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Len Lye, born Leonard Charles Huia Lye (5 July 1901, Christchurch, New Zealand - 15 May 1980, Warwick, New York), was a New Zealand-born artist known primarily for his experimental films and kinetic sculpture.
Len Lye sings from fetal memory. With the aimlessness of a child, his vocal melodies weave between thoughtful chord progressions, offering a glimpse of an intimately familiar yet simultaneously unknowable world. Len roars with the desperate honesty of Neutral Milk Hotel, Beirut, and Jeff Buckley, with a whisper of Leslie…
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