DESCRIPTION:
Leander Reininghaus aka Lealoop currently lives in Berlin and works on his Cymatics project.
The world is sound - and driven by sound he is, who was a student of Robert Fripp's Guitar Craft Circles before he developed his unique character of guitar play. Though the guitar is his instrument of choice, it seems as if Lealoop is capable of playing any other instrument within a short time only, so I look at him as a gifted multi instrumentalist as well, having heard him on drums and percussion, on the piano, the cello and the erhu, though he always denies that this was of any use and he won't have me mention it here, still I do.

During the past years he worked as a composer, producer and acoustic/electric guitarist for several CD-, movie-, dance- and theatre productions, as well as for exhibitions and multimedia events, covering styles form progressive rock, fusion, pop, electronic and ambient to Eastern European, Asian and contemporary classical and minimal music.

As I see it, there's no limit yet to what he may be up to next; he's good for surprises and also highly appreciated in spontaneous formations and sessions, adding sparks of inspiration to improvisation, while performing as one of the rare musicians who do not focus exclusively on themselves when playing with others, yet show an openness for that dialogue within tones and notes.

He was the founder of the cross-culture band MOKA EFTI, with which he performed over 10 years, travelling the most European countries and recording three CDs, the latest with guests Charlie Mariano, Roland Schaeffer (of 70ies Krautrock cult-band GURU GURU) and Heinrich von Kalnein.

His fondness of loops, improvisation (live on stage since 1986) and textural music led him to the recordings and solo performances of "STARSCAPES - Music inspired by Views of Space".
These soundscapes have a truly healing quality; I've been using them for my work with young students as well as for recreation, and looking at pictures from space makes this audio journey a deep experience for every listener.

Most recently, in August 2013, Leander (lealoop) hosted the 3rd Berlin Live-looping Festival. It was In 2003, that Lealoop initiated the 1st Berlin Live-Looping festival, This was the first step to spread the fascination that goes along with live looping to a broader public in Northern Europe. The 2nd Berlin Live Looping Festival in 2008 featured 19 artists from Austria, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland and the USA.

More artists Leander Reininghaus enjoys/ed working with are: Hans York, Jochen Vogel, Michel Wack, Ralf Goeldner, Michael Peters (VELOOPITY), Markus Reuter (TUNER, CENTROZOON), Frieder Zimmermann, Matthias Ebbinghaus, Farhad Darya, Andreas von Garnier (SYNTHASIS), Ornah-Mental/Dirk Schlˆmer (ex-TON STEINE SCHERBEN), Michael Kiessling, Slobodan Savic.

https://soundcloud.com/leanderreininghaus

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