PHONOPHON

City Dragon (F)
Based in Paris, City Dragon is the solo project of Max Kaario, mixing tropical collages looped live with drum, sax, voice and toys. Improvised electro-acoustically, the performance is embedded in ecstatic bodily states and diva vocalization. With over 10 releases on international labels like Ingrown (US), Andesground (Peru), and Swollen Avant-Garde (Italy), an upcoming album will be realeased on система (Ukraine) in tandem with the publication of a first novel, entitled  Outlier.
https://soundcloud.com/andesgroundlabel/sets/city-dragon-owl-drugs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP7PE4qcUS4

Turmbau (D)
Turmbau ist ein musikalisches Projekt von Dominik Schmitt mit Wurzeln in der visuellen Kunst. Mit experimentellem Sampling eigener synthetischer Klänge, Field Recordings und dem modularen Synthesizer werden klangliche Phänomene, die sich mit räumlicher Wahrnehmung von Musik und Lärm beschäftigen, auf rhythmisch-flächige Weise umgesetzt. Dabei steht der Gedanke im Vordergrund, mit Instrumenten umzugehen, die eine bestimmte musikalische Struktur formen und zum freien Umgang mit Sampling oder Rhythmik einladen. Vorallem neue digitale Klangerzeuger, die Konzepte wie Physical Modelling ermöglichen, bestimmen das Klangbild der Performance.
https://soundcloud.com/turmbau/tracks

07.07.2019
Phonophon @ Institut für neue Medien (INM), Schmickstraße 18, 60314 Frankfurt
Einlass 20:00, Beginn 20:30 – Eintritt: 7 Euro

Tatsuru Arai: “QUANTUM-TON” from Hyper Serial Music for Sound/Visual Performance
Sound Visual performance QUANTUM-TON is a 3rd chapter of his Hyper Serial Music project/series. The project expands on the history of serialism – an important 20th century method of music composition used by Arnold Schönberg, Karhleinz Stockhausen and Pierre Boulez, among others – by incorporating new technologies and new perspectives, including artificial intelligence. In the history of music technology, Hyper-Serial-Music will add innovation to the principle of Serialism three-point: „structural“, „complex“ and „noisy“. These sounds are on the boundaries of the limits of human auditory perception, cognition. Evolution from past works. In this work Tatsuru developed and evolved into more complex and higher quality result, unfolding the relation between Sound and Quantum energy as like fictionally Science. And the relation itself constructs the Dramturgy. By means of algorithmic simulation, principles designing the audiovisual substance are correlated directly on showing the physical side of Universe through human perception.
https://www.tatsuruarai.com/quantum-ton

25.04.2019
Institut für neue Medien (INM), Schmickstraße 18, 60314 Frankfurt – http://www.inm.de
Einlass 20:00, Beginn 20:30 – Eintritt: 4 Euro

SPRRW (Male Activity, Vaagner)

SPPRW aka Maximillian Spatz is an ambient musician based in Berlin, Germany. After a long stint in a couple of diy bands, he became primarily invigorated by the resurgent experimental tape scene. Initially inspired by certain individuals, SPRRW soon carved out a sound of his own which was laden with emotional fragility, reflecting his own sentimental persona. After a solo release and being featured on compilations by Male Activity and Vaagner, he is currently in the midsts of releasing new music which will follow later in the year.

https://soundcloud.com/sprrwww
https://sprrwww.bandcamp.com

Amethyst (Holy Geometry, Male Activity | Berlin)

Jonathan von Bergen´s Amethyst can be described as a lovechild of ambient, drone and noise. Layers upon layers of audio fragments, ranging from sampled soundcapes to gritty and gnawing synth noise walls, are woven into one another in a mediative manner. The dichatomy of aggresive chaotic sound sources versus calm and thoughtful arrangements leads to an ultimately soothing cathartic effect.

https://soundcloud.com/amethystnoise
https://amethystnoise.bandcamp.com

22.02.2019
Institut für neue Medien (INM), Schmickstraße 18, 60314 Frankfurt – http://www.inm.de
Einlass 20:00, Beginn 20:30 – Eintritt: 7 Euro

f_r_e (F)
is a collective field recording project where the pleasure of playing together is central. We use our different takes as layers to create abstract soundscapes between noise and reductionnism, emerging from the different philosophies from the musicians regarding „field recordings“. We also make recordings together in specific places in order to have a sound identity of these places. We will probably mix these two possibilities for our concert in Francfort since we’ll spend time in residency in countryside just before coming.

https://janet-dronemusic.bandcamp.com/album/f-r-e

Phober (D)
Phober entdeckt seine Feldaufnahmen in Synthesizern, mixt sie mit Stimmen der Populärkultur und lässt sie unter dem Druck von Drumcomputern kollabieren. Der Klang verändert dabei immer wieder sein Ziel: mal suchend und ängstlich, dann wieder wütend und herrisch. Auf diese Weise entstehen komplexe Geflechte aus Geräuschen, Worten und Rhythmen, die ebenso sinnlich wie intellektuell die Welt erkunden, in der wir leben.

15.11.2018
Institut für neue Medien (INM), Schmickstraße 18, 60314 Frankfurt – http://www.inm.de
Einlass 20:00, Beginn 20:30 – Eintritt: 7 Euro