Alan Licht

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As an improv guitarist and member of avant-garde rock acts Run On, Love Child and Blue Humans. Through recordings like The Evan Dando of Noise? and A New York Minute, the Jersey-born Licht has emerged as a seminal figure in New York's art music scene.

ALBUMS

Alan Licht & Bill Orcutt

At Land And Sea

2024, LP, Ltd, Palilalia Records

2024, 2xLP, Album, Vin Du Select Qualitite

Loren Connors* And Alan Licht

Curtis*, Licht*, Roberts*

2023, Cass, Album, Blank Forms Editions

Alan Licht & John Krausbauer

Alan Licht & John Krausbauer

2023, 7", Single, Carbon Records

Digital Signature

2023, Lathe, 7", Ltd, 36 , Dysmusie

Loren Connors* And Alan Licht

At The Top Of The Stairs

Free Improvisation/Experimental

Curtis*, Licht*, Roberts*

Drone/Noise/Industrial/Ambient

2022, Cass, Num, Haha (3)

Major Air / Havens (excerpt)

2021, Lathe, 8", Single, Ltd, Independent Woman Records

Three Chords And A Sword: Solo Cover Versions 1988-2020

A Symphony Strikes The Moment You Arrive

Nels Cline, Alan Licht & William Hooker

Nels Cline, Alan Licht & William Hooker Live

2020, File, FLAC, Not On Label

Henry Kaiser, Alan Licht

Skip To The Solo

2016, CD, Album, Public Eyesore

Aki Onda With Loren Connors* & Alan Licht

2015, LP, Ltd, audioMER.

2015, LP, Album, Vin Du Select Qualitite, Thin Wrist Recordings

Alan Licht & Brian Chase

We Thought We Could Do Anything

2014, LP, Album, New Images

Four Years Older

2013, LP, Editions Mego

Alan Licht & Loren Connors*

Into The Night Sky

2010, CD, Album, Family Vineyard

2009, LP, Album, Ltd, Family Vineyard

Michael Snow - Alan Licht - Aki Onda

Five A's, Two C's, One D, One E, Two H's, Three I's, One K, Three L's, One M, Three N's, Two O's, One S, One T, One W

2008, CD, Album, Les Disques VICTO

Alan Licht & Aki Onda

Cline* • Giffoni* • Licht* • Ranaldo*

Nothing Makes Any Sense

2007, CD, Album, No Fun Productions,

Noise/Experimental

Tetuzi Akiyama / Oren Ambarchi / Alan Licht

Willow Weep And Moan For Me

2006, CD, Mini, Antiopic,

Electric Blues/Abstract/Noise/Minimal/Experimental

A New York Minute

2003, 2xCD, XI Records,

Abstract/Drone/Musique Concrète/Field Recording/Minimal/Sound Art/Avantgarde

Loren Connors* & Alan Licht

2003, CD, Album, Enh, FBWL

2001, CD, Crank Automotive,

DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid* + Alan Licht

Backwards Forwards

1999, 10", Ltd, Num, Manifold Records,

Illbient/Experimental

1999, CD, Album, Siltbreeze

Alan Licht, Oliver Ray, Don Fleming, Gene Moore (3), Thurston Moore, Jim Dunbar, Olivier des Clers de Beaumets, Kim Rancourt, Keith Connolly, Byron Coley, Lin Culbertson, Malcolm Riviera, David Nuss, Tom Surgal, Everett True, Bob Meetsma*, Bil Emmons, Matthew Heyner, Rita Ackermann, Stefan Hufschmidt, Pat Pope

This Is NeMocore

1999, CDr, NeMolodia, Instant Mayhem Records,

Loren Mazzacane-Connors* / Alan Licht

Hoffman Estates

The Evan Dando Of Noise?

