Kraus (musician)

Kraus
Also known as Pat Kraus
Born New Zealand
Genres Pop, experimental, instrumental
Occupation(s) Musician, composer
Instruments Organ, guitar, drums, synth
Years active 1998–present
Associated acts The Futurians, The Aesthetics, Pouffe, The Maltese Falcons, Olympus
Website www.kraus.co.nz

Kraus (also known as Pat Kraus, formerly known as Prince Kraus[1]) is a New Zealand experimental musician and composer. The New Zealand Listener called him "a national treasure" and "one of the most quietly important and interesting people making music in New Zealand".[2] His music crosses the boundaries of electronic music, post-rock,[3] no wave,[4] space folk,[5] noise pop, punk rock and martian stomp.[6]

Work

Kraus has stated that he makes music for freaks, outsiders, losers and weirdos.[7] Most of his music is released under a Creative Commons license[8] with a non-commercial clause,[9] consistent with his communist ideology.[10]

He is influenced by medieval music, renaissance music, traditional Japanese music, psychedelic music and electronic music.[11]

Kraus's work has been compared to Raymond Scott, Norman Mclaren,[12] Moondog, Doctor Who,[13] Sun Ra,[14] Amps for Christ, Joe Meek, the Shaggs,[15] John Frusciante,[16] Pumice,[17] Bruce Haack, Tangerine Dream, Flower Travellin' Band, Can, Kraftwerk, Goblin, Throbbing Gristle, Brian Eno, The Residents,[18] Randy Holden,[19] Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix,[20] Jean Michel Jarre,[2] Peaking Lights,[21] Emily Dickinson,[22] Tod Dockstader, Marvin the Martian,[23] Maureen Tucker, Men's Recovery Project,[24] Captain Beefheart and Royal Trux.[25]

Kraus started performing live in late 2013 with a revolving cast of supporting musicians, including Stefan Neville (of Pumice and the Five Satans), Angeline Chirnside (of Currer Bells and It Hurts), Claire Mahoney, Nell Thomas, Dan Beban, artist Bek Coogan, Reuben Derrick, Sean Norling, Alex Brown, Gary War, Marijn Verbiesen, composer and pianist Hermione Johnson, and the writer Maryann Savage.[26][27][28][29]

In 2014 Kraus was awarded the Audio Foundation Winter Residency.[30]

The name Kraus was partly inspired by Dagmar Krause and Inga Swenson's character on Benson.[31]

Other activities

Kraus was a founding member of the Futurians and has played in the Aesthetics and the Murdering Monsters. He currently records and performs in Pouffe (with Matt Plunkett of The Trendees[32]), the Maltese Falcons (with Ducklingmonster Futurian of It Hurts, Stefan Neville of Pumice, and Sean O'Reilly of SF), Olympus (with Stefan Neville), Magic Mountain, The Gaze, and various ad-hoc improvised ensembles.[10]

He hosts a fortnightly radio show,[33] and builds his own synthesisers and guitar pedals [34][35] which are used by many New Zealand bands including It Hurts.[36] He has been instrumental in setting up and curating the Musical Electronics Library and has been running synth-building workshops around New Zealand.[37][38][39]

Recordings

Solo albums

Solo singles

Compilation appearances

Recordings with other bands

References

  1. ↑ "Kraus (Musician)". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Library of Congress. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 Dass, Kiran (28 January 2012). "A Journey Through the First Dimension with Kraus by Kraus review". New Zealand Listener (3742). Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Bird, Travis. "Kraus, "A Journey Through The First Dimension With Kraus" 7"". Foxy Digitalis. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Bywater, Jon (25 December 2004). "Made for These Times:The best music of 2004.". New Zealand Listener (3372). Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  5. ↑ Dass, Kiran. "Kraus". Music 101. Radio New Zealand National. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  6. ↑ Mosurock, Doug (2 February 2012). "Still Single". Dusted 8 (1). Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  7. ↑ Russell, Bruce (editor) (2012). Erewhon Calling: Experimental Sound in New Zealand. Auckland, New Zealand: Audio Foundation. pp. 104–105. ISBN 978-0-473-21766-2.
  8. ↑ Perron, David. "Kraus". Foxy Digitalis. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  9. ↑ "Creative Commons - An Artist's Perspective". Crop (2): 9. June–July 2011.
  10. 1 2 "About Kraus". Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  11. ↑ "Kraus". Free Music Archive. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  12. ↑ Moniker Records. "Kraus - Supreme Commander". Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  13. ↑ "Our Catalogue". Epic Sweep Records. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  14. ↑ Meyer, Bill (Spring 2013). "Supreme Commander". Signal to Noise (65). Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  15. ↑ "[ K ] titles at Aquarius Records". Aquarius Records. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  16. ↑ Gumshoe. "Supreme Commander". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  17. ↑ K, Rich. "WINTER RECORD REVIEWS 2012". Terminal Boredom. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  18. ↑ Markley, Jonathan. "kraus - sumpreme commander". Tiny Grooves. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  19. ↑ "Reviews – December 2012". Yellow Green Red. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  20. ↑ Spicer, J. "Supreme Commander". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  21. ↑ Mosurock, Doug (31 March 2011). "Still Single". Dusted Magazine 7 (3). Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  22. ↑ Dianthus. "Pouffe – "Malll"". KFJC. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  23. ↑ Berge, Bryan. "Tape Hiss #30". Foxy Digitalis. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  24. ↑ Blackshaw, James. "Kraus "I Could Destroy You With a Single Thought"". Foxy Digitalis. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  25. ↑ "KRAUS IN THE PRESSES. ie reviews". Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  26. ↑ Cudby, Chris. "Kraus". Under the Radar. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  27. ↑ "Kraus: Workers in Kontrol". Free Music Archive. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  28. ↑ "KRAUS (NZ) + FLORIS VANHOOF (BE) + CITY HANDS". OCCII. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  29. ↑ "kraus". Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  30. ↑ "Artist In Residence Winter 2014 – Kraus". Audio Foundation. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  31. ↑ "Kraus". The Avant-Guardian (NETWERK centre for contemporary art) (V): 3. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  32. ↑ http://noisey.vice.com/ja/blog/meet
  33. ↑ "AFM - Audio Foundation Radio 88.3FM". Audio Foundation. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  34. ↑ Smith, Emma (11 October 2014). "Smashingly Good Time". New Zealand Listener 245 (3883): 44–45.
  35. ↑ Cudby, Chris (September 2009). "KRAUS GOLDEN TREASURY". Real Groove Magazine (184).
  36. ↑ Chirnside, Angeline. "Everything happened (part II): It Hurts". Clean Teeth Recordings Etcetera. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  37. ↑ Silver, Harry. "May Creative Technologists Meetup". Colab. Auckland University of Technology. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  38. ↑ Thomas, Melody. "Kraus Synth Workshop". Radio New Zealand National. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  39. ↑ "Musical Electronics Library". Sonorous Circle. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  40. ↑ "Kraus Albums". Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  41. ↑ Bruyninckx, Joeri. "Kraus, The Man from Uranus". Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  42. ↑ "14/10/12". stabbies etc. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  43. ↑ "Kraus - A Journey Through The First Dimension With Kraus". Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  44. ↑ "New Release". Eager Product. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  45. ↑ "Blastov!". Retrieved 29 June 2013.

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