Sunday 9 November 2014, 8pm
One of Italy's more enigmatic electronic musicians - Tricoli has been investigating the complex relationship between self, sound and devices for more than a decade.
Valerio Tricoli is a composer and performer of electro-acoustic music. Since the mid ’00 is main instruments for live presentations is the Revox B77 reel-to-reel tape recorder, used as a completely analogue / ergonomic device for live sampling and real-time transformation / editing / mixing of pre-recorded (field or studio recordings).
His latest release “Miseri Lares” (PAN) has been described as a “album which reads like a story full of provocative signifiers which converge to create an allegory of unsettling beauty” (Mischa Mathys, The Formant).
Over the years Valerio has been active in some long-term collaboration with other musicians, composers, choreographers and multimedia artists. He has been working extensively with Thomas Ankersmit, Antoine Chessex, Werner Dafeldecker, Anthony Pateras, Robert Piotrowicz.
Spyros Polychronopoulos has been producing electronic music since 1993 and has been involved in various projects including sound design, engineering and mastering. A relentless experimenter from Greece with a rich resume internationally, he has collaborated with acclaimed musicians such as Murcof, Alva Noto, Horchata, Herc, Brenhard Fleischman.
Most well-known for his Spyweirdos project, Polychronopoulos' passion for production and acoustics has also seen him devote himself on research and studies in this field, including a PhD on “Tuning the acoustics of closed spaces using adaptive acoustic elements”.
Recent work “Piano Acts with Antonis Anissegos” was released as a free download on Lawrence English’s label Room40 and a new album in due out soon on the Experimedia label.
Michael Speers (b.1992) is a drummer, sound artist and researcher from County Down, Ireland.
Currently a PhD student at SARC: Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Sound and Music, Belfast.
His practice incorporates percussion, feedback, digital synthesis and environmental sound in the creation of improvised performances, site-specific sound installations and electroacoustic compositions.
He has performed internationally in venues such as: Café OTO; LOM; Les Instants Chavirés; Les Ateliers Claus; Morphine Raum; SARC Sonic Lab; National Concert Hall (Dublin) and at Sonic Acts Festival.
Recordings published by Anòmia, C.A.N.V.A.S., Party Perfect!, Wasted Capital Since 2013, Takuroku, Krim Kram and Feedback Moves.