1997, CD, Corpus Hermeticum

Alan Licht & Loren MazzaCane Connors

1997, CD, Road Cone

Alan Licht / Tamio Shiraishi

Our Lips Are Sealed

Alan Licht, Loren MazzaCane Connors

1996, CD, Road Cone,

Avantgarde/Experimental

Loren MazzaCane Connors, Alan Licht

1996, LP, Album, New World Of Sound

A. Licht* / H. Keiji*

1996, CD, Album, Atavistic,

Avantgarde/Experimental/Contemporary

Sink The Aging Process

1994, LP, Album, Siltbreeze

Calvin Johnson Has Ruined Rock For An Entire Generation

1994, 7", EP, Ltd, 18 Wheeler

A Handful Of Dust / Alan Licht

1994, 7", Crank Automotive

Alan Licht + Tamio Shiraishi

Open For Kevin Drumm

Cass, Chr, Freedom From

Lee Ranaldo And The Dust

Last Night On Earth

Alternative Rock/Experimental

Licht-Akiyama Trios

Tomorrow Outside Tomorrow

2016, CD, Album, Editions Mego

My Cat Is An Alien / Text Of Light

Cosmic Debris Volume I

Space Rock/Experimental/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation

2006, 3xCD + Box, Ltd, Met, Dirter Promotions

2004, LP, S/Sided, Table Of The Elements

2004, CD, Album, Starlight Furniture Co.,

Musique Concrète/Experimental/Free Improvisation

Never Meant To Be 1988-1993

2024, 2xLP, Comp, RM, 12XU,

Art Rock/Indie Rock/Punk

Weasel Walter Large Ensemble

Igneity: After The Fall Of Civilization

Lee Ranaldo And The Dust

Alternative Rock/Acoustic

Lee Ranaldo And The Dust

The Rising Tide (Last Night On Earth Demos And Rehearsals)

2013, 2xCD, Ltd, Lazy Eight

2006, Minimax, Room40

Experimental/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation

052202 Tonic / 020103 RAW

2004, LP, Ltd, En/Of

1997, CD, EP, Sonic Bubblegum,

Avantgarde/Indie Rock

Art Rock/Indie Rock

1995, 7", Single, Matador,

The Max Factory

1995, LP, Album, Gat, Ecstatic Yod, Ecstatic Peace!, Father Yod,

Free Jazz/Experimental/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation

1994, 7", Single, Ltd, Cle, Ajax Records (2)

Stumbling Block

Six Of One / Sleepyhead

1991, 7", Single, Homestead Records

Art Rock/Punk/Indie Rock

Love Child Plays Moondog

1990, 7", EP, Forced Exposure

1990, 7", EP, Trash Flow Records

1988, Cass, MiniAlbum, Not On Label

APPEARANCES +

He Moved Through The City On Speed

2003, File, MP3, Single, 128, Tu M'p3

Electric Respect

2025, Cass, Album, bla, Haha (3)

