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Janek Schaefer was born in middle England to Polish and Canadian parents in 1970. After preparing sound collages as a boy, Janek's musical career was fractured in his teens when, as head chorister at school, his voice broke. A decade later, while studying architecture at the Royal College of Art, the fragmented noises of a sound activated tape recorder travelling overnight through the British postal system were to re-establish his audio career. That work, titled 'Recorded Delivery,' was made for an exhibition with one time postman Brian Eno. Since then the nature of sound has been his primary area of exploration, resulting in many releases, installations and soundtracks for exhibitions, and most notably performances involving his self built/invented 'Twin' and 'Tri-phonic' turntable (which is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the 'World's Most Versatile Record Player').
Using hybrid analogue and digital techniques to manipulate field recordings with live modified vinyl and found sound in a 'Concrete ruffian style' (The Wire, 1998), his most recent work has been examining the role of vinyl as a compositional tool with the 'Skate' LP/installation 'Wow' 7" and the 'On/Off LP'. He formed 'Comae', the improvisational electro-acoustic duo with Robert Hampson in 1999, with new collaborations due for release soon with Philip Jeck, Rothko, and Gino Zardo (a New York based photographer).
Janek runs his own label, AudiOh!, and studio, AudiOh!, as well as releasing work with Sub Rosa, Hot Air, Staalplaat, Sirr.ecords, Rhiz, and Diskono. He now operates as a full time sound artist/composer/musician from the audiOh!Room in London.
2022
2018
2017
Room40
CD, Album, Ltd
2015
REV. Laboratories
CD, Mini, Pos
2015
Room40
3xFile, FLAC
2014
12k
CD, Album, Ltd
2014
Dekorder
LP, Album
2014
Dekorder
LP, Album
2012
Desire Path Recordings
LP, Album, Ltd, Red
2011
My Dance The Skull
Cass, Album, Ltd, C40
2011
Crónica
12xFile, MP3, 320
2011
audiOh! Recordings
M/Stick, Album, Ltd
2011
Room40
M/Stick, MP3, Ltd
2011
2009
Crónica
5", Ltd, Num
2008
Sirr
CD, Album
2008
audiOh! Recordings
DVDr, PAL, +CD
2008
2007
audiOh! Recordings
File, Album
2007
AudiOh!
DVDr, PAL
2006
Crónica
CD, Album
2006
Room40
CD, Album
2006
Stichting Mixer
2x7", Ltd
2006
AudiOh!
DVDr, PAL
2005
BiP_HOp
CD, Album
2004
Tonschacht
7", Ltd, Num
2004
Defrag Sound Processing
CD, Album
2004
Apestaartje, Snail Article
12", EP
2004
2003
Sirr
CD, Album
2003
Mutek_Rec
CD, Album
2003
audiOh! Recordings, Staalplaat
LP, S/Sided + CD, Mini
2003
Alluvial Recordings
Minimax
2002
Audiosphere
CD
2002
Tu M'p3
File, MP3, Single, 128
2002
2001
audiOh! Recordings
LP, S/Sided, Num
2000
FatCat Records
CD, Album
2000
1999
1999
1998
audiOh! Recordings
Cass
1998
audiOh! Recordings
Cass, Album
1998
1997
audiOh! Recordings
LP
1996
audiOh! Recordings
Cass
1996
audiOh! Recordings
Cass
1995
audiOh! Recordings
CD
2004
Room40
2xCD, Comp
2001
Rhiz Records
CD, Album
2022
Cellule 75
2xCD
2021
Moloko+
CDr + Box
2008
Villa Magica Records
LP, Album, Ltd
2008
Empreintes DIGITALes
CD, Album
2007
Fear Drop
CD, Comp
2007
2005
Sirr
2xCD, Comp
2005
Alluvial Recordings
Minimax
2004
List
CD, Comp
2004
Authorised Version
2xCDr, Comp
2004
2003
Ambiances Magnétiques
3xCD, Mini
2002
Fear Drop
CD, Comp
2002
Fällt
24xFile, MP3, Comp, 160
2000
Wire Magazine
2xCD, Comp, Promo, S/Edition
1998
FatCat Records
CD, Comp, Promo
2023
Crónica, Neural
Flexi, 7", Comp
2019
Psyché Tropes
8xFile, FLAC, MP3
2018
FACT Magazine
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2016
Secret Thirteen Journal
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2015
Unline
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2015
A Strangely Isolated Place
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2015
Gonzo Circus, Gonzo Circus
CD, Comp
2015
Transonic (2)
CD, Comp
2015
2014
Headphone Commute
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2014
Secret Thirteen Journal
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2014
Not On Label
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2013
Whereabouts Records
2xCD, Album, Comp
2012
Gonzo Circus
CD, Comp
2012
Boomkat
14xFile, MP3, Comp, 320
2012
2011
Room40
40xFile, MP3, Comp, Smplr, 320
2011
Sgustok Music
File, MP3, Comp, Mixed, 192
2010
Crónica
CD, Comp
2010
Room40, Wire Magazine
CD, Comp, P/Mixed, Promo
2010
Field Records (3)
File, MP3, Mixed
2010
NAiM / Bureau Europa
CD, Comp
2010
LoAF
CD, Comp, Promo
2009
Room40
CD, Comp
2009
Lokaal 01, Universaal Kunst
2xCDr, Comp, Ltd
2009
Not On Label (Rothko Self-released)
CDr, Comp, Ltd, Promo
2008
Boomkat
14xFile, MP3, Comp, 320
2008
Netwerk
CD, Comp
2008
2007
Idiosyncratics (2)
CD, Comp, Ltd
2007
2006
Appliance Japan
LP, Comp
2006
Room40
CD, Comp
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