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lorna dune krier
The LORNA DUNE debut EP, Sidereal, is being released on cassette and digital download in
March 2012 through Dazzleships Records and Bandcamp!
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UPCOMING SHOWS
February 29th, 2012 8:00 pm | Brooklyn, NY
Lorna Dune opens for Twi the Humble Feather @ Manhattan Inn
622 Manhattan Avenue, Greenpoint
April 4th, 2012 | Brooklyn, NY
Victoire plays @ BAM
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Bio
Lorna Krier is one of the most versatile young keyboardists in New York performing music from experimental to pop on anything from analog synthesizers to toy pianos to Steinways. Ms. Krier has been described as “a pianist specializing in contemporary music, who has become an expert synthesizer player and is helping break down the boundary between new classical and indie rock” (Lukas Ligeti). Acting as an advocate for new music, she has worked with some of the nation’s finest young composers and performers to create exciting new works.
Since arriving in New York in 2006, she has been a founding member of many ensembles including the chamber-rock ensemble, Victoire, founded by composer Missy Mazzoli, which has been dubbed the “all-star, all-female quintet” (Time Out NY). They released their debut EP, A Door Into the Dark, on eMusic.com in 2009 and their first full-length album, Cathedral City with New Amsterdam Records Fall 2010 to critical acclaim. Lorna Krier has also co-founded the synthesizer project Love Like Deloreans, which released their self-titled EP on Friendly Ghost Recordings in 2009 and have performed throughout New York, Montreal, San Francisco, and Boston at festivals such as the Rooftop Films Festival, Knitting Factory’s NY Eye & Ear, City Sol, Brooklyn Arts Council's "Glitch Generation", Z-Arts! Festival in Zion, Utah, among others. Finally, the most recent project in which Ms. Krier has been initiated as a member is the genre-bending experimental improv group, Kaleidoscope Point, founded by composer-percussionist Lukas Ligeti.
Some highlights for this and recent seasons include the Philip Glass and JoAnne Akalaitis production of “The Bacchae” Shakespeare in the Park 2009, Victoire performance at the Bang on a Can Marathon 2009, a silent film sound exhibit with Victoire and a Composer Showcase featuring Lukas Ligeti both at the Whitney Art Museum, an appearance on the “Wordless Music Series”, two live performances on WNYC’s New Sounds and Soundcheck, MATA Festival 2010 and MATA Interval Series 2009 performances featuring composer Tristan Perich, guest keyboardist for the award-winnning Present Music Ensemble in Milwaukee, WI, Western Vinyl Release party with composer Christopher Tignor, the New Albion Festival at Bard’s Summerscape Series 2008 with the experimental rock group Slow Six, two performances for Rooftop Films Festival, City Sol, and Imagine Science Films Festival. Lorna Krier has also appeared in features in the New York Times, Time Out New York, eMusic, Arthur Magazine, Impose Magazine, Village Voice, Tiny Mix Tapes, Matrixsynth, Opening Ceremony, The Daily Contributor and Brooklyn Vegan.
PROJECTS:
LORNA DUNE is the solo synth project of keyboardist, Lorna Krier. Using Reich-like conceptualism, listeners meet heart-on-sleeve melodies while gracing through time with a Dinger-esque motorik drive.
VICTOIRE is a new chamber-rock ensemble founded by composer/keyboardist Missy Mazzoli, featuring Olivia De Prato (violin), Eileen Mack (clarinet), Lorna Krier (keyboards) and Eleonore Oppenheim (double bass). This group, a stirring blend of winds, strings, keyboards and lo-fi electronics, performs Mazzoli’s distinct blend of dreamy post rock, quirky minimalism and rich romanticism, and was recently dubbed “an all-star, all-female quintet“ by Time Out New York. Their debut album Cathedral City, released in 2010 on New Amsterdam Records, received high praise from classical and indie rock press alike. It was names one of 2010's best classical albums by the New York Times, Time Out New York, the New Yorker, and NPR. Pitchfork gave Cathedral City a 7.8, claiming that “Victoire condense moments of focused beauty and quiet conviction from the pandemic distractions of modern life.“
Since forming in 2008 they have shared the stage with Tortoise, Buke and Gass, Twi the Humble Feather, Redhooker and many others, performing at many top venues including New York’s Le Poisson Rouge, Chicago’s Millennium Park, Joe’s Pub, Roulette, the Whitney Museum, Galapagos, The Stone, and the Bang on a Can Marathon.LOVE LIKE DELOREANS is the electronic collective consciousness of band members Lorna Krier, Derek Muro, and Peter Pearson. The band was born of synthesizer dreams and drum machine wishes. Drawing from the heady krautrock of bands like cluster to the infectious wish-i-could-stop-dancing grooves of 80s new wave, bubblegum, and disco, Love Like Deloreans creates a sound world that is somewhere between a submarine ride on europa and the best prom night ever.
