Mike Hovancsek
Mike Hovancsek (born c. 1967) is an American multi-instrumentalist, visual artist, and writer[
In the late 1980s he founded the Pointless Music label, which was devoted to experimental music releases. In his solo work, and with Pointless Orchestra, he recorded and/or performed with such musicians as
, John Hajeski, and Barry Chabala.Mike Hovancsek's current output, which he describes as "multicultural chamber music,"
Mike Hovancsek is a graduate of Kent State University, where he majored in psychology and later earned a master's degree in counseling. While there he studied Chinese music with Chia-chun Chu and Japanese koto with Anne Prescott.
Discography
As leader
- 2003 - Temporal Angels (SRCA)
- 2010 - Turbulent Calm (Infinite Number of Sounds)
- 2011 - Ascend (Infinite Number of Sounds)
- 2015 - Samadhi (Bandcamp)
- 2015 - Outlier Protocols (Bandcamp)
- 2016 - Gayatri (Bandcamp)
With Pointless Orchestra
- 1994 Endless 1 (Manifold)
- 1997 - Lives: A Pointless Night Out (Without Fear)
- 1998 - Approaching Totality (Without Fear)
- 1999 - Enhanced Gravity (CD-ROM, Yucca Tree Records)
With Halim El-Dabh
- 1991 - Xango Ka O (cassette, Pointless Music)
With John M. Bennett
- Autophagia (Luna Bisonte)
Compilations
- 1991 - A Pointless Compilation (Pointless Music)
- 1991 - (Y)earbook, v. 2 (Rastascan Records)
- 1992 - Postal Sound Surgery (cassette, Pointless Music/audiofile Tapes)
- 1993 - Magnetic Conversations (cassette, Pointless Music)
- 1993 - Point of Yucca, v. 1 (Yucca Tree Records/Pointless Music)
- c. 1994 - The Avant World Jazz Noise Project: An Experimental Music Compilation (cassette, Pointless Music)
- c. 1994 - Electricity: An Electronic Music Compilation (cassette, Pointless Music)
- 1994 - Spheral Tone Theory (cassette, Pointless Music)
- 1997 - RēR Quarterly, v. 4, no. 2 (Recommended Records RēR 0402)
- 2002 - Paradoxes of Enlargement (CD accompanying Bananafish 16)
As engineer
- 1992 - Halim El-Dabh: Crossing Into the Electric Magnetic (cassette, Pointless Music)
- 2000 - Halim El-Dabh: Crossing Into the Electric Magnetic (Without Fear)
Articles about music, written by Mike Hovancsek
References
- ^ "CD Baby: MIKE HOVANCSEK: Temporal Angels". Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
- ^ "Locals Only: Not Pointless Anymore: Mike Hovancsek Launches A New Label With The Release Of His Solo Debut," by Anastasia Pantsios . Cleveland Scene, v. 11, no. 37 (January 7, 2004).[permanent dead link]
External links
- Mike Hovancsek official bandcamp page
- Mike Hovancsek art page
- "The Creative Process" - Documentary about Mike Hovancsek's multimedia work
- Mike Hovancsek's Music on Infinite Number of Sounds label
- Mike Hovancsek article in Cleveland Magazine[permanent dead link]
- "Not Pointless Anymore" article in Cleveland Scene[permanent dead link]
- "Tuning In with Mike Hovancsek" article in Cool Cleveland
- Mike Hovancsek on Rastascan Records
- Mike Hovancsek on Luna Bisonte Records