Kerry Leimer, known as K. Leimer professionally, is an American

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ian from Seattle, Washington. Active since the 1970s, Leimer primarily self-released his music for several decades, and became more generally known after his music was collected and reissued by the label

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in the 2010s.K. Leimer biography

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According to RVNG, "K." is "a nod to

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’s doomed pariah Josef K (from

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and The Castle). Leimer was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and his family moved to Chicago in his childhood. In 1967 the family moved again to Seattle, where he began making

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using inexpensive instruments and

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manipulation. He released some material on Robert Carlberg's Anode Productions before starting the label Palace of Lights with his spouse Dorothy Cross in 1979. After 1983 he ceased producing music for many years, returning in 2002 to reissue old work and release new material. In 2014, RVNG compiled the first of several reissue packages of his work, ''A Period of Review''.Review

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From this time forward Leimer made new material as well, both solo and in collaboration.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leimer, Kerry Living people American electronic musicians Musicians from Seattle Musicians from Winnipeg Canadian emigrants to the United States Year of birth missing (living people)