VEKKS & KostNixLaden
Ratschkygasse 14/1 (Eingang Erlgasse) 1120 Wien
Tel.: +43(0)681 10619938
Email: georg.stejskal@drei.at
13.3.2025 19h30 Einlass
Free Forms
Lineup:
MARTON PALATINSZKY - bcl., s.-sax
NIKOLA VUKOVIC - trumpet
MICHAL HUSKA - fujara
LORENZO NIEGO - percussions
ELIAH ANTOINE EBNER - drums
EMIL GROSS - drums
GERO VON RANDOW - JMT D-2 synth
MAKOTO SAINOUCHI - electronics
ART DENNISON - electronics
Phantanoise© Artist - electronics
VANESSA MATTEI SCARPACCINI - dance
CRISTIANA FUSILLO - dance
FreeForms
ein freier dialog der kreativen : tänzerinnen, musikerinnen, malerinnen, poetinnen und dem publikum ; das nicht existente JETZT greift auf raum und zeit zu. die FREIE KOMMUNIKATION rückt ins zentrum;
-> frei im sinne von in „augenhöhe, in gegenseitiger akzeptanz; hierarchie befreit bzw. befreiend“, offen kommunizierend und grenzen überschreitend. FREE FORMS ist offen für alle genres soferne sie sich dem freien, offenen, kreativen dialog aussetzen wollen.
-> JUST MUSIC ist teil der internationalen FREE FORMS bewegung.
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-a free dialogue of the creative : dancers, musicians, painters, poets and the audience ; the non-existent NOW accesses space and time. the FREE COMMUNICATION moves into the centre;
-free in the sense of "on an equal footing, in mutual acceptance; liberating hierarchy", communicating openly and transcending boundaries. FREE FORMS is open to all genres as long as they want to expose themselves to free, open, creative dialogue.
JUST MUSIC is part of the international FREE FORMS movement.
15.3.2025 19h30 Einlass
Eugenio Petrarca
Kasho Chualan
kaskadnyj
Acrartep is the moniker of artist Eugenio Petrarca, known for his solo performances and collaborationsin the realm of electronic music. Acrartep is also the half and co-founders of the ambient project Ab uno.
His compositions are characterized by spontaneous arrangements of modular synthesizer patches,creatively combining sonic elements in an intuitive way. Acrartep's artistic exploration primarily focuseson genres such as Ambient, Drone, and Minimalism, where each sound acquires its unique sonic identitythrough a blend of tones and overtones.
Acrartep's creations often feature long and sustained drones, slow movements, rhythmic shifts, andrepetitions, transporting the listener on an immersive and meditative sonic journey. His work is alsooften an investigation into the essence of sound with a ritualistic approach and the art of craftingsoundscapes that captivate the listener's imagination.
Acrartep continues to explore the possibilities of electronic music through a unique and experimentalapproach, offering audiences sound experiences that challenge conventions and invite contemplation.
Kasho Chualan is a Kurdish-Canadian pianist, composer and
transdisciplinary artist currently based in Vienna. She is currently occupied with experimenting with extended techniques, piano preparations, toys and tape. She is always on the
constant search for new sounds that she can create through alternative ways, by manipulating the resonant bodies of instruments and challenging the social constructs of how an instrument should be played or perceived. She explores a variety of concepts, such as the necessity to fight for freedom and to break boundaries, embracing the sensibility in discovering details in many
spectrums whether it is in the observation and nuances of human behaviour, sound, imagination, tactility, bodily movement, pushing self boundaries, confrontation and transparency through expression.
kaskadnyj
"Some people have too much thoughts, it’s frequent for people to be like that. Despite overall attempt to pretend it’s not the case. Peoples ability to convent this thoughts into art, music is cool, right? It must be. That’s what people say. But who am I to tell you what’s cool and what’s not.
experimental tender stuff/lyrics on english and русский/courteous punk"
17.3.2025 19h30 Einlass
John Edwards & Michael Fischer
John Edwards
Nachdem Edwards 1987 mit dem Bass begonnen hatte, bildete er die Formation The Pointy Birds, die Musik für Tanztruppen wie The Cholmodeleys oder The Featherstonehaughs produzierten. 1990 trat er erstmals mit Musikern wie Roger Turner, Lol Coxhill, Maggie Nichols oder Phil Minton auf. Zwischen 1990 und 1995 war Edwards gleichzeitig Mitglied mehrerer Formationen, wie der Band God, B Shops for the Poor und bei The Honkies. Zudem war er regelmäßiger Begleitmusiker von Londons Szene der improvisierten Musik, hatte erste Solo-Auftritte und arbeitete in Duo-Formation (Bass/Cello) in der Formation The Great Explorers. Seit 1995 gehört John Edwards zu den aktivsten Musikern der Londoner Szene und spielt zwischen 150 und 200 Gigs im Laufe eines Jahres. Er war Mitmusiker von Evan Parker in verschiedenen Formationen und arbeitete außerdem mit Tony Bevan, Jon Lloyd, Veryan Weston und Elton Dean, spielte mit Michel Doneda, Paul Dunmall, Gerd Dudek, Hans Koch, Sunny Murray, mit dem London Improvisers Orchestra, mit Michel Waisvisz und John Butcher sowie im Duett mit dem Perkussionisten Mark Sanders (Nisus Duets, 2002). Mit Paul Lovens und dem Posaunisten Paul Hubweber bildet er das Trio PaPaJo. Mit John Butcher und Mark Sanders bildet er das Trio The Last Dream OF The Morning.