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Shows
February 29th, 2012 | Brooklyn, NY
Lorna Dune opens for Twi the Humble Feather @ Manhattan Inn
622 Manhattan Avenue, Greenpoint
March 15, 2012 | Dayton, OH
Victoire plays @ University of Dayton
April 3-4, 2012 | Brooklyn, NY
Victoire plays @ BAM
May 9-13, 2012 | Umeå, SWEDEN
Victoire performs on the MADE Festival
May 17, 2012 | Troy, NY
Victoire plays EMPAC
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RECENT SHOWS
January 22nd, 2012 | Los Angeles, CA
Lorna Dune & Love Like Deloreans play with Steve Vibes and Wavebreaker @ Bronson Bar
Bronson and Sunset Blvd.
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December 13, 2011 | Brooklyn, NY
Lorna Dune with Laurel Halo, Forma and Daniel Wohls' "Corps Exquis"
Glasslands Gallery - 289 Kent Ave
$10 tickets
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December 2, 2011 | Burlington, VT
Victoire plays @ The Flynn Center
153 Main Street
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November 29, 2011 | Paris, France
Victoire opens for My Brightest Diamond
Cafe de la Danse
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November 28, 2011 | Leuven, Belgium
Victoire opens for My Brightest Diamond
Stuk
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November 26, 2011 | Berlin, Germany
Victoire plays C3 Festival
Radialsystem
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November 25, 2011 | Essen, Germany
Victoire plays C3 Festival
Zollverein
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November 24, 2011 | Amsterdam, Netherlands
OT301
Victoire plays with Real Book (Oscar Jan Hooglund and Michael Moore)
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October 17, 2011 | Brooklyn, NY | 8:00 pm
Victoire at Imagine Science Film Festival
Bell House - FREE!
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July 7th, 2011| Brooklyn, NY | 8:00 pm
Love Like Deloreans + FORMA + Noveller + Phone Tag
Coco66 66 Greenpoint Ave, Brooklyn
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June 15, 2011 | Brooklyn, NY | 8:30 pm
Lorna Dune solo show w/ La Big Vic & Alias Pail!
Public Assembly, 70 N. 6th Street, Brooklyn
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May 22, 2011 | New York, NY | 8:00 pm
part of the Look and Listen Festival
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May 19, 2011 | Brooklyn, NY | 7:00 pm
Art opening: Katie Muffett with special musical guest, Lorna Dune
Cafe Orwell, 247 Varet Street, Brooklyn
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May 14, 2011 | Washington, D.C. | 8:00 pm
with NOW Ensemble
Library of Congress, Jefferson Building, Ground Floor, Independence Ave. and 1st Street, SE, Washington, D.C.
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April 17, 2011 | St. Paul, MN | 7:00 pm
with JACK Quartet
Part of the String Theory Festival
History Theater, 30 10th Street East, St. Paul, MN
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March 25th, 2011 | Brooklyn, NY | 7:30 PM
Lorna "Dune" Krier solo show with special guests Dream Massage (Stephen Griesgraber, Derek Muro, Peter Pearson) and bassist Eleonore Oppenheim. Also on the bill is singer Mellissa Hughes
First Presbyterian Church | 124 Henry Street
Music At First Series
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February 20th, 2011 | Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS
Cross Linx Festival
Victoire tour with The National, Buke and Gass, Efterklang, Owen Pallett, Sharon Van Etten, and more!
