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Born in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], Bone began his professional musical career creating soundtracks and scores for several off-Broadway companies working in experimental theater. In 1979, he released with his band Bone the single "Pirate the Islands/Headlines Have It" before joining the new-wave band Shox Lumania in 1981. Bone then recorded a solo 7" entitled "Digital Days/Alien Girl" on and was subsequently signed to Survival Records in the UK where he released several LPs, EPs, singles and contributed to various compilation albums. His 1983 single "Joy of Radiation" reached No. 1 on the Hong Kong Dance Chart.<ref>[http://park10.wakwak.com/~techno/survival.html Survival Records] &ndash; record label info</ref>
Born in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], Bone began his professional musical career creating soundtracks and scores for several off-Broadway companies working in experimental theater. In 1979, he released with his band Bone the single "Pirate the Islands/Headlines Have It" before joining the new-wave band Shox Lumania in 1981. Bone then recorded a solo 7" entitled "Digital Days/Alien Girl" on and was subsequently signed to Survival Records in the UK where he released several LPs, EPs, singles and contributed to various compilation albums. His 1983 single "Joy of Radiation" reached No. 1 on the Hong Kong Dance Chart.<ref>[http://park10.wakwak.com/~techno/survival.html Survival Records] &ndash; record label info</ref>


Bone started the label Quirkworks Laboratory Discs in 1991, allowing him freedom to create music of a more experimental nature and retain control of his musical direction. Since then Bone has released over 25 recordings of new material and several collaborations and compilations. Of the new material recordings, three quickly rose to No. 1 on industry charts as well as receiving numerous other honors.<ref>[http://mkmk.com/bone/ascensionism.htm Official Website Ascensionism Release Info Page]</ref><ref>[http://mkmk.com/bone/disorient.htm Official Website Disorient Release Info Page]</ref><ref>[http://mkmk.com/bone/alt-realities.htm Official Website Alternate Realities Release Info Page]</ref> In 2004 Bone's recording ''The Reality Temples'' was nominated for the 2004 New Age Reporter Lifestyle Music Awards' Best Electronic Album,<ref>{{Wayback |date=20041230162334 |url=www.newagereporter.com/admin/nominees.asp |title=2004 NAR Lifestyle Music Award Nominees }} &ndash; web page archived at the [[Internet Archive]]</ref> his 2005 recording ''Saiyuji'' was nominated for the 2005 New Age Reporter Lifestyle Music Awards' Best Ambient Album,<ref>{{Wayback |date=20060110111951 |url=www.newagereporter.com/admin/qualify.asp |title=2005 NAR Lifestyle Music Award Nominees }}</ref> his 2007 recording ''Infinite Plastic Creation'' was awarded the 2007 New Age Reporter Lifestyle Music Awards' Best Electronic Album<ref>[http://www.newagereporter.com/admin/award_finalists.asp 2007 NAR Lifestyle Music Award Winners]</ref> and his 2008 release ''Sudden Departure'' was nominated for the 2008 New Age Reporter LifeStyle Awards’ Best Ambient and Best Electronic Album.<ref>[http://www.newagereporter.com/admin/nominees.asp 2008 NAR LifeStyle Award Nominees]</ref>
Bone started the label Quirkworks Laboratory Discs in 1991, allowing him freedom to create music of a more experimental nature and retain control of his musical direction. Since then Bone has released over 25 recordings of new material and several collaborations and compilations. Of the new material recordings, three quickly rose to No. 1 on industry charts as well as receiving numerous other honors.<ref>[http://mkmk.com/bone/ascensionism.htm Official Website Ascensionism Release Info Page]</ref><ref>[http://mkmk.com/bone/disorient.htm Official Website Disorient Release Info Page]</ref><ref>[http://mkmk.com/bone/alt-realities.htm Official Website Alternate Realities Release Info Page]</ref> In 2004 Bone's recording ''The Reality Temples'' was nominated for the 2004 New Age Reporter Lifestyle Music Awards' Best Electronic Album,<ref>{{Wayback |date=20041230162334 |url=www.newagereporter.com/admin/nominees.asp |title=2004 NAR Lifestyle Music Award Nominees }} &ndash; web page archived at the [[Internet Archive]]</ref> his 2005 recording ''Saiyuji'' was nominated for the 2005 New Age Reporter Lifestyle Music Awards' Best Ambient Album,<ref>{{Wayback |date=20060110111951 |url=www.newagereporter.com/admin/qualify.asp |title=2005 NAR Lifestyle Music Award Nominees }}</ref> his 2007 recording ''Infinite Plastic Creation'' was awarded the 2007 New Age Reporter Lifestyle Music Awards' Best Electronic Album<ref>[http://www.newagereporter.com/admin/award_finalists.asp 2007 NAR Lifestyle Music Award Winners]</ref> and his 2008 release ''Sudden Departure'' was nominated for the 2008 New Age Reporter LifeStyle Awards’ Best Ambient and Best Electronic Album.<ref>[http://www.newagereporter.com/admin/nominees.asp 2008 NAR LifeStyle Award Nominees] {{wayback|url=http://www.newagereporter.com/admin/nominees.asp |date=20060203040212 }}</ref>