Charles Gayle / Milford Graves / William Parker

Speech Patterns

2023, LP, Ltd, Chaikin Records

Have Yourself A Merry Indie Christmas Volume III

2023, 34xFile, FLAC, Not On Label (Kevin McGrath (4) Self-released),

Indie Rock/Holiday

Guitar Mural 1 Featuring The Machines

Sound Art/Drone/Experimental

Joshua Abrams Natural Information Society

Mandatory Reality

2019, 2x Vinyl Black Vinyl 1st Edition,

Experimental/Avantgarde

Vinyl: Music From The HBO Original Series Volume 1

Dawn Of The Double

Henry Kaiser & Ray Russell

The Celestial Squid

2015, CD, Album, Cuneiform Records,

Free Jazz/Fusion

Scharpling & Wurster

The Best Of The Best Show

2015, Box, Comp + 16xCD, Comp, RE + M/Stick, MP3, Comp, , Numero Group,

Henry Kaiser, Robert Musso, Nick Didkovsky, Jesse Krakow, Weasel Walter

Echoes For Sonny

2015, CD, Album, Musso Music,

Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Avantgarde/Psychedelic Rock

Urban Dreamings

2015, CD, Album, Mode,

Ambient Loop For Vancouver

2013, 2xDVD-V, D/Sided, PAL, Les Presses Du Réel,

Drone/Minimal/Spoken Word

Lee Ranaldo Y Los Dust*

El Blues De La Revolución / Zarzas Y Arbustos

2013, 7", Single, El Segell Del Primavera,

Alternative Rock

Between The Times And The Tides

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock

Just Tell Me That You Want Me - A Tribute To Fleetwood Mac

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock

2010, CD, Album, Ltd, Sub Rosa,

Musique Concrète/Contemporary/Ambient/Drone

Live At ATP-NY 2010

2010, File, MP3, Album, 256, Free Music Archive,

Soundtrack/Experimental/Free Improvisation

Rhys Chatham & His Guitar Trio All-Stars

Guitar Trio Is My Life!

2008, 3xCD, Album, Radium (3),

Experimental/Post Rock

2008, CD, Album, wit, Institute Of Contemporary Art

Glasgow Sunday 2005

2008, 2x CD, DVD,

Sound Art : Beyond Music, Between Categories

2007, CD, Comp, Rizzoli,

Field Recording/Drone/Experimental/Ambient/Sound Art

The Hymn Of The North Star

Vancouver Ambients 1-4

2006, 7", Ltd, Num, Cle, Important Records (2)

Noise (Carte Blanche Au Festival Art Rock)

2006, DVD-V, Multichannel, PAL, MK2,

Noise/Avantgarde/Experimental

Live In NYC At Tonic

2006, File, FLAC, Album, Not On Label (Tam Self-released)

A Lazarus Taxon

2006, 3x CD, DVD, Box Set,

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy*

The Letting Go / Little Lost Blues

Folk Rock/Acoustic/Indie Rock

Un Pranzo Favoloso / A Fabulous Lunch

2006, CD Digifile,

Avantgarde/Experimental

One Bright Sunny Morning

2005, CD, Comp, Iseler Communication Recordings, Flameshovel,

Indie Rock/Art Rock

Looking For A Thrill: An Anthology Of Inspiration

2005, DVD-V, NTSC, Thrill Jockey,

Masayuki "JoJo" Takayanagi*

Action Direct Live At Zojoji Hall 1985

Free Improvisation

Esopus Number Three: Product Displacement

2004, CD, Comp, Esopus

Hole Of Burning Alms

Music For Stage And Screen

Soun - An Anonymous And Random Compilation / Composition

2003, 7", S/Sided, Ltd, Gameboy Records,

Abstract/Noise/Experimental

The Temptation To Zoology

2003, DVDr, DVD-V, Child Of Microtones,

Live At The Old Waldorf - San Francisco, 6/29/78

Alternative Rock/New Wave

2003, CD Gatefold Paper Sleeve,

Alternative Rock/New Wave

Fields And Streams

2002, 2xCD, Comp, Kill Rock Stars,

Indie Rock/Punk/Pop Punk/Power Pop/Alternative Rock

The Pacific Ocean

So Beautiful And Cheap And Warm

2002, CD, Album, Teenbeat,

Minimal/Experimental/Drone

Morse Code In The Modern Age: Across The Americas

2000, CD, EP, Enh, Thrill Jockey,

Post Rock/Experimental

Live At The I.C.A. / Retrospective

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Moikai,

Jazz-Rock/Free Improvisation

Turn! Turn! Turn!

