eRikm is a French musician, composer and visual artist who has been active in art since 1992. He is noted for his work with turntables.
He is most well known for his improvisational collaborations. Notable collaborators include: Luc Ferrari, Christian Marclay, Dieb13, Otomo Yoshihide, Mathilde Monnier, Les percussions de Strasbourg, and FM Einheit.
Since 1997, on his own or with collaborators, eRikm has toured (with 5-7 on-tour projects to date), and created by-request specific pieces.
Main works Solo Album & composition 1999 : Zygosis - Sonoris 1999 : Frame - Metamkine 2001 : MonO FaCe MirRor - Sonoris 2006 : Sixperiodes - Sirr records 2007 : Variations Opportunistes - Label Ronda 2008 : Steme - Room 40 2010 : Lux Payllettes - Entr'acte 2011 : Visitation echoing Presque Rien 2 de Luc Ferrari - Alga Marghen 2012 : Austral - D'autres cordes records 2012 : Transfall - Room 40 2015 : Select archive I - L’Art de la fuite - Sonoris 2016 : Doubse Hystérie - Monotype records 2018 : Drum-Machines for Les Percussions de Strasbourg - PDS 2018 : Flow - bandcamp 2018 : Mistpouffers - Empreintes Digitales 2022 : Echoplasme for HANATSUmiroir - Bisou Records 2023 : Fata Morgana for Ensemble Dedalus - Relative Pitch Records 2023 : Douze Horizons – Ouïe/Dire
Collaboration 2004 : Archives Sauvées des Eaux with Luc Ferrari - Angle Records 2004 : Complementary contrasts with Christian Fennesz - Hat-Hut 2005 : Trace cuts with Otomo Yoshihide & Martin Tetreault - Musica gênera
Re-organisation & re-composition 2003 : What a wonderful world with Jérôme Noetinger - Erstwhile Records 2007 : ©haos ©lub with Dieb13 - Erstwhile Records 2012 : Cartouche with Natacha Muslera - Monotype records 2014 : Ecotone with Martin Brandlmayr - Mikroton Recordings
Poire_Z Andy Guhl, eRikm, Günter Müller, Norbert Möslang 1999 : Poire Z - For4ears records 2001 : Presque_Chic - Sonoris 2002 : +, with Otomo Yoshihide • Sachiko M • Christian Marclay - Erstwhile Records 2004 : Q, with Phil Minton - For4ears records
Post Poire_Z 2004 : Why Not Béchamel with Erikm + Günter Müller + Toshimaru Nakamura - Mikroton Recordings 2011 : Stodgy eRikm & Norbert Möslang - Mikroton Recordings 2016 : Pavillon du Lac with Günter Müller + Norbert Möslang + ErikM - Dolmen
References
External links Official website Text edited in Frog magazine n°4, automne/hiver 2006 (French) eRikm at discogs Spiral Dregs, documentary by Alessandro Mercuri and Haijun Park (35min), interview by Jacqueline Caux, on ParisLike, 2012 (ISSN 2117-4725)