Keith Fullerton Whitman

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Name = Keith Fullerton Whitman


Img_capt = Keith Fullerton Whitman in 2006
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Alias = Hrvatski, ASCIII, Anonymous
Born = Birth date and age|1973|5|29|mf=y
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Origin = Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S.
Instrument = computer, analog modular synthesizers, guitars
Genre = Electronic Ambient Experimental
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Years_active = 1994 - present
Label = Kranky Planet Mu
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URL = [http://www.keithfullertonwhitman.com/ Official Site]
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Keith Fullerton Whitman (born May 29, 1973) is an American electronic musician who has recorded albums influenced by many genres, including ambient music, drill and bass, and krautrock. He records and performs using many aliases, of which the most familiar is Hrvatski (the Croatian word for "Croatian"). His works under the Hrvatski moniker hewed closest to the drill and bass facet of IDM and were his primary musical outlet in the mid-to-late 1990s. Other solo aliases include "ASCIII" and "Anonymous". Keith has been in many bands in the 1990s, including "El-Ron", "The Liver Sadness", "Sheket/Trabant", "The Finger Lakes" and "Gai/Jin".

Keith Fullerton Whitman started recording using his own name in 2001, and most of his work recorded today is under that name.

Electronic music career

Whitman studied computer music at Berklee College of Music, where he was exposed to modern electronic music composition and synthesis. His moniker "ASCIII" has released music distributed with an academic journal. [cite journal |first=Kim |last=Cascone |authorlink=Kim Cascone |title=CD Program Notes |journal=Computer Music Journal |volume=24 |issue=4 |pages=91–94 |year=2000 |doi=10.1162/comj.2000.24.4.91] His studio and live setup usually consists of a PowerBook running Max/MSP or Logic Pro, and other analogue instruments, such as guitars, ouds and synthesizers.

Whitman has released albums on labels such as Planet Mu, Kranky, Carpark Records as well on his own Entschuldigen and (now defunct) Reckankreuzungsklankewerkzeuge labels.

Whitman currently runs Mimaroglu Music Sales which offers distribution of an extensive collection of avant-garde music.

Discography

:"This list is incomplete; however, a complete and comprehensive discography can be viewed [http://www.keithfullertonwhitman.com/discography/ here] ."

As Hrvatski

* "Okapi Tracks" (mp3.com, 1999)
* "Oiseaux 96-98" (Reckankreuzungsklankewerkzeuge, 1999)
* "Swarm and Dither" (Planet Mu, 2002)
* "Untitled 7" (Planet Mu, 2002)
* "Irrevocably Overdriven Break Freakout Megamix" (Entschuldigen, 2005)

As Keith Fullerton Whitman

*"21:30 for Acoustic Guitar..." CD (Apartment B, 2001)
*"Playthroughs" CD (Kranky, 2002)
*"Dartmouth Street Underpass" CD (Locust Music, 2003)
*"Antithesis" LP (Kranky, 2004)
*"Schöner Flußengel" LP (Kranky, 2004)
*"Multiples" CD (Kranky, 2005)
*"Twenty Two Minutes for Electric Guitar" CD (Entschuldigen, 2005)
*"Yearlong" CD (with Greg Davis) (Carpark, 2005)
*"Lisbon" CD (Live Oct. 4 2005 in Lisbon) (Kranky 2006)

Compilation appearances

*"20041203.Wfmu" on "Brainwaves" (2006)

References

External links

* [http://www.keithfullertonwhitman.com/ Keith Fullerton Whitman's home page]
* [http://www.reckankomplex.com/ Reckankomplex]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bzl5e8qz9btb4 All Music Guide entry for Hrvatski]
* [http://www.bravenewwaves.ca/real/hrvatski.ram Interview] on Brave New Waves from February 25, 2001