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Eric John Eigner

Eric John Eigner plays Drumset, Table-top Percussion and Bass Clarinet.

Eigner has released three CD’s from his Mysterium Project on Eavesdrop Records, a label he set up as a platform for contemporary work. Eigner works in a number of diverse Soundpainting projects and has performed with the Walter Thompson Orchestra, the New York Soundpainting Orchestra and ZAHA. Eigner is also a member of the international Soundpainting community. He currently is involved in a duo project with composer/guitarist Bruce Holmberg, the John Nickels Band and the Michael Wagner Quartet. Eigner has worked with Butch Morris, Reuben Radding, Kenny Wollesen’s Himalayas, the CAVEnsemble, Shinichi MOMO Koga, Mark Stewart, Sabir Mateen, Steve Swell, Daniel Carter, Nate Wooley, Matt Lavelle, Greg Tate’s Burnt Sugar and poet Steve Dalachinsky. Eigner has played in a number of other bands, from Steve Albini produced Pillow Theory, the eclectic Balkan thrash band The Trophy Wives, to Earthdriver, a band made up of a wide variety of international talent who join forces to create a unified musical and social statement.

In addition to music, Eigner is also a working Painter and Photographer that exhibits in New York.

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Album Review

Mysterium: An Electric Soundpainting Septet

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This reviewer heard drummer Eric John Eigner's Mysterium project around five years ago, about the same time as picking up on guitarist Adam Cai's Pipe (TrueFalse, 2005). Both these trio releases were thrill-rides that aurally assaulted with an instrumental and compositional mix that leaned heavily on their respective leaders. Their playing field was bounded by a stylistic mélange of free, funk and psychedelia. Since that time Eigner has come up with a bigger roller coaster, make that amusement park, and ...

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Taek Five With Eric John Eigner

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Meet Eric John Eigner: Eric John Eigner plays drum set, table-top percussion and bass clarinet.

Eigner has released three CDs from his Mysterium Project on Eavesdrop Records, a label he set up as a platform for contemporary work. Eigner works in a number of diverse Soundpainting projects and has performed with the Walter Thompson Orchestra, the New York Soundpainting Orchestra and ZAHA.Eigner is also a member of the international Soundpainting community. He currently is involved in a duo ...

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Mysterium - An Electric Soundpainting Septet, Plays Brooklyn

Mysterium - An Electric Soundpainting Septet, Plays Brooklyn

Source: Michael Ricci

Monday, August 24th, 10:30pm MYSTERIUM - AN ELECTRIC SOUNDPAINTING SEPTET Adam Caine - Electric Guitar James Ilgenfritz - Electric Bass Jeremy Danneman - Alto, Baritone Sax Lorenzo Sanguedolce - Tenor Sax Sam Kulik - Trombone Eric Eigner - Drumset Evan Mazunik - Soundpainter “Mysterium for Soundpainting Septet utilizes the history of American popular music and beyond to construct ...

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Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery, May 2009

“It’s all over the bleedin place, echoplex drenched guitar and trumpet, scattershot shrieking, plucky minimalism, even some breakbeats. These guys have really listened a lot, and have incorporated some very diverse elements into a wild, rambling voice that is sure to grab you.”

Jason Bivins, Cadence Magazine, October 2004

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