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LESTER ST. LOUIS
BIO
Lester St. Louis (b.1993) is a New York born and based Composer, Improviser, Cellist, Sound Designer, producer and Curator. His work traverses through performance, installation, curation, artistic research and recording. His works are rooted in dynamic environments of improvisation both sonically and socially, ecstatic sound worlds, interaction and flow.
He has performed internationally throughout The U.S, The E.U, Canada, China and South America. Lester has performed, recorded and produced with artists such as Chris Williams [under the moniker HxH], edi kwon, jaimie branch, Rob Mazurek, Don Byron, Pheeroan Aklaff, Shahzad Ismaily, Moor Mother, Lukas Koenig, Ben Lamar Gay, Lea Bertucci, Miho Hatori, Dre A. Hočevar, Ash Fure, Charmaine Lee, Yo La Tengo, Yaeji, Isabel Crespo Pardo, Irreversible Entanglements, TAK Ensemble, The International Contemporary Ensemble, Found Sound Nation, Wet Ink Ensemble, Alarm Will Sound and many more. As a composer, Lester has been commissioned by artists such as The JACK Quartet, RAGE THORMBONES, Jennifer Koh, String Noise and Ghost Ensemble and most recently International Contemporary Ensemble among others. Lester has collaborated with visual artists such as Terrence Nance, Torkwase Dyson, Fields Harrington, Ephraim Asili, Random International, Atelier Impopulaire, William Pope. L, Lilleth Glimcher, Emeka Okereke and Superblue.
DISCOGRAPHY
2024
Hypersurface Music - Vienna (Small Forms)
Amitha Kidambi’s Elder Ones - New Monuments (WeJazz)
sinonó- la espalda y su punto radiante (Subtext)
Lester St. Louis - Vision Zero, Infrequent Seams (Release TBA)
2023
Yaeji - With a Hammer (XL Recordings)
Yaeji - Over the Horizon for samsung mobile
Ivo Perelman, Aruan Ortiz, Lester St. Louis - Prophecy (Mahakala Records)
Fly or Die - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((World War)) (International Anthem)
Nate Wooley - Four Experiments (Pleasure of the Text)
Lea Bertucci - Of Shadow and Substance (Cibachrome Recordings)
Aruán Ortiz - Pastors Paradox (Clean Feed)
Irreversible Entanglements – Protect Your Light (Impulse!)
2022
Hypersurface - HYPERSURFACE
2021
Lester St. Louis, Nikima Jagudajev, Jordan Balaber - Basically (Bergen Kunsthall Records)
jaimie branch - Fly or Die - Fly or Die live (International Anthem)
Chaikin Records Compilation - Solos Vol.2: Cello (Chaikin Records)
2020
Pentadox - Fragments of Expansion (KAAP / W.E.R.F. Records)
2019
jaimie branch - Fly or Die - Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise (International Anthem)
2018
Anthony Braxton’s Tri-Centric Orchestra - Tri-Centric Orchestra performs Joseph Daley (Self Released)
2017
Stephanos Chytiris - Egata
2016
Dré Hočevar - Collective Effervescence (Clean Feed)
Dré Hočevar - Transcendental Within the Sphere of Indivisible Remainder (Clean Feed)
2015
Dré Hočevar Trio - Coding of Evidentiality (Clean Feed)
Bram De Looze - Septych (Clean Feed)