I was selected to perform at this year’s Art Meets Radical Openness Festival in Linz, Austria. Live techno-esque audio improvisation using a DIY Buchla 208 Music Easel clone and an analogue kick drum to spice things up. The complexity of a DIY Buchla synth is audible by its sonic possibilities and variations. And under the…
DOLOS shaped concrete tetrapods, enormous sea structures for waves prevention, reflect the soul of modern brutalism and serve as one half of the conceptual background behind the first stand-alone release by the Ljubljana based producer/sound artist Zergon. The other half of the conceptual background behind the name DOLOS is pointing at its mythological connotation, as…
As a DIY enthusiast, I decided to build myself a Buchla 208 – Stored Program Sound Source a.k.a. the Music Easel. Although it wasn’t the easiest project, I still managed to finish it and calibrate it as well.It’s an amazing instrument. Every time I play it, I’m blown away by its sonic properties and possibilities.
Popscotch focuses mostly on discovering and promoting smaller record labels and DIY initiatives, and on the music front they will introduce you to progressive and new electronic sounds, new (digital) folklore and the history of alternative and experimental music. Through the organization of events, concerts and DJ evenings, they will try to better network the…
My track Headbump was released on Senzorama vol. 1 compilation released by ZARŠ – Založba Radia Študent. Senzorama, a radio show at Ljubljana’s cult Radio Študent, is celebrating its first anniversary with a compilation of local musicians and producers working in the field of ambient, experimental and electroacoustic music. Such musical expressions being in the…
Visual artist Maruša Meglič invited me to write an audio piece for her video installation Privlačna sila (Attractive Force). https://fb.watch/9t8dzH2681/ With the artwork Attractive Force in the form of a video, she explores the visual poetics of the action of basic physical forces on various materials. In small, controlled environments, the artist creates conditions where…
New York-based artist embryoroom (Edward Paul Quist) invited me to remix a track for his extended album. Before the release, he did Embryogallery Festival – a two-part online event with audio and video performances by artists that embryoroom also invited for collaboration. PART 1 PART 2
This isn’t a good time for Christmas. In fact, it’s never a good time for Christmas. Therefore in our traditional technoburlesque spirit in the month of December, we’re celebrating with the jubilee 50th Kamizdat release, the compilation FCKXMS.
Presenting new sonic adventure, all tracks were recorded using SOMA Lyra-8 as a sound source.This EP is as turbulent as this year has been. The cover is a detail from an art installation Chinatown (2013, 2020) by Slovenian artist Maruša Meglič (www.instagram.com/marusameglic/). Courtesy of the artist.
Occasionally, and mostly for friends, I do some audio mix/mastering as well. I recently did the mastering for Robertina Šebjanič‘s installation Atlantic Stories: Cetorhinus maximus & Limaria hians.
My friend Tine Vrabič (Nitz) asked me to contribute a track for SENZORAMA radio show on Radio Študent Ljubljana that he curates:
Sound booklet Steklenik 2018/2019 summarises the sound works presented at Steklenik Gallery, Ljubljana (Gallery for sound, bioacoustics and art). It was released by Cona Institute as a booklet with USB stick, limited to 150 copies. It also features a composition from Sound Disposition / Crystal Gardes installation (with Robertina Šebjanič and Ida Hiršenfelder).
“Modular synthesizer system is a living, ever evolving organism” – Sir David Attenborough In my 5+ years of mangling with modular synthesizers, I’ve used (and eventualy replaced) several different cases. Each of them has served me well for some time. As a growing demand for more (and wider) modules, I therefore had to get a…
SONICA is a festival of (electronic) music as well as sound and experimental art. In a way, it is conceived as a showcase of the annual programme produced by MoTA – Museum of Transitory Art. Its experimental nature questions exhibition and staging formats, crossing borders between art and theory, object and performance. This year’s artists…
This year’s od:vod festival was, due to certain circumstances, relocated to Ljubljana. Day-time programme was happening in beautiful Park Tivoli, and night-time in different clubs. I played a live set on Friday afternoon under big tree branches in Park Tivoli.
Aleš Hieng Zergon 