Michael Fischer
Musiker-Komponist-Instant-Komposition-Dirigent
arbeitet an der Immanenz von Sprache in Klängen, deren skulpturaler und dramatischer Evidenz, auf dem Tenorsaxophon, der Violine, auf CD-Playern gesetzten und dirigierten Instant-Kompositionen, in improvisierter und experimenteller Musik / Noise / Soundscapes.
Seit 1999 Verbindung des elektroakustischen Phänomens Feedback - Entwicklung des Feedbacksaxophons.
Kollaborationen in den Bereichen Literatur - Schwerpunkt experimentelle Poesie -, Tanz, Performance, Installation, Video.
Neben seinen langjährigen Kollaborationen wie dem Duo BAGG*FISH mit dem ARG/NL-Schlagzeuger Marcos Baggiani gründete Michael Fischer 2004 das Vienna Improvisers Orchestra und entwickelt seither eine individuelle Handzeichen-Praxis / Instant Composition Conducting, ähnlich den „Conductions“ von Butch Morris. - Als Instant Composition Conductor arbeitet er mit internationalen Improvisationsorchestern, temporär mit großen Ensembles und Chören.
22.3.2025 19h Einlass
Mvd0ae, David Wallraf, Myst.K,
Ora Et Labora, Laptop Ensemble Novi Sad
Mvd0ae (Mexico/Czechia)
Rigoberto Gallardo, alias mvd0ae, is an interdisciplinary artist and musician from Jalisco, Mexico, currently based in Prague, Czechia. Under his alias, he explores the cultural connections embedded in sonic materials, using fractured rhythms that shift between stillness and turbulence to highlight dissonances. His work, deeply influenced by personal and collective experiences, examines the interactions between social constructs and human behaviors across cultural and physical landscapes. Through sound, light, and tangible materials, he creates immersive reflections on these interconnections and their implications. He has performed in various European cities, including at OGH (Berlin), Petrohradská Kolektiv (Prague), and Spanners Club (London), as well as in Mexico.
https://www.instagram.com/mvd0ae/
David Wallraf (Germany)
David Wallraf is a noise artist and theorist from Hamburg. In their audio works, they explore the acoustics of the uncanny: field recordings, electromagnetic waves, and obsolete audio technology are woven into soundtracks for the nightmare of capitalist realism. Since 2013, they have released around 80 solo works and collaborations. In February 2025, the tape album Crudeltà Necessaria will be released on Karlrecords. A collaboration with Jena Jang is set to be released on the German tape label Econore in March.A recent focus of their work has been live scoring surrealist silent films, including works by Luis Buñuel, Maya Deren, and Jean Genet. Their dissertation on noise, Grenzen des Hörens – Noise und die Akustik des Politischen (Limits of Hearing – Noise and the Acoustics of the Political), has been published in German, with an English translation currently in progress.
https://davidwallraf.com/
https://davidwallraf.bandcamp.com/
https://mastodon.social/@DavidWallraf
Myst.K (UK/Czechia)
Taking inspiration from working in the fields of sound design, contemporary dance, and sound therapy, Dan Nulty, aka Myst K., explores ideas of aesthetic perspective in aural environments, unifying textures of hypnotic pulses and liminal sample recordings with non traditional approaches to harmony and temper, drawn from naturally occurring cycles and shifting between unconscious reflective associations.
https://youtu.be/twRJyAF4Idc?si=Y8fdHin89rqTw4ZF
https://xionlabel.bandcamp.com/album/vibes
https://www.instagram.com/myst_k_/
Ora Et Labora (Austria)
ORA ET LABORA is the alias of a Vienna-based artist who creates and performs her own music, blending melancholic and sometimes dark tones with an experimental edge. Her sound transcends genre boundaries, oscillating between experimental electronic music and dark wave. With dreamy melodies woven into her compositions, ORA ET LABORA’s work reflects a unique fusion of introspection and energy. By mixing dreamy melodic compositions, synthesizers, echoing vocals, and electric drums, she crafts a soundscape that transports her surroundings on a journey through mutable, fairy-like frameworks.
"The Laptop Ensemble Novi Sad (LENS) was founded in 2024 with the aim of exploring and developing the use of laptop computers as musical instruments. The ensemble's repertoire includes new interpretations of compositions from 20th and 21st-century ranging from live electronic music, electroacoustic improvisations (algorithmic and under direct performer control), to collaborative music-making over the internet. Music of LENS is related to indeterminism/"non-idiomatic improvisation," as well as drone, processual, and intuitive music. LENS seeks to implement principles of openness in the operation of this type of chamber ensemble, both in relation to the musical score and towards participants who come from different musical spheres. "
