Experimental Audio Research (also known as E.A.R. or EAR) is an experimental music collective formed and led by Peter Kember (a.k.a. Sonic Boom) in 1990. Kember had formerly been a co-founder of the band Spacemen 3.

History

While Spacemen 3 were a relatively traditional rock and roll band with strong experimental leanings, E.A.R. is essentially a free improvisation project, creating instrumental music characterized by lengthy, droning textures and slowly evolving structures.

The first E.A.R. album to be released (Mesmerised, 1994) was Kember on his own, while E.A.R. has also recorded experimental "soundscape" music with collaborators.

The line-up often included Sonic Boom (Spectrum, Spacemen 3), Kevin Martin (God), Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine), and Eddie Prévost (AMM). Past collaborators include Lawrence Chandler of Bowery Electric, Nick Kramer, Delia Derbyshire and Thomas Köner, plus various members of Spectrum, though it is generally considered a Kember solo project. The collective is one of Kember's several post-Spacemen 3 projects, which also include Spectrum, as well albums released under the Sonic Boom moniker.

Discography

Albums

  • Mesmerised (Space Age Recordings, 1994)
  • Beyond The Pale (Big Cat, 1996, recorded 1992)
  • Phenomena 256 (Space Age Recordings, 1996)
  • The Köner Experiment (Space Age Recordings, 1997)
  • Millennium Music (Atavistic Records, 1998)
  • Pestrepeller (Ochre Records, 1999)
  • Data Rape (Space Age Recordings, 2000)
  • Live At The Dream Palace (Ochre Records, 2000)
  • Vibrations (Rocket Girl, 2000)
  • Continuum (Space Age Recordings, 2001)
  • Worn To A Shadow (Lumberton Trading Company, 2005)

EPs

External links

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