Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt
| Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt | |
| Genre: | Experimental, Noise |
| Theme: | Raw, Roots, Powerful, Mysterious, Gritty, Obscure, Industrial, Epic, Tranquilizing |
| Years: | 1983 — now |
| Country: | Germany |
| City: | Berlin |
| Labels: | ADX Records, Amduscias Records, Amnion Records, Audio Sodomy Records, Audiotalaia, Avachorda Records, Black Circle Records, Bleak Netlabel, Bruits Netlabel, Clinical Archives, Completely Gone Recordings, COREBACKRECORDS, Deepwhitesound, DIENSTbar, Editora do Porto, Effluvia Recordings, Ethno Indigo Records, FF HHH, Flugelrad Records, Format Noise Records, Friends Of Sagittarius Records, Flugelrad Records, Gestroco Club, HAZE Netlabel, Hortus Conclusus Records, Itsu jitsu Records, Just Not Normal Records, Kift Flipper Records, Kitty On Fire Records, Knochensache Records, Kopp Netlabel, Krautnoise Records, Kulturterrorismus, Laptop Hooligans, Love Torture Records, Mandai Distribution, Massimo Croce, Menthe De Chat, Murmure Intemporel, Old Turtles Tapes, Pigeon Pop Records, Placenta Recordings, Planetarium Records, Rainbowdiving Butterflies Records, Sarutra's Music, SfintRecords, Shit Noise Records, Silent Novels Rec, Sirona Records, Slušaj Najglasnije!, Sodoma Records, Sounds Abound, Staalplaat, Stront Rec, suRRism-Phonoethics Records, Takkeherrie Recordings, Tethered Record, To Hip To Hop Tapes, Ton Doigt Dans Mon Cul Netlabel, Vaatican Records, VJGrecords, Weird And Wired, Zamzamrec |
| Gears: | Accidental Guitar, Electronics, Voice |
| Members: | Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt |
| Side Projects: | Drone Messiah, Hildeguard, Hortus Conclusus Live, Light Speed Vortex, MC Plane Of Existence, MoreBlackThenGod, PNYX, Sean D.C. Marquardt, Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt & The S&M Accidental Orchestra Berlin, The Return Of The Think Thing, Tradishion |
| Contact: | [1] SDCM Facebook |
| Site: | [2] SDCM Bandcamp |
Contents
Biography
Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt is a Berlin-based American performance artist, musician, free improviser, composer of experimental music and independent film producer. He is also the musical theater writer/composer of the experimental movie “Drone Drama (Music For The Dead)”, now currently being filmed by California-based visual artist Cecelia Chapman. He is also the artistic director and curator of the music labels: Hortus Conclusus Records, Friends of Sagittarius Records, Friends of Sagittarius Festival and Magic Mitte Cinema.
His compositions are performed and recorded live using the "Accidental Guitar Method", which was invented by the artist. His sounds and overall aesthetics are raw, roots, powerful, mysterious, gritty, obscure, industrial, epic and tranquilizing. He has published over 500 albums, collaborations and compilation releases. Performs and releases under the names: Drone Messiah, Hildeguard, Hortus Conclusus Live, Light Speed Vortex, MC Plane Of Existence, MoreBlackThenGod, PNYX, Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt & The S&M Accidental Orchestra, The Return Of The Think Thing and Tradishion.
