Drone music pioneer Catherine Christer Hennix dies, aged 75

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A post shared by Blank Forms (@blankforms_)“In 2003, Hennix returned to producing computer-generated sound works, initiating a productive two-decade run.

After a long hiatus from leading ensembles, she formed the Chora(s)san Time-Court Mirage in 2005 after meeting the trombonist Hilary Jeffery, and later led the just intonation group the Kamigaku Ensemble.

She toured internationally, released several archival recordings, circulated her poetic and theoretical writing, and exhibited her artwork in surveys such as Traversée du Fantasme at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and Thresholds of Perception at Empty Gallery, Hong Kong, in 2018.”“While a student of Pran Nath, Hennix was introduced to Sufism—first in the Chishti Order, and later taking hand with Sheikha Fariha in the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Order—and has been dedicated to its practice ever since, integrating the devotional dimensions of Islam and Sufism into all of her work with poetry and sound,” it added. “Hennix formally converted to Islam before relocating to Istanbul, where she spent the final years of her life in a wondrous immersion in the call to prayer, the sound of the One.”According to The New York Times, Hennix’s cause of death was reported as complications of an undisclosed illness.

The artist had received treatment for cancer in the past.Speaking to Pitchfork about Hennix’s passing, Blank Forms’ founder and artistic creator, Lawrence Kumpf, staid: “Hennix was an uncompromising artist whose striving for perfection was often at odds with the material conditions of our society.”He continued: “While she produced a vast body of work she never deviated from her singular vision often at the expense of material comforts.