Most recently Bone has created a very limited-edition release on USB entitled ''AERA'' and has completed a track for a UK label compilation. He is currently working on his next recording entitled ''Age of Falconry'', expected mid 2016.
Most recently Bone has created a very limited-edition release on USB entitled ''AERA'' and has completed a track for a UK label compilation. He is currently working on his next recording entitled ''Age of Falconry'', expected mid 2016.

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Richard Bone
Birth nameRichard Bone
Born (1952-02-03) February 3, 1952 (age 72)
Atlanta, Georgia
Origin United States
GenresExperimental electronic music, ambient
Years active1979–present
LabelsQuirkworks Laboratory Discs (since 1991)
Eurock
Survival Records UK
AD Recordings UK
WebsiteHomepage

Richard Bone (born February 3, 1952) is an American electronic musician.

Life and career

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Bone began his professional musical career creating soundtracks and scores for several off-Broadway companies working in experimental theater. In 1979, he released with his band Bone the single "Pirate the Islands/Headlines Have It" before joining the new-wave band Shox Lumania in 1981. Bone then recorded a solo 7" entitled "Digital Days/Alien Girl" on and was subsequently signed to Survival Records in the UK where he released several LPs, EPs, singles and contributed to various compilation albums. His 1983 single "Joy of Radiation" reached No. 1 on the Hong Kong Dance Chart.[1]

Bone started the label Quirkworks Laboratory Discs in 1991, allowing him freedom to create music of a more experimental nature and retain control of his musical direction. Since then Bone has released over 25 recordings of new material and several collaborations and compilations. Of the new material recordings, three quickly rose to No. 1 on industry charts as well as receiving numerous other honors.[2][3][4] In 2004 Bone's recording The Reality Temples was nominated for the 2004 New Age Reporter Lifestyle Music Awards' Best Electronic Album,[5] his 2005 recording Saiyuji was nominated for the 2005 New Age Reporter Lifestyle Music Awards' Best Ambient Album,[6] his 2007 recording Infinite Plastic Creation was awarded the 2007 New Age Reporter Lifestyle Music Awards' Best Electronic Album[7] and his 2008 release Sudden Departure was nominated for the 2008 New Age Reporter LifeStyle Awards’ Best Ambient and Best Electronic Album.[8]

Most recently Bone has created a very limited-edition release on USB entitled AERA and has completed a track for a UK label compilation. He is currently working on his next recording entitled Age of Falconry, expected mid 2016.

Discography

Solo albums

  • AERA, 2016, USB Release, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Involution Vol. 1, 2015, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Vertical Life, 2014, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Cranium Fizz, 2013, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Anthology, 2013, AD Music UK
  • Images from A Parallel World, 2013, AD Music UK
  • Mind Environs, 2011 Quirkworks Laboratory Discs (soundtrack from the iTunes app)
  • XesseX, 2011, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Adaptors, 2011, Prismatikone (Italy)
  • Beleaguered Blossoms, 2010, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • The Ghosts of Hanton Village, 2009, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Sudden Departure, 2008, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Short Waves, 2008, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Emerging Melodies (CD Re-Issue), 2008, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Connection Failed, 2008, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Songs From The Analog Attic, 2007, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Infinite Plastic Creation, 2007, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Experiments '80-'82, 2007, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Serene Life of Microbes, 2006, AD Music UK
  • Vesperia, 2006, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Saiyuji, 2005, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • The Reality Temples, 2004, Spiralight Recordings
  • Untold Tales, 2004, Orlandomaniac Music (Sweden)
  • Alternate Realities, 2003, Spiralight Recordings
  • Indium, 2002, Electroshock (Russia)
  • Disorient, 2002, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Alternate Worlds vol. 1 (MP3 Release), 2001, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Tales from the Incantina, 2001, Indium/Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Ascensionism, 2000, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Distillation, 1999, Halcyon
  • Ether Dome, 1999, Hypnos Recordings
  • Coxa, 1999, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • The Spectral Ships, 1998, Hypnos Recordings
  • Electropica, 1998, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • A Survey of Remembered Things, 1997, (a shared disc with John Orsi) Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Metaphysic Mambo, 1996, Reversing
  • The Eternal Now, 1996, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Vox Orbita, 1995, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Ambiento, 1994, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • X Considers Y, 1994, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Quirkwork, 1993, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs

Vinyl releases

  • Obtuse Tantrums (7” vinyl), 2015, AttractiveCO
  • Brave Sketches' (2x 12” vinyl), 2015, Orlandomaniac Music
  • Vaulted Vsions (3x 12” vinyl), 2014, Vinyl on Demand
  • X Considers Y (12” vinyl), 1994, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Exspectacle (12” vinyl), 1985, Survival
  • The Real Swing (12” vinyl), 1984, Survival
  • Living in Partytown (12” vinyl), 1984, Survival
  • Joy of Radiation (12” vinyl), 1983, Survival
  • Emerging Melodies (12” vinyl), 1983, Rumble
  • Brave Tales (12” vinyl), 1983, Survival
  • The Beat is Elite (12” vinyl), 1982, Survival
  • Joy/Do Angels Dance (7” vinyl), 1983, Survival
  • Digital Days/Alien Girl (7” vinyl), 1981, Rumble/Survival
  • Life in Video City (cassette), 1980, Eurock
  • Quiz Party (cassette), 1980, Eurock
  • Pirate the Islands/Headlines (7” vinyl), 1979, Rumble

Collaborations

  • Via Poetica, 2007, (with Lisa Indish) Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Songs from Early Paradise (with Mary Zema), 1998, Quirkworks Laboratory Discs
  • Rubber Rodeo (with Rubber Rodeo), 1982, Eat Records
  • She Had To Go (with Rubber Rodeo), 1982, Eat Records
  • Live at the Peppermint Lounge (with Shox Lumania), 1981, ROIR
  • (I Have) No Shoes/Signals (with Shox Lumania), 1981, Rumble
  • Jolene/ Who’s on Top? (with Rubber Rodeo), 1981, Rumble
  • Age of Urban Heroes (with Urban Heroes), 1981, Dutch Ariola
  • Headlines (with Urban Heroes), 1980, Dutch Ariola

Compilation tracks

  • "Adrift" from Sounds from the Circle, 2012, NewAge Music Circle
  • "Do You Hear What I Hear?" from Christmas AD, 2011, AD Music
  • "The Seduction of Dr. Pasteur" from Night Music, 2010, AD Music
  • "Mambopolis" from Disco For Abruzzo, 2009, Wondersounds
  • "Son of Icarus" from Euphony 2, 2009, wwuh.org
  • "Mutant Wisdom" from Cosmic Disco? Cosmic Rock!, 2008, Eskimo
  • "The Memory of Caves" from Euphony 1, 2008, wwuh.org
  • "Mambopolis" from Discotech, 2007, Electunes
  • "Autotrophic Light" from Schwingunen #138, 2006, Cue-Records
  • "Stillness Repeating" from Ambienism, 2004, Spiralight Recordings
  • "Dzibana" from Harmony with Ambience, 2003, Windfarm Records
  • "Spires" from Logan’s Run, 2002, Discos Veveos
  • "Elusia, I Can See!" from Electroacoustic Music V. 3, 1999, Electroshock
  • "Murmurio" from Oscillations, 1998, Halcyon
  • "Via Mycropia" from The Other World, 1998, Hypnos Recordings
  • "Vox 2.5" from EM:T 1197, 1997, EM:T
  • "untitled" from The Answering Machine Solution, 1996, Staalplaat
  • "In the Shadow of Rain" from Back to the Universe, 1996, Only Records
  • "The Demon Angel", “Mi Mundo”, “Amb 7.4.53”, Amb 4.6.47”, “Anastasia Says” & “The Deluxe Set” from Media Works, 1995, Grace Pro
  • "Etherea Arriving" from Maine Vocals, 1995, Reversing
  • "Overstated Papers" from ANON, 1995, Von Buhler
  • "Vox 9” & “Illicit Behavior" from Indiegestion Samplers # 7, 1995, Alternative Press
  • "X Considers Y” & El Gato Negro" from Indiegestion Samplers # 5, 1995, Alternative Press
  • "The Real Swing" from Pulse 8, 1985, Survival
  • "Far from Yesterday" from Film Noir – American Style, 1984, Ding Dong
  • "Living in Partytown" from The Art of Survival, 1984, Survival
  • "Joy of Radiation" from Dance Report, 1983, Survival
  • "Monster Movie” & “Quantum Hop" from Mind & Matter / Megamix, 1983, Survival
  • "Alternative Music for the Hindenberg [sic] Lounge" from The American Music Compilation, 1982, Eurock

References

  1. ^ Survival Records – record label info
  2. ^ Official Website Ascensionism Release Info Page
  3. ^ Official Website Disorient Release Info Page
  4. ^ Official Website Alternate Realities Release Info Page
  5. ^ Archived 2004-12-30 at the Wayback Machine – web page archived at the Internet Archive
  6. ^ Archived 2006-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ 2007 NAR Lifestyle Music Award Winners
  8. ^ 2008 NAR LifeStyle Award Nominees Archived 2006-02-03 at the Wayback Machine
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