2000, CD, Single, Promo, Drag City,

Alternative Rock

No Music Festival - NO99

1999, 5xCD, Ltd + Box, Entartete Kunst Records,

Free Jazz/Noise/Experimental/Free Improvisation

Marina Rosenfeld

theforestthegardenthesea

Nomusicfestival - NO 98

1998, 6xCD, Ltd + Box, Entartete Kunst Records,

Noise/Experimental/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation

White Winged Moth

1997, Lathe, LP, Album, Ltd, Formacentric Disk

Waiting To Be Old

1997, CD, Comp, Opprobrium,

Folk Rock/Noise/Lo-Fi/Post Rock/Minimal/Free Improvisation/Abstract/Experimental

What's Up Matador

Alternative Rock/Indie Rock

State Of The Union

Free Jazz/Avantgarde/Experimental

Basement Tapes: A KSPC Compilation Of Live Recordings

1995, LP, Comp, KSPC Radio,

Alternative Rock/Garage Rock/Noise/Indie Rock/Emo/Lo-Fi

The Blue Humans* featuring Rudolph Grey

The Blue Humans* featuring Rudolph Grey

Clear To Higher Time

Free Jazz/Free Improvisation

Tom Verlaine Interview Disc (Interview Conducted By Alan Licht)

CDr, Thrill Jockey

The Suzanne Langille Songbook

2025, 2xCD, Comp, Jew, Family Vineyard, Feeding Tube Records

Below The Radar Special Edition: Otoroku

2024, 15xFile, MP3, Comp, Wire Magazine,

Abstract/Experimental/Modern Classical

2018, 40xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Lampo,

Experimental/Musique Concrète/Abstract/Sound Collage/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation/Ambient/Noise

The Hired Hands: A Tribute To Bruce Langhorne

2017, 2xCD, Album, Scissor Tail,

The Wire Tapper 35

2014, CD, Comp, Wire Magazine,

Experimental/Avantgarde

2013, File, MP3, Mixed, 192, FACT Magazine,

Techno/Rhythmic Noise/Industrial/EBM/Noise/Acid/Experimental/Darkwave

2012, File, MP3, Mixed, 192, Offseason,

Dark Ambient/House/Industrial/Experimental

I Never Meta Guitar Too (Solo Guitars For The 21st Century)

2012, CD, Comp, Clean Feed

Benefit For The Recovery In Japan

2011, 64xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Antiopic,

Leftfield/Musique Concrète/Abstract/Lo-Fi/Drone/Noise/Ambient/Modern Classical/Shoegaze/Experimental

Neon Marshmallow NYC 2011

2011, Cass, Ltd, Neon Marshmallow

Pianoless Vexations (Sculpture Center, NYC, June 11 2006)

2006, 24xFile, MP3, 192, UbuWeb

Music For Plants

2005, 2xCD, Mixed, PerfectIfOn,

Acoustic/Abstract/Post Rock/Experimental/Ambient

LMC 13th Annual Festival Guitar Soloists

2004, CD, Comp, London Musicians' Collective,

Experimental/Free Improvisation/Avant-garde Jazz

No Tribute - Music Of The Nihilist Spasm Band

2003, CD, Carbon Records, Sunship Records, Breathmint, Little Mafia Records,

Dialogue/Noise/Abstract/Avantgarde/Industrial/Free Improvisation/Ambient/Power Electronics/Experimental

Guitar Festival Summer 1999 - Dr. Eugen Chadbourne's Adventures At The Guitar Festival / Greetings Fellow Pickers

2003, 2xCD, Leo Records,

Avantgarde/Free Improvisation

You Can Never Go Fast Enough

Country Rock/Noise/Indie Rock/Country Blues/Avantgarde/Acoustic

2002, CD, Comp, List,

State Of The Union 2.001

2001, 3xCD, Album, Comp, Electronic Music Foundation,

Spoken Word/Free Jazz/Modern Classical/Avantgarde/Contemporary/Experimental

RRR 500 (Various 500 Lock-Grooves By 500 Artists)

Alternative Rock/Noise/Spoken Word/Abstract/Drone/Hardcore/Industrial/Experimental

1997, CD, Comp, Halana,

Experimental/Free Improvisation/Minimal/Drone

Out Of Their Mouths

1996, 2xCD, Comp, Atavistic

Breathe On The Living