Eric John Eigner - Extended Drumset, Sound Effects, Clarinet
•Eric John Eigner is a drummer who does not need to rely upon the use of sticks and drums to get his point across, though he certainly loves to incorporate them into the fold of what he does. He prefers the use of fireworks and chains, 50cent horns and elephant calls. He has learned from the best and desires to be none of them. Eric John Eigner is an international musician residing in New York City. He plays what he calls Extended Drumset, Table-top Percussion, Soprano and Bass Clarinets. Eigner has released two CD's from his band Mysterium on Eavesdrop Records, a label he set up as a platform for contemporary work. Mysterium is a project designed to function as a worldwide bridge-way to isolated improvising artists, of multiple mediums, cultures, disciplines, genders and generations, to come together and engage in new work. Daniel Carter, Steve Swell, Nate Wooley, Jeremy Danneman, Terence Murren, Morgan Craft, Gil Selinger, Jeremiah Landess and Christian Pincock have all been involved members in the project. Eigner is a member of the Walter Thompson Orchestra and is a member of the international Soundpainting community. He works in a number of diverse Soundpainting projects. Soundpainting is the universal live composing sign language created by New York composer Walter Thompson for musicians, dancers, actors, poets, and visual artists working in the medium of structured improvisation. Eigner is a member of Kenny Wollesens' marching band, Himalayas. He is involved in a duet project with composer/guitarist Bruce Holmberg. They are currently working to release their first recording, due out by mid year. Eigner has played with Butch Morris' NuBlu Orchestra, Reuben Radding, the CAVEnsemble, Shinichi MOMO Koga, Matt Lavelle, Sabir Mateen, has played around in a number of rock bands in the city, from Steve Albini produced Pillow Theory, The Trophy Wives, an eclectic Balkan thrash band and Earthdriver, a band made up of a wide variety of international talent to name but a few. Eigner played with Greg Tate's Burnt Sugar and can be found on their first recording, Blood on the Leaf, on True Groid Records. Eigner has performed with the french horn quartet Genghis Barbie, in the NY River to River Festival, with composer John King and Choreographer Yoshiko Chuma. In addition to music, Eigner is also a working Painter and Photographer that exhibits in New York. Eigner is a 2010 fellow in Music/Sound from the New York Foundation for the Arts.