De Doelen
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February 19th, 2011 | Groningen, NETHERLANDS
Cross Linx Festival
Victoire tour with The National, Buke and Gass, Efterklang, Owen Pallett, Sharon Van Etten, and more!
De Oosterpoort
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February 18th, 2011 | Eindhoven, NETHERLANDS
Cross Linx Festival
Victoire tour with The National, Buke and Gass, Efterklang, Owen Pallett, Sharon Van Etten, and more!
Muziekgebouw
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February 17th, 2011 | Utrecht, NETHERLANDS
Cross Linx Festival
Victoire tour with The National, Buke and Gass, Efterklang, Owen Pallett, Sharon Van Etten, and more!
Vredenburg
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January 17th, 2011 | New York, NY | 8:00 PM
Victoire with Buke and Gass
Ecstatic Music Festival
Merkin Hall at Kaufman Center
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January 7th, 2011 | Brooklyn, NY | 9:00 PM
Lorna Dune solo show
Love Like Deloreans Special
Goodbye Blue Monday
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November 4, 2010 | Brooklyn, NY | 7:00 pm FREE
Smack Mellon Gallery, 92 Plymouth St, Brooklyn (DUMBO), NY
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October 2, 2010 | New York, NY | 7:30 pm
RECORD RELEASE PARTY!
with lots of special guests
$14
Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St, New York, NYOur debut CD, CATHEDRAL CITY, will be on sale for only $5 at this show!
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October 9, 2010 | Hartford, CT | 8:00 pm
Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St, Hartford, CT:::
October 13, 2010 | Baltimore, MD | 8:00 pm
Mobtown Modern Presents
Victoire and Nadia Sirota
The Windup Space, 12 W. North Ave, Baltimore, MD:::
October 15, 2010 | Providence, RI | 9:00 pm
with Blevin BlectumAS220, 115 Empire Street, Providence, RI
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October 21, 2010 | Toronto, Canada | 8:00 pm
X-Avant Festival
with Nicky Lizée’s SaskPower and Joshua Abrams’ Natural Information SocietyThe Music Gallery, 197 John Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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September 11, 2010, 8:00 pm
HERE THERE BE DRAGONS
with NOW Ensemble and William Brittelle’s Television Landscape
Montclair State University
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August 7, 2010 | Pittsburgh, PA
with Matt Marks
8:00 pm
Garfield Artworks, 4931 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh PA
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August 8, 2010 | Columbus, OH
with The Little Death, Brian Harnetty, and The Wet Darlings
8:00 pm
BoMA, 583 E. Broad St, Columbus, OH
$10 adv./$12 at the door:::
August 9, 2010 | Chicago, IL
6:30 pmMillennium Park, 205 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL
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August 10, 2010 | Bloomington, IN
with Pantree Owl
9:00 pmThe Bishop, 123 S. Walnut St, Bloomington, IN
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August 11, 2010 | Detroit, MI
with The Little Death, Lord Scrummage, and No Pussy for Old Men
9:00 pmThe Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit (CAID), 5141 Rosa Parks Blvd, Detroit, MI
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May 22, 2010 | Brooklyn, NY
Love Like Deloreans
NY Eye & Ear Festival
Knitting Factory:::
May 6, 2010 | Brooklyn, NY
Love Like Deloreans with Silver Apples and Burning Star Core
Visitation Rites at Coco 66
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Sets
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Albums
Bandcamp Dazzleships Records
LORNA DUNE is the solo synthesizer project of Brooklyn-based experimental musician, Lorna Krier. Sidereal, her debut EP, was released on cassette and digital download in March 2012 through Dazzleships Records.
Lorna Dune has been described as a combination of minimalist synthpop and psychedelic dreamwave; a cosmic odyssey of analog synthesizers creating nebulas of ambient drones, poly-rhythmic clouds, soaring saccharine melodies, all supported by a perpetual motorik drive.
