Joel Stern Musicography
Since 1998 Joel Stern has made electroacoustic compositions and free improvisations using field recordings, contact microphones, a sonic raygun, a baby moniter, trumpet, silent brass, found objects, a gong, processing, feedback, rocks, keys, strobe lights, pedals, taisho-goto, slide guitar, mbira's and kalimba's, trumpet, gecko, string and instruments and processes too obsure to mention..

As well as working under his own name, Joel plays in bands including Abject Leader, no guru, impromptulons, sunshine has blown, gyanism....




objects masks props by joel stern on naturestrip


Brisbane based but often found wandering throughout Australia and regions far further out, Joel Stern, has been restlessly, compulsively, devising, capturing, constructing this album on and off over the past 6 years (2001-2008). Created from instrumental debris, snatches of environmental sound (Ethiopia, India, Toowoomba, his lounge room)), and a rather poetic sensitivity for lovely incoherence, Objects.Masks.Props, is the clearest and most potent reflection yet of Joel's musical and artistic approach - somewhere between music concrete, art brut, free noise, cinema, abstraction, and the farmyard..

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    many of these releases are available for order through half/theory    

gyanism
an interstate pugilist
cdr on musicyourmindwillloveyou


July 2008
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  brothers of the occult sisterhood
"bill burrowing under the moons aerial high above"
cdr on musicyourmindwillloveyou

July 2008
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    Liquid Architecture 8
Compilation CD
featuring Joel Stern
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  impromptulons
Swamp Hobo
3"CDR on Diagnosis Don't (DONT 022)

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    impromptulons
'beat it / beat off'
3"CDR on Black Petal (#13)

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  Sunshine Has Blown
cdr on musicyourmindwillloveyou
May 2006

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  Various Artists
Airport Symphony
2CD Box released by ::ROOM40::

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  va - sound surrounds us 5 featuring no guru and biffplex
cdr on musicyourmindwillloveyou
May 2006

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    impromptulons
mentha
cassette on breakdance the dawn
May 2006

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  Joel Stern, Richard Francis, Mattin, Anthony Guerra.
7" on CMR
edition of 250
March 2006

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  Abject Object 1
Sally Golding and Joel Stern
handmade film and minicd
edition of 12
December 2005

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    Joel Stern and Jim Denley
tape and paint game
CDR on Splitrec
December 2005

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    Gyanism
'Yr Nicked'
3" cdr on Half/Theory
January 2006

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    Joel Stern & Anthony Guerra
Outdoor Bowers
cdr on Psuedoarcana
September 2005


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    The White Petunias
The Last Resort
cassette on breakdance the dawn august 2005
edition of 30

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    Joel Stern
Unplugged/jodphur
cdr on Twothousandand
edition of 100

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Joel Stern & Anthony Guerra
Stitch
cd on impermanent.recordings

edition of 500

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    Joel Stern & Michael Northam
wormwood
cd on Ground Fault
edition of 500

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    Joel Stern & Matt Davis
small industry
cdr on l'innomable
edition of 150

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    Joel Stern, Anthony Guerra, Margarida Garcia
Hey Ya
cdr on Absurd
edition of 77

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    Joel Stern, Anthony Guerra,
Paul Hood:
Low Resistance Group
cd on PARAdisc
edition of 1000

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    ''its for me' & 'engaged signal' Various Artists: Ringtones (Touch, 2001)     Anthony Guerra/ Joel Stern/
Michael Rodgers/ Nishide Takehiro;
Iberian Tour (Twothousanand, 2002)
               
    Audit cdr 2
Wykopaliska (Joel Stern, Romuald Wadych, Takehiro Nishide) London 2002
    Audit cdr 6
featuring "nice chesh"
by Joel Stern & Alastair Leslie
London 2002

               
    'saltwart'
VA - Overland (Naturestrip, 2004)
    "Travels with my aunt"
Joel Stern / Ai Yamamoto
from Outer 2
published by Bus Gallery
               
   

musikgroupmusik01
recorded 11/01/01
in london

 
  Aparallel
'Whash That'
recorded 31/10/2001
in London