Eric John Eigner

Brooklyn based musician and composer Eric John Eigner plays drumset and tabletop percussion.  He has released three CD’s from his Mysterium Project on Eavesdrop Records, a label he created as a platform for contemporary work. Eigner works in a number of diverse Soundpainting projects and has performed with the Walter Thompson Orchestra, the Tours Soundpainting Orchestra, and the New York Soundpainting Orchestra.  He has played with Steve Swell, Reuben Radding, Kenny Wollesen, CAVEnsemble, Mark Stewart, Sabir Mateen, Butch Morris, Daniel Carter, Nate Wooley, Anthony Braxton, Genghis Barbie, Burnt Sugar, Earthdriver, John King, poet Steve Dalachinsky, choreographer Yoshiko Chuma, and Steve Albini produced Pillow Theory.   Eigner’s work has received accolades in: The Wire, Cadence Magazine, Signal to Noise, and All About Jazz, and the New York Times.  Eigner is a 2010 Fellow in Music/Sound from the New York Foundation for the Arts.  His work is featured on the 5 CD collection, “NYFA – 25 Years of New York New Music.”   Eigner is also a painter and photographer.