VALERIO TRICOLI

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 - Psychic processes translated in soundscapes, and vice versa. He is a member of 3/4 Hand Been Eliminated (Häpna / Die Schactel) - a super-group drawn from Italy's improvising community that carries on the mantle handed down by This Heat, intertwining musique concrete and free improv with rock dynamics. His two solo works on Bowindo 'Metaprogramming within the eye of the storm' and 'Did They? Did I?' offer up two slabs of brilliantly baffling musique concrete and his nimble production work added much to the distinct soundworld of Autistic Daughters' two records and Dean Roberts 'Be Mine Tonight' (Kranky). Most recent album, Miseri Lares on PAN crafts a visceral and oppressive sonic morass in a masterclass of crafted sound and unsettling textures.

"The real magic within Tricoli’s approach is the elegance of right angles, and the stream of continuum that remains unbroken during sudden inversions of state. Time unravels in a smooth, inseparable manner – in an illusionary real time, if you will – as the stereo image quivers with countless microscopic disconnects. Continuity emerges in the dialogue and overlap of abrupt transitions. I sense the blunt, musique concrete flicker of chopped up tape, and the synthesis cross-fades that carry one sound through an organic evolutionary mutation – he sounds just as adept with scissors as with the most abstract software acronyms and algebraic formulae. As such, I feel as though I exist twice: as an intern in Tricoli’s haphazard sonic laboratory (all tangled tape and urgently flashing lights), and as a passenger in the turbulent tilt and hallucination of my own head." - ATTN:Magazine

SPYROS POLYCHRONOPOULOS

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.

http://www.spyweirdos.com/




MICHAEL SPEERS / percussion, analogue electronics

Michael Speers is a musician currently based in London. Using feedback as the basis for most of his practice, he performs live with amplified percussion, tape loops and no-input mixer.

Michael Speers website