2009-03-10: David starting to compose Camera Shudder in Palo Alto, CA.
© 2009 Jin Zhu . All Rights Reserved.
david Leikam Music Compositions: (incomplete list and some works lost)
In-Process:
Camera Shudder for string quintet (inspired by Jin Zhu) [2009-2011]
The Piano Chess Game Series 1-4 for solo piano (dedicated to Arthur Jarvinen and James Tenney). [2001 (1) 2011 (2-4)]
1 ... for Solo performance
Absence of One (live improvisation / recording, a.piano with mogue R.) [2005]
Grind Your Teeth On (studio / recording, electronics ) [2004]
She Loves Another (raw and affected mix) (studio / recording,fuzz e.bass) [2003]
Interviewing Grandpa: dedicated to George Wilhem Leikam (recording, realized audio) [2003]
Goodbye for Now (studio / recording, electronics) [2001]
Hades Descent (long play loop) (studio / recording, electronics) [2001]
Near The Lake of Consciousness, pt. 1+2 (long play loop) (studio / recording, electronics) [2001]
Adrift In The Void (long play loop) (studio / recording, electronics) [2001]
The Piano Chess Games (1 of 4) (notated, a.piano) [2001]
Asian Bells (studio / recording, electronics) [2001]
Death Crawl (studio / recording, electronics) [2001]
Tweak, Twitch, Smile (studio / recording, electronics) [2001]
A Neu-Clear Day: dedicated to George W. Bush, spring 2001 (live improvisation / recording, a.piano) [2001]
Black as AC / DC (notated / recording, harp) [2001]
"Charged By Rage, Chad!" (live improvisation / graphic notated, edited audio sequence with e.bass) [2000]
Modern Smoking (performance art / installation) [1999]
"Pierre, Is That You?" (studio / recording, edited audio sequence) [1999]
Little Elliot Stanley Walking Home (notated / recording, a.piano) [1998]
"Hello Coleman, Harry That Is!" (dual title - graphic notated / live improvisation / recording, a.piano) AND "For Those Who Have Come Before!" (dual title - graphic notated / live improvisation / recording, a.piano) [1998]
Traffic Walk (studio / recording, altered a.piano) [1997]
Mood Ladders (studio / recording, altered a.piano) [1997]
Heiwz (studio / recording, altered a.piano) [1997]
Society's Autumn (studio / recording, e. bass with Moog Rogue) [1996]
Sonic Fluid (studio / recording, e. bass with Moog Rogue) [1996]
Working In Oils (studio / recording, electronics) [1996]
Lakeside In Winter (studio / recording, electronics) [1996]
Cheese Filler (studio / recording, e.bass) [1996]
Walking On a Prairie with The Sky Up Ahead (notated, a.piano) [1994]
F.N.M. :: Opus 1 (live improvisation, a. piano) [1988]
2 ... for Duet performance
Downfall and Happiness of Falling in-Love (live improvisation / recording, a.piano and trumpet) [2006]
Fremd Soundings (live improvisation / recording, Moog Rogue and a.piano / voice) [2006]
Womb (live improvisation / recording, Moog Rogue and a.piano / voice) [2005]
Farewell To My Dear Friend, A (notated, commissioned / viola and cello) [2005]
Fish Trousers Duet (notated /snare drum and bass drum) [2005]
For Voice & Body (text notated / duet voice ) [2004]
Piano with Furniture (live improvisation / double edged axe, chair, percussive a. piano) [2000]
Death Rolling By (studio / recording, edited audio sequence) [1999]
Painting In Blue, In A Yellow Dream (notated, sketch / studio recording, for two trombones) [1998]
Sailing Towards Charybdis (notated, sketch / studio recording, for 6 tympannis, Tam Tam, bowed cymbal, and pitched bowl) [1998]
3 ... for Trio performance
3, 2, 1 ... Live (studio / recording, Moog Rogue / e. bass, drums / percussion, drumset / sampler) [2007]
Santa Cruz (live / recording, fuzz e.bass, drumset, e. guitar) [2006]
Impairment of Self (live improvisation, a.piano, choreographed with duo dance) [2001]
Done with Elbow (live improvisation, a. piano, choreographed with duo dance) [2000]
Impressions of John Cale's España (live improvisation, a. piano, choreographer / producer, modern dancers) [2000]
4 ... for Quartet performance
Beating Your Love Into Death (theatre notated / recording, conductor, trumpet, flute, e.cello) [2001]
5 ... for Quintet performance
Beating Your Love Into Death, Revised (theatre notated / recording, trumpet, flute, e.cello, dancer) [2005]
Get That Damn Music Away From Me! (live improvisation, a.piano with four assistances) [2000]
Observing the Heart (live improvisation / recording, trumpet, trumpet, alto sax, congas, K5000s) [1999]
6 ... for Sextet performance
Making Contact with Saturn (live improvisation / recording, Moog Rogue / K5000s, synthesizers, Theremin, amped violin, laptop, drumset) [2005]
Observations of a Tortured Soul (live improvisation / graphic notated / recording, string sextet with white noise) [1999]
8 ... for Octet performance
We Are Not Installing A Toilet Here (live improvisation / recording, Moog Rogue, drumset, theremin / telegraph, laptop, laptop, voice, voice processing, laptop) [2006]
9 ... for Nonet performance
ClockStringSwoB (graphic notated / conducted / recording, string nontet) [1999]
10+ ... for Large Ensemble performance
When Sleep Gets In The Way (notated, small orchestra) [2001]
Cut-Ups (inside) (text notated, recording, conductor and 21 voices) [1999]
? ... for Brap performance
(brap (v): to get together, hook up electronic instruments, get high, and record - cEvin Key)
Brap - Finale: Graduation Concerpt, Set II (brap / recording, electronics trio, violin, alto saxophone, prepared piano) [2001]
Brap - after 22 + before 24 (brap / recording, electronics quartet) [2001]
Tweak, Twitch, Smile (brap / recording, electronics solo) [2001]