Discography
- Reisegefaehrten ~ Digital release (2008) - as Sean D.C. Marquardt
- Löwe von Kashmir ~ Digital release (2009)
- Gesang der Geister ~ Digital release (2010)
- Live Recordings - Berlin ~ Digital release (2010)
- Where Blue Begins ~ Digital release (2010)
- Into The Shadow ~ Digital release (2011)
- Born Under Saturn / She Lives On Light ~ Digital release (2011)
- A Thousand Points Of Light ~ Digital release (2011)
- Musik für die Toten ~ Digital release (2014)
- Year Of The Horse ~ Digital release (2014)
- I Live In My Own little World. But, It's Ok. They Know Me Here ~ Digital release (2014)
- Your War On Infidels Is Killing Me ~ Digital release (2015)
- MoreBlackThenGod ~ Cassette (2015)
- The Ghetto Genius ~ Digital release (2016)
- Air Almaniya ~ Digital release / CD (2016) - as Drone Messiah
- Black Unicorn ~ Digital release (2018)
Contributions
Collaborations
- Jochen Arbeit & Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt Guitar Solos ~ Digital release (2010) - provided "A Bit Of Fragrance Clings To The Hand That Gives Flowers"
- Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt & Consistency Nature By Any Means Necessary ~ Digital release (2011) - provided "A Practical Guide To Building Your Own Human Microphone"
- Noise Research / Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt Air And Water ~ Digital release (2011) - provided "Polyphonic Pygmie Lullaby"
- iky iky & Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt Cold Cell ~ Digital release (2012)
- Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt + Isabelle Kuenstler Split N°11 ~ Digital release (2012) - provided "In Memoriam: Wangari Maathai (The Daily Planet)"
- Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt + Daniel Kaufman Split ~ Digital release (2015) - provided "Not Broken Just Bent"
- .5mnk & Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt Breathing in the Sky ~ Digital release (2016) - provided 4 tracks
- TT Geigenschrey & Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt Music For Borderliners And Emotional Cripples ~ Digital release (2017) - provided "Place A Beehive On My Grave & Let The Honey Sink Through"
- Light Speed Vortex Space Hospital Engine Room ~ Digital release (2017)
- Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt & The S&M Accidental Orchestra Cologne 3.0 Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed ~ Digital release (2018)
- Globoscuro Morphism Of A Dream Anthology ~ Digital release (2019) – provided 5 collaborations
- MoreBlackThenGod & Mors Mea Duh Znatiželje, Daleko Od Iznenada, Budući Da Ne Znam Kada Sam Bila Bez Njega ~ Digital release / CD (2019)
- Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt & The S&M Accidental Orchestra Berlin 2.0 Requiem For The Rainforest ~ Digital release / CD (2019)
- Building Castles Out Of Matchsticks / Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt Why Should I Give You The Cure, When I Can Always Give You The Treatment ~ Digital release (2019) - provided 4 tracks
- Hiroshi Hasegawa & Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt 隔離された現実 ~ Digital release (2019) - provided 4 tracks
Compilation Appearences
- 4:00 ~ Digital release (2004) – provided "Return Of The Jester King To Higher Ground"
- Koumyou - Dark Artists for Japan Earthquake Relief ~ Digital release (2010) – provided "Sleeping Giants"
- Ancient Language Compilation 3 ~ Digital release (2012) – provided "Black Star Linear (Original)"
- Intent: Experimental Music In Solidarity With Baltimore Protesters ~ Digital release (2015) – provided "Incident"
- Towards The Margins #24 ~ Digital release (2015) – provided "All Things That Is Human Is Alien To Me – All I Can Taste Is This Moment"
- Towards The Margins #29 ~ Digital release (2015) – provided "Offerings Of The Oracle"
- Towards The Margins #34 ~ Digital release (2015) – provided "If You Were Born Without Wings, Do Nothing To Prevent Them From Growing"
- Glorious Mono 44 ~ Digital release (2015) – provided "Glorious Mono Live Session"
- CGR Presents: Volume V ~ Digital release (2017) – provided "The Trees Of Brooklyn"
- Eisenlager - Himmelholzsteg 6 ~ Digital release (2018) – provided "Himmelholzsteg 35"
- CGR Presents: Volume VI ~ Digital release (2018) – provided "Prayer For The People of The Sea (Kosmik Leprechaun Remix - ft. Jaime Munarriz)"
- CGR Presents: Volume VII ~ Digital release (2019) – provided "Magic Mitte (Kosmik Leprechaun Mix)"
- TAKKEHERRIE 100 ~ Digital release (2019) – provided "Team CeCe Coop"
External Links
- SDCM BBC
- SDCM N1M
- SDCM Vimeo
- SDCM Spotify
- SDCM Pintrest
- SDCM Discogs
- SDCM Red Fez
- SDCM Beatport
- SDCM Blogspot
- SDCM YouTube
- SDCM Facebook
- SDCM Instagram
- SDCM Bandcamp
- SDCM Reverb Nation
- Berlin Dolls Fandalism
- SDCM Internet Archive
- Berlin Dolls Reverb Nation
- Hortus Conclusus Records
- Biography (Stadtsprachen Magazine)
- SDCM album reviews (YEAH, I KNOW IT SUCKS)
- "The Accidental Guitar Music Of Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt" article (Dangerous Minds)