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Gintas K

Gintas K (Gintas Kraptavicius) is a sound artist born in Lithuania in 1969 . He was the core member of the first Lithuanian industrial music group "Modus". Performances, actions, even short films shape the activities of "Modus" (which is translated as "the way of life"). Later Gintas Kraptavicius was active as a performer and interdisciplinary artist, known for his actions, happenings, written instructions in a post-fluxus manner.

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Yann Novak

Seattle-based sound artist and Dragon's Eye Recordings label owner Yann Novak documents the emotional impact of the world around him by recording it and then uses digital processing to hone in on the feelings of time and place that field recordings can evoke. While maintaining the naturally occurring composition of the original document, Novak reveals the delicate nuances of sound within the new context of evocative soundscapes.

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James Eck Rippie

James Eck Rippie (born. 1977) is a visual/sound artist originally from Nashville, TN and currently resides in Texas. He works primarily as a turntablist with a focus on creating abstract sound from classical music records while utilizing altered needles, turntable feedback, effect pedals, damaged records, etc. While decomposing the original sound source, Rippie’s intentions are to understand the transcending possibilities of sound as well as test the capabilities of the turntable as an instrument.

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Piotr Kurek

Polish composer and musician, working and living in Warsaw. Piotr Kurek studied classical piano and played drums but is most known from his activity in dance theatre and electronic music. Co-founder of ever changing project Ślepcy, emerged in the late 90’s and collaborated with various record labels including Ambush (London), Kool.POP (Berlin), Cock Rock Disco (Berlin), Klangkrieg (Berlin), Unknown Public (London) and Crónica (Porto).

Read more about Piotr Kurek on Last.fm.

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Vitor Joaquim

Vitor Joaquim, laptop experimentalist, sound and visual artist, graduated in Sound and Film Directing, working now on a PhD on Computer Music, field of Science and Art Tecnology. Started performing improvised music and get involved in contemporary dance in the 80’s with Mark Haim at the CDLisbon and Coogan Dancers in Munich. Since then, he has been composing for dance, theatre, cinema, video, installations and multimedia, having worked with such collectives and creators as: M

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