008
Still Life, Q*
Christer Hennix Lille
Sveriges Radio, Fylkingen Records1969