Andrew Pekler was born in the USSR and spent his teen years in California before moving to Germany in the mid-90s. He has been making music under various names for a decade, first as Sad Rockets. As a solo artist he has produced albums for scape and Staubgold. His most recent record, Cue, was released by Kranky and explored the use of dense, overlapping loops to create textures that form the basis of a series of slowly building compositions. Pekler will perform as a member of Groupshow with Hanno Leichtmann and Jan Jelinek, commissioned to create an 8-hour long live improvised soundtrack to Warhol’s Empire.

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