Tanner Menard was born on September 20th, 1978 – the same month that Brian Eno published his essay titled “Ambient Music”. At the age of 11, Menard composed his first works for piano and has since explored minimal sound worlds in myriad contexts that are bound by a central poetic understanding of sound. In recent years his works have explored the relationship between sound and meditation and have been largely focused around his work with physical modeling of long pianos with novel tunings created by Nicholas Gish. His early exposure to ambient electronica came in 2002 when he worked as an assistant to Naut Humon at Recombinant Media Labs. In 2005 Menard served as an artist in residence at Arizona State University where he collaborated with Jeph Jerman, and Gary Hill for his installation, “Envyronie”.
Menard is rapidly becoming known for his remix of Robert Rich’s Sleep Concert concept with Chika Iijima and Jeremy Bible and has lulled audiences around the US to sleep with sleep sounds from over 100 artists from all over the globe. Contributing artists include Mathieu Rhulmann, Ian Hawgood, Adam Pacione, Nicholas Szczepanik, Johnny Utterback, Richard Lainhart, James Andrew, Jimmy Behan, i8u, Ben Owen, Stephen Spera, Manrico Montero Calzadiaz, Fabio Anile, Elian and many others. Performances include showings at Fusebox Festival in Austin, Texas, Ingenuity Festival in Cleveland, Ohio, Antenna Gallery in New Orleans, Louisiana and Liberty Advance Spiritual Center in Boulevard, California.
Menard’s music is released on Install Records, Archaic Horizon, HLM, Slow Flow Rec and Kafua. Future releases in 2010 will be on Tokyo Droning, Full Spectrum, Schedios, Ahora Eterno, Duckbay, Mandorla and Experimedia. His music for orchestra is published on Loose Filter Music. He has shared concerts with masters such as John Corigliano, Michael Dougherty, William Bolcom, Jasper TX, Jeremy Bible, Will Thomas Long, Mark Bingham and Daniel Bernard Romain. Menard’s work has also appeared on the radio, on tv, in plays, at art galleries, festivals, spiritual centers and in major concert halls across the world.
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catalog of works
2009
Sommeil – Experimedia
2008
the oceans of your aura-slow flow rec-to be released
dark pianos-tokyo droning-to be released
metamers (with brian granger)-3 inch milliu imprint
2007
canopy of sky on black canvas-cd-install records
the now of sound (with jeph jerman)-net release-archaic horizon records
passage to field-net release-lunar flower net label
three desert resonance meditations-node records-to be released
special forces theme (incidental music)-unreleased
2006
i called noise grace and she smiled-net release-friendly virus records
virus music (incidental music)-unreleased
envyronie (small orchestra version)-unpublished
2005
envyronie (installation version)-unreleased
cosmi(c)ity music (installation version)-unreleased
5 sonoran resonances (with jeph jerman)-unreleased
audiophonie III (installation version)-unreleased
barely.visible (installation version)-unreleased
audiophonie II (live supercollider recording)-unreleased
the light of your heart is white-unreleased
birds (installation version)-unreleased
2004
refeldmanix-unreleased
audiophonie I-unreleased
cosmi(c)ity music (band version)-unpublished
2002
sri natha vakrat-unreleased
bumping prana-unpublished
levi’s loops (live kyma performance)-unpublished
prana’s mentals (live kyma performance)-unpublished
2001
time’s gravity (percussion quintet)-unpublished
pasquale’s shenanigans (string quartet)-unpublished
2000
joe’s last mix-loose filter music/kafua records
1999
tom chopped down the cherrie tree-unpublished
1998
desire one night returns-unpublished
1997
drawn to light-unpublished
in the canyon-unpublished
installations
2009
Sommeil: A Concert for Sleep-remix of robert rich’s sleep concert experiment. recreated his initial settings with the addition of video by CHiKA. 4 channel surround sound, ableton live, sonic contributions from people all over the world. combined free culture ideas with creative online marketing and strong live execution.
2005
envyronie-large orchestra, 8-channel spatialization net, desert recordings and real time signal processing (arizona state university)
cosmi(c)itymusic-large wind orchestra, 8-channel spatialization net, city recordings and real time signal processing (arizona state university)
birds-acadiana center for the arts
audiophonie III-grand contemporary art gallery
barely.visible-grand contemporary art gallery
orchestral/classical commissions
2005
envyronie-large orchestra, 8-channel spatialization net, desert recordings and real time signal processing (arizona state university)
cosmi(c)itymusic-large wind orchestra, 8-channel spatialization net, city recordings and real time signal processing (arizona state university)
2004
cosmi(c)itymusic-large wind orchestra and electronics (james logan high school band)
2002
bumping prana-large wind orchestra and electronics (university of california stanislaus)
2001
times gravity (chris horgan)
2000
joe’s last mix (asbury wind ensemble)
1998
desire one night returns (university of louisiana lafayette dance ensemble)
1997
drawn to light (university of louisiana lafayette dance ensemble)
music for TV
2006
three wide life theme music (pruett group)
music for theater
2007
special forces-theater rhinoceros (san francisco)
2006
dancing with the virus-citae des arts
artistic residencies and internships
2005
arizona state university-artist in residence (created installation, field recording, project manager)
2003
asphodel records/recombinant media labs-internship (sound designer, kyma programmer)
2002
california state university stanislaus-artist in residence (composed work for band and electronics, delivered master class, university lecture series lecturer)
festivals
2008
voodoo music experience (with one man machine)
2006
cmj (with peachcake)
south by southwest (with peachcake)
2005
international festival of winds in association with the british association of symphonic bands and wind ensembles at the royal northern college of music
2003
mid-west band and orchestra clinic
2002
cbnda regional performance
pop music
peachcake (created video for live show, live sound assistant, live electronics)
education
louisiana state university 2004-bachelors in music composition
