DIY NØIZ FEST
Skållhal
[Nostradamis Records]
The result of real events that could be interpreted as “the extraction of the stone of madness”, a theme that has been represented by painters of the Flemish and Netherlandish painting, most popular being that of Hieronymus Bosch created during a time of social turmoil. It is a post-traumatic astronoise 3D project based on the idea of death and rebirth and the inclination towards irrationalism. The word Skållhal a mixture of Swedish and Icelandic meaning hole in the skull, was inspired while watching Detifoss the most powerful waterfall in Europe. That which does not kill you makes you stronger or just more weird.
Hellholtz
Abruptive filmic narratives
Death drive
Solar anus
Dj set: Peter kei
Psychward
Assailing from the sewers of Melbourne downunder, TG brings forth a heavy racket of rumble and disjointed uneasy sound. Concussed raw low-end audio.
hellAsh
An experimentator and one of these musical soldiers open to many winds. A straight position of ‘protomorphic primitivism’, a prolific bunch of projects – but by listening each of them, an inner coherence and honesty, something like : what is music ? what’s “non-music”? Surprise
Current 23
Grim Machine
[E.C.T./Concrete Noise]
Grim Machine’s main source of inspiration is ancient art, myths and rituals. Since 2013 their work explores the way primal form and structural narrative can be organized into a language addressing issues of evolvement and deliverance. By blending sequences of sounds in an unbroken continuity of loop layers and real time processed physical sources, GM explores the use of noise as medium of communication, and improvisation as a way of storytelling. In live performances, GM combines analog gear and non electronic-acoustic devices/ small instruments creating noise-scapes resembling natural and ethnographical or imaginary world sounds, questioning the distinction between artificial and natural environment, perception and false identification.
Alex Retsis [Qebo] is an electronic musician and sound designer based in Athens, Greece. His Qebo project is known for its multi-layered and heavily processed style, combining influences from glitch, contemporary electronic & electroacoustic music. Alex has been releasing music since the early 90s, on labels such as Basic Channel, Detroit Underground, Modular Expansion and others. He has shared stages alongside artists such as Alva Noto, Richard Devine, Ryoji Ikeda, Vladislav Delay, Jamie Lidell, Fennesz, Drumcell, Laurent Garnier and others; has officially remixed music by Ryuichi Sakamoto and collaborated with artists such as William Fields, Qebrus, DEN and Valance Drakes. Alex has performed concerts and designed immersive sound installations in many European countries, including the Greek National Opera, the Institute For Contemporary Art in Berlin, at SNFCC / Greece, at PACE – De Montfort University, Thessaloniki Concert Hall, Berghain & Tresor clubs, and has participated in domestic festivals such as Synch, Bios, Mediaterra and many more. Alex is contributing sound design and beta-testing services for audio software developers Arturia, Glitchmachines, Unfiltered Audio, Sugar Bytes, Polyend, Audiomodern, Krotos, Twisted Tools and other companies and has designed many signature sample libraries. Additionally, he frequently collaborates with German audio pioneers Native Instruments, where he provides sound design and composition services. He has provided exclusive sound design services for Bezier Animation Studio, Soundsnap and Sounds.com, the audio platform powered by Native Instruments. He recently joined the Helsinki Sound Factory team. Alex is a Lecturer for Linear Sound Design – Sound Art & Mix / Multimedia Art department at Salzburg University Of Applied Sciences and a Guest Lecturer at Berklee College Of Music.
www.alexretsis.com/discography