Jaan Patterson is a German composer and poet, and runs the Surrism-Phonoethics netlabel he founded in 2007.
He is known for his various Dada- and Surrealist-inspired experimental-music and spoken-word projects, including Undress Béton, André Pissoir, Crawl Max, Dusk Euphoria, and Reve Steich. Additionally, together with Goran Ivkovic, he works as SurrismSurrism - The Wire Magazine http://www.thewire.co.uk/audio/btr/below-the-radar-special-edition-alrealon-musique/19 on improvised music projects. Patterson's music has been played on numerous community radio stations and Internet radio stations, including Resonance FM,"Episode 7: Stuckhousing Quantum Gums" Glossolalia. Resonance 104.4 FM, London. 31 May 2010. Radio. WFMU,'Talk's Cheap' Hosted by Jason Sigal http://wfmu.org/playlists/JIDecember 11, 2014: Podcast #214: Ululating by Liz Berg https://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/58495 Zoviet France,:zoviet*france http://zovietfrance.podbean.com/?source=pb&paged=4 NTNS RadioNTNS Radio http://ntnsradio.wordpress.com/ by Mark Stolk and L'étranger, Radio PanikL'étranger, Radio Panik, Brussels, Belgium. ACTUS EN MARS 2015 DANS NOS PLAYLISTS http://www.radiopanik.org/actus/en-mars-2015-dans-nos-playlist and In Memory of John Peel Radio.In Memory of John Peel Show Apr 24th – Podcast & Playlist http://inmemoryofjohnpeel.com/2015/04/24/in-memory-of-john-peel-show-apr-24th-podcast-playlist/
Since 2010, Patterson, has a role as curator for WFMU's Free Music Archive. Later the same year, Patterson, started to curate, together with Anthony Donovan (Murmurists),http://www.myspace.com/esoterian24skidoo Anthony Donovan Myspace page the Classwar KaraokeClasswar Karaoke http://www.classwarkaraoke.com/ netlabel, which releases quarterly compilations of experimental music and short-films by artists from around the world.
Some of his musical collaborations include Anthony Donovan & Classwar Karaoke, AG Davis,< Kommissar Hjuler & Mama Baer, Hopek Quirin, Alessandra Celletti, William Davison (Recordism), Jochen Arbeit (Einstürzende Neubauten) & Vania Rovisco, Jeremy Gluck (The Barracudas), John M. Bennett, Lee Kwo & PostVerbal, Bryan Lewis Saunders, Carmen Racovitza, J. Karl Bogartte, Leif Elggren, Dada AG, Yoshihiro Kikuchi, John Hyatt (The Three Johns), Kosta T,Kosta T '5-Exaltations' http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kosta_T/5-Exaltations/ Bernard Dumaine,Freud's Thumb http://bernardumaine.deviantart.com/art/Freud-s-thumb-568469785 and Fake Cats Project.
Discography
Tarentaliogy Defloration (Surrism-Phonoethics 2008) Interiéur (Surrism-Phonoethics 2008) The 16,370 Character (Surrism-Phonoethics 2008) Postlude Presumption Architecture (Surrism-Phonoethics 2009) Handmade Temper (Surrism-Phonoethics 2009) Sat Du Pond (Surrism-Phonoethics 2010) Stuckhousing Quantum Gums (Surrism-Phonoethics 2010)Hypocnemis Rhythms https://archive.org/details/udRB_0002 Alessandra Celletti / Jaan Patterson - W.C. (Bubutz Records 2011)Georges Bataille and Antonio Contiero: W.C., a surrealistic novel of sex, madness and death edited by Transeuropa Edizioni - Massa (Italy) 9/2011 El Salmon Poseido (Surrism-Phonoethics 2013) Crystallization of the Quantum Availability (Surrism-Phonoethics 2014) Contemporary Teleportation (Surrism-Phonoethics 2014) Headless Poets & The Album That Composed Itself with AG Davis (Surrism-Phonoethics 2014)Headless Poets & The Album that Composed Itself http://freemusicarchive.org/music/AG_Davis__Jaan_Patterson/Headless_Poets__The_Album_That_Composed_Itself/ The Dark Side of Chewing Gums (Classwar Karaoke 2015)The Dark Side of Chewing Gums http://classwarkaraoke.bandcamp.com/album/jaan-patterson-the-dark-side-of-chewing-gums Music for Shadows (Surrism-Phonoethics 2015)
Videography
Surround the Gap (2008) Mary Exceeded Her Handkerchief (2009) Rejected Trust Leaves You Stained (2009) André Pissoir on Discussion (2010) EOS (2010) wwwArt in VIVO (2010)Exhibition in Belgium, with Franck Ancel, Undress Béton, Luc Fierens, Fred Forest, Joël Hubaut, Jacques Lennep, Fred Michiels, Benoit Piret, Little Shiva, Gaël Toutain, Thierry Tillier http://blog.wwwartinvivo.be Galerie "Les Contemporains" rue de la Croix, 18 Kruisstraat Brussels, Belgium Centered Closets (2010) Leif Elggren & Jaan Patterson – 'Centered Envelope (Red) (2011)Collaboration with Leif Elggren https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Sh6BJFptA ''Alessandra Celletti & Jaan Patterson – 'WC (2011)Georges Bataille and Antonio Contiero: W.C., a novel edited by Transeuropa Edizioni – Massa (Italy) 9/2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUG4CuVK9qo Jaan Patterson and Zaro Ostrich Lunch – 'Niño Patata Erster Satz für 77 Stimmen'x'Niño Patata Erster Satz für 77 Stimmen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI7MlqcWjVA Jaan Patterson & Zaro Ostrich Lunch – 'Underwater Clown''' (2014)Underwater Clown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIv_LO_cPzw
Bibliography
Surrism Manifesto (2007)Written by Acedia Nuit and Jaan Patterson https://archive.org/details/lettrrism_0000 Postverbal Manifesto (A collaboration between Lee Kwo & Jaan Patterson (2008)Written by Lee Kwo and Jaan Patterson https://archive.org/details/lettrrism_0002 The Flourish Béton Pamphlet (2009)Unrecordists Pamphlet https://archive.org/details/lettrrism_0004 Chew Facts on Literature (2009)Unrecordist Facts on Literature https://archive.org/details/lettrrism_0005 The Flourish Béton. Introduction "Jaan Patterson" (suRRism 2015)A Caballé Voltage Publication 1. Print Geständnisse. Das Buch der Vorgeschichten "Jaan Patterson" (suRRism 2015)A Caballé Voltage Publication 2. Print Peculiar Mormyrid. A Surrealist Journal "Peculiar Mormyrid 1.0 Spring 2015" Peculiar Mormyrid. A Surrealist Journal http://peculiarmormyrid.com/issue-1-0/ Peculiar Mormyrid. A Surrealist Journal "Peculiar Mormyrid Issue 3 2016" Peculiar Mormyrid. A Surrealist Journal http://peculiarmormyrid.com/issue-3/
See also
List of German composers List of German poets
References
External links Official Website Discogs Surrism Phonoethics Discogs Surrism-Phonoethics Official Site Interview Glossolalia Episode 7: Stuckhousing Quantum Gums