Burkhard Beins
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Burkhard Beins, born in 1964 in Lower Saxony (Germany), has lived in Berlin since 1996. As a composer/performer, working in the non-academic realms of contemporary music, he plays percussion, objects and small electrics. Since the late 1980's he has appeared on international festivals, concerts and tours throughout Europe and overseas. He is a member of several ensembles like Perlonex, Activity Center, Polwechsel, Trio Sowari, Phosphor, The Sealed Knot, BBB and also works with Keith Rowe, Sven-Åke Johansson, Orm Finnendahl, John Tilbury, Charlemagne Palestine and many others. He has released more than 30 CDs and LPs on labels like 2:13 Music, Zarek, Erstwhile Records , Hat Hut, Potlatch, Absinth or Confront.
Selected Discography:
- Burkhard Beins: Disco Prova (Absinth, CD 2007)
- Perlonex.Tensions w/Keith Rowe + Charlemagne Palestine (Nexsound 2CD, 2006)
- Polwechsel: Archives of the North (Hat Hut, CD 2006)
- Baghdassarians/Baltschun/Beins (Absinth Records, CD 2006)
- Trio Sowari: Three Dances (Potlatch CD 105, 2005)
- Activity Center & Phil Minton (Absinth Records, CD 2005)
- Keith Rowe/Burkhard Beins: Live at Amplify (ErstLive oo1, CD 2004)
- The Sealed Knot: Unwanted Object (Confront Collectors Series 1, CD 2004)
- Berlin Drums - 4 Solos: Beins/Buck/Heather/Schaefer (4 x 3" CDR, Absinth, 2004)
- Beins/Marwedel/Vorfeld: Misiiki (Rossbin CD o13, 2003)
- Beins/Johansson: Santa Fé (...im Raumschiff Zitrone Berlin) (LP, Eventuell 02, 2003)
- The Sealed Knot: Surface/Plane (Meniscus CD o12, 2003)
- Burkhard Beins/Andrea Neumann: Lidingö (Erstwhile CD o26, 2002)
- Phosphor (Potlatch P501 CD, 2002)
- Perlonex: Peripherique (CD, Zarek 07, 2001)
- Burkhard Beins/Keith Rowe: Grain (CD, Zarek 06, 2001)
- Burkhard Beins/John Bisset: Chapel (2:13 Music CD o12, 2001)
- Activity Center: Möwen & Moos (2:13 Music CD oo8/oo9, 1999, limited edition)
- Yarbles (Hatology 510, CD 1997)
- Nunc (2:13 Music CD oo2, 1996)
