Andrew James Rahman
Producer, sound designer, composer, and co-founder of the Spatial Media Lab e.V., Andrew James Rahman is known for his diverse and polished productions.
Rahman was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1985 and is the first in six generations (all the way back to immigration) to venture out of this small town. He begin playing music when he received his first guitar as a gift, after which it consumed him. He played in several metalcore and death metal bands around Toledo before moving to Columbus, OH in 2007. After which he co-founded the sludge/stoner metal act Churches Burn, self-releasing 3 albums (Adversary, O.H.F.U., and Live at Carabar 9/4/09). Before leaving Ohio in 2010 he released his solo debut ambient album Re-living Her Visual Mischief on cassette and later an EP using circuit bent toys titled Post Traumatic Stress. Between 2011-2017 Rahman lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area, co-founding and collaborating on the experimental electronic act Coma Cartel. In 2016 he self-released Impurity under the moniker Augur Duende that prominently featured long-time collaborator Adam Wetterhan (Sun Thief, Trill Khidr). While studying music at the University of California, Berkeley, he collaborated with Jack Boaz on a playable musical sculpture. A piece titled FRAGILE OBJECTS was performed on the sculpture as a trio at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA). This work was subsequently published in Berkeley’s Art + Design first publication. |
In 2017 Rahman and Timo Bittner began working together on building an association for immersive multimedia art called Spatial Media Lab e.V. In 2018, after a move to Berlin, the duo was provided with an opportunity to showcase their expertise in the Zeiss-Großplanetarium for the Contentious Constants II concert. Rahman contributed to this event by training and spatializing the work of artists James Ginzburg, Music For Your Plants, PYUR, Peter Kirn, and Jay Glass Dubs and composing a sound logo and intermission piece in 5th order Ambisonics.
In 2020 the duo was invited to the planetarium to produce their own concert. They chose Jan Wagner and Tobias Preisig of Quiet Love Records to work with as they saw the potential for their music to work wonderfully in the planetarium. Rahman worked closely with both artists over 6 months to help them realize their works in 3D. The subsequent concert was titled Spherea #1 and had a sold out show with plenty of positive publicity.
In 2022 Rahman completed a new solo album titled Soundtrack to an Imaginary Film and is shopping for labels. He also played guitar in the hardcore band Thornspikes, recording and mixing their EP Bloodlines and Fragments. Later that year he was invited to have a 7th order Ambisonic piece titled Cyaneutic performed at the Jena Fulldome Festival. He is currently working on a full-length album in Dolby Atmos, growing the Spatial Media Lab, and producing a sound art installation with Jack Boaz.
In 2020 the duo was invited to the planetarium to produce their own concert. They chose Jan Wagner and Tobias Preisig of Quiet Love Records to work with as they saw the potential for their music to work wonderfully in the planetarium. Rahman worked closely with both artists over 6 months to help them realize their works in 3D. The subsequent concert was titled Spherea #1 and had a sold out show with plenty of positive publicity.
In 2022 Rahman completed a new solo album titled Soundtrack to an Imaginary Film and is shopping for labels. He also played guitar in the hardcore band Thornspikes, recording and mixing their EP Bloodlines and Fragments. Later that year he was invited to have a 7th order Ambisonic piece titled Cyaneutic performed at the Jena Fulldome Festival. He is currently working on a full-length album in Dolby Atmos, growing the Spatial Media Lab, and producing a sound art installation with Jack Boaz.