New Amsterdam Records Amazon iTunes eMusic
VICTOIRE is a new chamber-rock ensemble founded by composer/keyboardist Missy Mazzoli, featuring Olivia De Prato (violin), Eileen Mack (clarinet), Lorna Krier (keyboards) and Eleonore Oppenheim (double bass). This group, a stirring blend of winds, strings, keyboards and lo-fi electronics, performs Mazzoli’s distinct blend of dreamy post rock, quirky minimalism and rich romanticism, and was recently dubbed “an all-star, all-female quintet“ by Time Out New York.
Their debut album Cathedral City, released in 2010 on New Amsterdam Records, received high praise from classical and indie rock press alike. It was names one of 2010′s best classical albums by the New York Times, Time Out New York, the New Yorker and NPR. Pitchfork gave Cathedral City a 7.8, claiming that “Victoire condense moments of focused beauty and quiet conviction from the pandemic distractions of modern life.“ Since forming in 2008 they have shared the stage with Tortoise, Buke and Gass, Twi the Humble Feather, Redhooker and many others, performing at many top venues including New York’s Le Poisson Rouge, Chicago’s Millennium Park, Joe’s Pub, Roulette, the Whitney Museum, Galapagos, The Stone, and the Bang on a Can Marathon.
For more information, visit www.victoiremusic.com
Buy 12" Red Vinyl HERE Amazon iTunes eMusicLOVE LIKE DELOREANS' self-titled debut album bridges contrasting styles: Reich-like conceptualism meets heart-on-sleeve melodies while switched-on baroque pop crosses with Dinger-esque motorik drive. Unlike the heavily studio-created techno-pop of recent times, all of the keyboards on the record were performed by hand, bringing a human warmth to an often cold and calculated medium. Listeners gaze out the back window on a road trip through spacious electronic landscapes daydreaming of childhood casios under whispy analog synth clouds.
The group formed in fall of 2007 by Lorna Krier and Peter Pearson, who had moved to Brooklyn from Milwaukee to become involved in the New York experimental scene. There they met Derek Muro, a graduate from Manhattan School of Music and the magic began.
eMusic only eMusic Selects Interview
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Press
- Village Voice | Victoire | Ecstatic Music Festival (Jan 2011)
Pitchfork | Victoire "Cathedral City" Album Review (December 2010)
The New Yorker | Victoire | 2010 Most Memorable Moments in Music by Alex Ross (December 2010)
Time Out New York | Victoire | The Best (and Worst) of 2010 (December 2010)
New York Times | Victoire | 2010 Holiday Gift Guide (November 2010)
Village Voice | Victoire | "A Song for Mick Kelly" Interview (November 2010)
Baltimore Sun | Victoire | Mobtown Modern Series (October 2010)
PopMatters | Victoire | Cathedral City video (October 2010)
Venus Zine | Victoire | Album Review (October 2010)
New York Examiner | Victoire (October 2010)
NPR First Listen | Victoire | Cathedral City (September 2010)
The Silent Ballet | Victoire | Band of the Week (September 2010)
WNYC New Sounds | Victoire | Indie Chamber Music- Live Performance (August 2010)
Time Out Chicago | Victoire | Millenium Park (August 2010)
Indie Handbook | Victoire | Cathedral City (August 2010)
Paste Magazine | Victoire | Free MP3 (August 2010)
Open Ceremony | Love Like Deloreans- Silver Apples (May 2010)
Arthur Radio | Love Like Deloreans interview (March 2010)
Tiny Mix Tapes | Love Like Deloreans album review
The Daily Contributor | Love Like Deloreans interview (October 2009)
Village Voice | Love Like Deloreans (July 2009)
Brooklyn Vegan | Love Like Deloreans | Rooftop Films Festival with Bachelorette, Class Actress (July 2009)
Impose Magazine | Love Like Deloreans (July 2009)
Time Out New York | Victoire (Jan 2009)
Hooves on the Turf | Love Like Deloreans (September 2008)
Sing Like Buildings | Alias Pail & Love Like Deloreans interview (April 2008)
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CONTACT
- For booking or teaching inquiries for please contact Lorna Krier [info@lornakrier.com]
VICTOIRE: For publicity and booking inquires please contact Missy Mazzoli [missy@missymazzoli.com]
