Sunday June 21
Doors 630pm Music 7pm SHARP
$7
PYRAMID ATLANTIC
8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring MD 20910
301.608.9101
located three blocks south of the silver spring metro station (red line)
Free parking in gated lot out front
DIRECTIONS: www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org
INFO: dc-soniccircuits.org
Novi_sad (Thanasis Kaproulias, b. 1980) has graduated from the Economic University of Piraues. He lives and works in Athens, Greece. Influenced by the pioneers of audio assault, he began generating sounds in 2005. Amplified environmental recordings, drone manipulations, structured ambient soundscapes, microtones vs overtones, all come together in a hyper structure of iconoclastic form. Novi_sad’s artistic output displays a high level of technical ability, as well as a sensitivity to the nuances of location. The strength of his soundscapes works in the same elaborateness for the whole creation process, starting from a basis of very strong conceptualism, the intense examination of field recordings over the actual composition work, to the point of performing back the result onto location. Every sound that occurs is treated with a sculptural integrity and his sonic power operates on a level in which the audience participates as transcendental listeners. His approach is similar to the ‘cinema pour l’oreille’ (cinema for the ear) and in turn would like to ‘donner à voir’ (lead to seeing) by means of sound. Being immersed in his sonic environment offers an absolutely visceral experience. His music has been described as ‘transcedent departure from the sense of space’, ‘emotional charge noise texturing’, ‘haunting streams of consciousness on the edge of clinical abduction’, ‘thunderous deep ambient drones’ and ’soundtrack for a dream or a nightmare’.
Some of his projects are primarily focused in architectural acoustics and the relationship between architecture and sound, when his latest project ‘Sirens’ is based on various methods of audio analysis in extremely unique recordings. In this project, he explores the aesthetics of information on sound by using quantitative and numerical data from major stockmarket crashes in history. Novi_sad’s albums found plenty of receptive ears, receiving glowing reviews in music media around the world. His audio works are available from Sedimental [U.S], Touch [U.K], and another one will be released by Staalplaat [NL] in the ‘Mort Aux Vaches’ series. He has performed his work live in cinemas, industrial spaces, theatres, churches, museums, galleries, squats, and in festivals like Ultrahung [Budapest, Hungary], Observatori [Valencia, Spain], Field recordings festival [Berlin, Germany], Full-Pull, [Malmö, Sweden], a.o.
Novi_sad has worked and collaborated with: Francisco López, Richard Chartier, CM von Hausswolff, Jacob Kirkegaard, Carsten Stabenow, Helge Sten [Deathprod, Supersilent], Beckie Foon [A Silver Mt Zion, Set fire to flames], Scott Konzelmann [Chop Shop] a.o.
http://novi-sad.net
Soft Pieces is the nome de plume of Zach Mason who mixes ambient power electronics with performance art/body art. Every live event is unique and not to be missed!
http://www.softpieces.com
Acheronian is Tristan Welch from the greater DC Metropolitan area along with other like minded individuals. Virginia. Punk Rock. Relapse. Washington DC. Recovery. Noise. Probation. Kentucky. Fashion. Broken Hearts. Insomnia. Maryland. Drone. Love? Anxiety. Richmond. Hangovers. Withdraw. Distance. Iowa. Weather. Loneliness.
http://www.myspace.com/acheronian
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